Windows Live team blog archive

Did you notice? We haven’t posted anything new here for awhile. We’ve officially stopped maintaining this blog. To get the inside story from the people who build Windows Live, check out the I...

https://windowslivearchive.wordpress.com/2010/05/28/this-blog-is-no-longer-active/

If you use Windows Live™ Messenger at home, work, or school, and if you’ve ever wondered how great it would be to instant message with friends and colleagues even when you’re away from your...

https://windowslivearchive.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/how-to-get-windows-live-messenger-on-your-mobile-phone/

Chris Jones, the Corporate Vice President for Windows Live, recently launched a new engineering blog called Inside Windows Live. The new blog provides a place for engineers and others who work on...

https://windowslivearchive.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/an-engineering-blog-for-windows-live/

Did you know that you can do mail faster and easier with features that Hotmail recently added to allow for more productivity with e-mail? Here are seven ways to be more productive that were added...

https://windowslivearchive.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/be-more-productive-with-hotmail-in-2010/

There’s a lot of free storage for people using Windows Live these days.  In Dallas, TX, there is a Hotmail user named Ryan who uses 23GB of e-mail storage, for free.  There’s Martin in Germ...

https://windowslivearchive.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/lots-and-lots-of-storage/

It’s the time to year to make—and keep—resolutions. But rather than saving the world or sticking to an impossible diet, we suggest practical stuff. Like getting organized. Staying in touch....

https://windowslivearchive.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/resolve-to-get-organized-in-2010/

It came to our attention late last week that a change was made on YouTube.com resulting in a failure to publish movies directly from Windows Live Movie Maker.  The change was minor and behind-th...

https://windowslivearchive.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/movie-maker-youtube-publishing-issue-now-resolved/

This year instead of sending out greeting cards or form letters typical of the holiday season, tell the story of 2009 in pictures and videos by sending a Video Holiday Card made with Windows Live...

https://windowslivearchive.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/season%E2%80%99s-greetings-video-holiday-cards-using-movie-maker/

In September, we announced the Tech Preview of the Office Web Apps on Windows Live. As you may know, the Office Web Apps on Windows Live are free online companions to applications like Microsoft ...

https://windowslivearchive.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/new-office-2010-beta-works-with-windows-live/

Phishing – what it is, and how it relates to your webmail credentials Recently, the webmail industry experienced what was believed to be a phishing incident where several thousands of credentia...

https://windowslivearchive.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/phishing-a-look-inside/