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Take a picture
1/26/2010 2:34:54 PM, Greg
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but that’s assuming other people can see it. While well-placed pictures are often the best way to provide a quick demonstration or example to someone in a discussion, the Windows Live Groups discussion editor ...
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How-to: Connect Your SkyDrive In Windows Explorer
1/20/2010 11:34:20 AM, mynetx
Your web drive SkyDrive offers 25 GB of free storage that you can use from everywhere. However, uploading and accessing its contents from your web browser can get tiring. Unless you connect Windows Live SkyDrive to Windows Explorer. After going through ...
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This Week’s Thoughts: Computers In the Cloud
11/27/2009 9:17:55 AM, mynetx
Cloud Computing is everywhere these days. Microsoft has launched Windows Azure, Chrome OS also focuses on your data in the web. But what is it all about? What possibilities and disadvantages does cloud computing have? Finally: Who can or should use ...
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Sharing pictures with Live Messenger
11/21/2009 5:51:53 AM, Gumby
For a more direct sharing process with Messenger, I’ve just noticed something which I hadn’t before. We all know about SkyDrive, but tbh, most of my contacts don’t. If I were to share a photo on their they probably wouldn’t bother to click on the link. ...
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Windows Live adds 19 Web Activities, including YouTube
11/12/2009 7:09:16 AM, mynetx
Do you love creating videos and sharing them with your friends? This has just got easier. Starting from today, you can add YouTube to your Windows Live Profile as Web Activity. The Windows Live team announced: Windows Live is rolling out 19 new web ...
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Where’s the party?
9/11/2009 7:42:18 PM, Greg
The other day when one of my explanations was running a little long, a colleague asked for the “Twitter” version. In other words, “give me the high level overview in 140 characters or less.” I thought that was pretty clever, so I decided it might be a ...
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What Windows live does for me.
3/17/2009 6:46:54 AM, Gaz
I have been a long time user of most of the Windows Live tools, through various beta stages (and pre- Windows Live stages in the case of Foldershare/Live Sync). I would like to give a brief overview of how I use these tools in my everyday activities. ...
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New permissions page
1/13/2009 11:49:16 PM, Windows Live Dev Team
Last week, we added a new, centralized Permissions page to Windows Live, so you have one place to find the permissions settings for all the things you do on Windows Live. With this, you should find it easier to choose what information you share, and with ...
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Sharing files is easier than ever on SkyDrive
1/2/2009 8:35:14 PM, Windows Live Dev Team
Hello, and happy new year, everyone! My name is Piero Sierra, and I’m the Group Program Manager for Windows Live SkyDrive. Last year, Windows Live introduced its first online file storage solution for consumers: SkyDrive. We got a terrific response, but ...
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Sharing Calendar
12/19/2008 11:32:35 PM, Seika
Windows Live have a feature called Live Groups. This is a groupware for small community which have among features, shared calendar and discussion board. Although the useful feature, there is a shortcoming in this. As any such online service, you’ll need a ...