More details on Windows 8 Release Preview bundled apps revealed

After we uncovered the first screenshots of the updated Mail and Photos apps in the upcoming Windows 8 Release Preview, more details has leaked regarding the changes and improvements coming to the bundled apps ... Read more »

Hotmail Calendar updated to Wave 5 M3, signs of upgrade for other Windows Live services soon?

Starting with Windows Live Wave 5, Microsoft had moved away from the large “wave” updates that happens every one-and-a-half years and moved towards a tighter update schedule that brings “a little bit of innovation” ... Read more »

Microsoft to end “Calendar in the Hotmail inbox” test

Last June, we noticed a new feature that we were seeing, a sidebar calendar in the Hotmail inbox.  While some of you reported seeing it too, we learned today that it’s going away.  We ... Read more »

A Calendar update for LiveSide (thanks to MSDN) just in time for a big year of Microsoft news

Back in 2009, the Hotmail guys published a blog post detailing how to get an embedded calendar for your website using Windows Live (now Hotmail) Calendar, and we’ve been using that little iframe snippet ... Read more »

Hotmail Calendar gets Wave 5 M2 upgrade, other Windows Live web services to follow soon?

While browsing Hotmail Calendar today, something caught our sharp eyes as we noticed some very subtle changes to the Windows Live header. But having seen this before in internal Windows Live testing sites, we ... Read more »

A closer look at Windows Live Metro style apps on Windows 8: Mail and Calendar

Last Tuesday Microsoft gave us a first glimpse into the future of Windows Live during its BUILD conference, with Chris Jones, Corporate Vice President of Windows Live, demoing several Windows Live Metro style apps ... Read more »

Messenger Connect is now “Live Connect” – new APIs for SkyDrive and Hotmail Calendar

As part of the announcement at the BUILD conference today, Microsoft announced a new SDK and accompanying REST APIs for Windows Live. Originally named “Messenger Connect”, the new developer tools have been expanded in ... Read more »

Microsoft demos Windows 8 apps for Mail, Calendar, People, Messaging, and Photos

Early this morning we just posted about what we know about Windows 8 and the future of Windows Live, and now Microsoft’s Harrison Hoffman, Product Manager on the SkyDrive team (and one of the ... Read more »

New reminders in Hotmail Calendars

LiveSide reader DrWhoFan98 (thanks!) just pointed us to what appears to be a new feature in Hotmail Calendars (previously called Windows Live Calendars), “new reminders”: The old Calendar options page is pretty basic: but ... Read more »

Hotmail turns 15, promotes new features

HoTMaiL, the first HTML enabled free email service, was launched on July 4th, 1996 by two former Stanford students, Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith, making yesterday Hotmail’s 15th birthday. The two sold Hotmail to ... Read more »