Dwayne's Blog : Live

Bing !

dwaynef — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:03:00 GMT

So Bing has got a fair amount of press and advertising recently and rightly so, some of us have been using it in it's previous codenamed variant for quite a while and I honestly don't use any other search engine now.

But like any tool, you get the most out of it, if you know a little bit about it's capabilities, so try it out and take a Bing Tour

I'll put up a few posts on other Bing features, but the great one to always start with is, get paid for searching/buying your stuff through Bing, the CashBack program is still there!

SkyDrive now 25Gb!

dwaynef — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:52:00 GMT

For those who use it, good news, Sky Drive (Windows Live offering of storage online) is now 25 Gb!

Explore SkyDrive here

Search Perks

dwaynef — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:41:00 GMT

So in addition, to the Live Cashback function, there are new points that you can trade for prizes, you search and get money and prizes ... how can you go wrong?

SearchPerks info here

Home Server integration with LiveMesh

dwaynef — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:49:00 GMT

Interesting Demo showing Winows Home Server, which already has some very interesting remote access capabilities (along with a ton of plugins), and LiveMesh that was shown at PDC. Full coverage of the demo on the Home Server Team Blog

Live mapping works best for Georgia conflict

dwaynef — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:33:00 GMT

Article on Search Engine Watch comparing results between the major map players for the Georgia/Abkhazia region. Blog here

Silverlight updates

dwaynef — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:46:00 GMT

Of course we all know by now that the Olympics will be broadcast over the web this summer using Silverlight, but a few updates ...

Microsoft® Silverlight™ Streaming by Windows Live™ is a companion service for Silverlight that makes it easier for developers and designers to deliver and scale rich media as part of their Silverlight applications. The service offers web designers and developers a free (*) and convenient solution for hosting and streaming cross-platform, cross-browser media experiences and rich interactive applications that run on Windows™ and Mac. Combined with the ability to create content with Microsoft® Expression and other 3rd party tools, web designers and content publishers wishing to integrate Silverlight applications into their online properties can enjoy complete control of the end user experience. (Free 10Gb Hosting here)

Silverlight Deployment guide for deploying on a corporate network

Silverlight 2, beta 2 vailable for download, silverlight site, More on Silverlight here

I'M iniative extended to Hotmail

dwaynef — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:23:00 GMT

The i’m™ Initiative from Microsoft™ makes helping social causes easy. Every time you use Windows Live™ Messenger or Windows Live Hotmail®, our free webmail service, we'll share a portion of our advertising revenue with some of the world's most effective social cause organizations. Exactly how much will we share with our partner causes? Well, that’s up to you and the growing masses of registered i’m Initiative users. The more messages you send, the more we give.

Now the small things you do every day, like e-mailing and IMing, can make a big difference.

Details here

Live Search Cashback

dwaynef — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:04:00 GMT

Live Search Promotion to get users to use Live Search for online shopping -> here

Search, shop and save

Now you can get cashback savings by using Live Search to find great deals on the products you want from the stores that you know and trust.

1.3M to Charity via Messenger

dwaynef — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:33:00 GMT

Good blog showing the progress of the I'M iniative here, over 1.3M donated in the first year to some really good charities. If you are not familiar with the I'M program, just go to http://im.live.com

Live Translator

dwaynef — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:51:00 GMT

Windows Live now offers a translator for web pages as well as normal text.

Try it out -> http://translator.live.com/

Skydrive !! 5Gb Free Storage

dwaynef — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:46:00 GMT

Live (Microsoft) has released Skydrive, basically 5Gb of free storage online

Take a look here -> http://skydrive.live.com/welcomemoreinfo.aspx?provision=1