LiveSide
liveside.net · Group blog · on HN since 2007
LiveSide is a news blog covering Microsoft's online services, including Windows Live, Hotmail, SkyDrive, and Windows Phone.
What HN saysHN links it for Microsoft service news and history, such as Hotmail POP3 rollout, SkyDrive user numbers, and Microsoft staff departures.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Eric Schmidt: “Our competitor is Bing”1 people · 60 points · first shared 2010 · 58 comments on HN
- 2Red Dog: Ray Ozzie's answer to the Google App Engine?1 people · 7 points · first shared 2008 · 4 comments on HN
- 3SkyDrive.com updated with new HTML5 features and share options1 people · 5 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 4So, just what IS the problem with Windows Phone?1 people · 3 points · first shared 2011 · 7 comments on HN
- 5Re-branding Microsoft1 people · 3 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 6Microsoft bringing cloud music player to SkyDrive.com1 people · 2 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 7First screenshots of OneDrive.com leaked, co-owned folders coming soon1 people · 2 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 8Microsoft stops Windows Live VOIP services from July1 people · 1 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 9Surprises abound at Microsoft’s E3 Press Briefing1 people · 1 points · first shared 2009 · discussion on HN
- 10Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4 to get Exchange ActiveSync support, SSL, and more1 people · 1 points · first shared 2010 · 1 comments on HN
- 11No PC to PC sync in new SkyDrive1 people · 1 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 12Windows Phone 7 codenamed “Mango” update to bring HTML5 and Silverlight support1 people · 1 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 13Microsoft deprecates Hotmail-based custom domain e-mail service1 people · 1 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 14Microsoft launches Tafiti - Search and Silverlight experiment1 people · 1 points · first shared 2007 · discussion on HN
- 15Microsoft account to get two-factor authentication soon1 people · 1 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
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ZeroGravitas · 2009-05-14
I've been following this for a while and was under the impression that the POP3 access was a paid feature. Got a link to the free-ness?
nevermind:
http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2009/03/13/pop3-technology-has-no…
sac2171 · 2013-10-24
Something about this sounded sketchy...
http://www.liveside.net/2013/05/06/skydrive-reaches-250-million-users-…
places Sky Drive in fourth, behind Dropbox, Google Drive, and ICloud....
jared314 · 2013-01-30
If they add in some generators, and throw in node-webkit support, this could end up like Microsoft Volta[1].
[1] http://www.liveside.net/2007/12/05/microsoft-releases-volta-tech-previ…
i2o · 2011-08-08
For those who don't know Charlie his contributions include (as listed at http://www.liveside.net/2011/08/08/charlie-kindel-to-leave-microsoft-a…
- Founded Premier support
- Built ActiveX and DCOM
- Shipped Internet Explorer 3.0
- Drove the development of the home networking features in Windows XP
- Founded eHome and shipped the first version of Windows Media Center
- Drove the invention of Windows Smart Displays and Windows Media Center Extenders
- Served Bob Muglia as executive technical assistant as he ran the Enterprise Storage business through to him running the Server and Tools Division
- Was the driving force behind Windows Home Server
- Led the design and development of the Windows Phone 7 Application Platform
- Drove the Windows Phone 7 application platform ecosystem development and evangelism effort