Rolling straight on from Windows Live Folders and Photo Gallery it looks like the Windows Live teams have yet another new service up their sleeves. Windows Live Events looks set to fill a gap in the current Windows Live portfolio, adding functionality to the rather basic social networking features that currently exist as part of Windows Live Spaces.
“Windows Live Events will enable users to share and plan different types of Events happening around them in compelling ways while collaborating with other services like calendar [and] spaces.”
Mike Arrington recently posted about the new social networking products being made by Yahoo and Google, with Jeremy Zawodny from Yahoo saying “everyone is scrambling to catch up with facebook…” - how right he is. Its generally acknowledged that Microsoft often plays catchup, ironically the same is now true of Google.
Source:→ Liveside
Microsoft, Windows Live, Events, Social Networking, Spaces, Microsoft News
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Pingback from 1Windows Live Hotmail More Updates Info » D’ Technology Weblog: Technology News & Reviews says:August 14th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
[...] at least three services (and surely more) are slated for beta releases soon: Windows Live Calendar, Windows Live Events, and the Gatineau analytics tool. Of these, Calendar probably makes the most sense here, as [...]
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Pingback from 2New Windows Live Home Page Expected Soon! » D’ Technology Weblog: Technology News & Reviews says:August 8th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
[...] of note is the inclusion of links to Folders/Skydrive and Windows Live Events, though whether any interaction is available directly from your homepage remains to be seen. [...]
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