As reported ealier, Microsoft has, indeed, decided to dump the “Windows Live Folders� branding and go with Windows Live SkyDrive for its cloud-storage service that is in beta test.

SkyDrive was one of the codenames Microsoft used for its storage service during its development. (Microsoft is saying that LiveDrive also was a codename for the same service and is not something distinct, as opposed to recent Microsoft information which indicated that LiveDrive and SkyDrive were not one and the same.) When the company announced the initial beta of the cloud-storage service, it changed the name to “Windows Live Folders.� Now Microsoft is going back to Windows Live SkyDrive as the final name for the service.

Microsoft announced its rebranding plans on August 9. The company also refreshed and added some features of the SkyDrive service. Microsoft tweaked the SkyDrive user interface; added the ability to drag and drop single files or multiple files for upload; provided a new “thumbnails view�; and introduced an area designed to show other customers’ SkyDrive folders visited recently.

Full Article

Microsoft, Windows Live, Windows Live Folders, Online Storage, Windows Live SkyDrive, Live News, Microsoft News