John Richards, director of Microsoft's Windows Live Platform, wrote on Microsoft developers' blog today that the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant has paired with Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, LinkedIn and ...

Now that Yahoo has finally and officially signed on to the OpenSocial API bandwagon (see Techmeme), the company that Microsoft might buy has joined with MySpace.com and Google to create the OpenSocial ...

The company is releasing some APIs as part of an ongoing effort to woo support for its Windows Live hosted services, particularly from small, Web-based firms In an effort to drum up support for its ...

At the Mix08 conference Microsoft will discuss Live technologies such as APIs for messaging and sharing contacts, as well as new Atom services Microsoft is expected to discuss several technologies ...

Microsoft has announced a new feature for Windows Live called the Contacts gadget, which enables web site operators to display the user's MSN contact information on a web page. We'll take a closer ...

For Windows Live Contacts, Windows Live Spaces and Windows Live ID, once the APIs are out of beta, Microsoft will charge 25 cents per user, per year for anything above 1 million unique users per month ...