iOS/Windows Phone 7: Microsoft has released two mobile apps for its SkyDrive cloud storage service, allowing you to access, share and store files from your iPhone or Windows Phone 7 device. More »
The most obvious appeal of Microsoft’s SkyDrive service is the generous 25GB of free storage it offers, but it’s also handy for sharing and collaborating on files. A bunch of updates to the service this week have made file handling and sharing easier. More »
Microsoft tipped at the BUILD developer’s conference last week that Windows Live and SkyDrive will have a big role in Windows 8. Windows Live users will be able to tie their personal computers and phones to Windows Live, log in to all of them with their Live ID, and let Windows Live manage their profile and application settings in the cloud. More »
We’ve talked about the importance of shooting photos in uncompressed RAW format before, but Windows never had any official support for RAW, making it mildly annoying to use the format. Microsoft just released a new Camera Codec Pack, however, that supports not just viewing, but editing RAW-formatted images in Windows Live Photo Gallery. More »
With Amazon’s recent entry into consumer cloud storage, we’ve got quite a few competitors offering great and varying options — but which one is the best? Here’s a look at Windows Live SkyDrive and Dropbox, and our top pick for storing your files in the cloud. More »
Android only: Naming weirdness aside, Microsoft’s SkyDrive service is a nice chunk of cloud storage — 25 GB, to be exact. Now you can view, download and send your files in SkyDrive from your Android phone with Sorami. More »
High-powered hardware and slick looks are nice, but computers should actually make things. Apple and Microsoft both offer software to organise photos, make movies and enjoy your computer. We compared iLife and Windows Live Essentials head to head from a first-time home user’s perspective. More »
Windows only: Microsoft’s Windows Live Essentials apps just received a bulk update while in beta, giving Mail much better Gmail folder handling, the underrated Live Writer superior spell checking and Word importing, Photo Gallery some Flickr video and other improvements all around. More »
Hotmail’s newest version, which we found very likable, even stacked up against Gmail, is now available to every user in 220 countries. The team’s made a few improvements based on user feedback, including removing the automatic Windows Messenger sign-in. [Inside Windows Live]
