Voice calls and video social sharing: Windows Live for TV

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Microsoft has released a Windows Live for TV beta, also called Orbit. With the video trend, the service could mature into the cornerstone of Windows Live services for living rooms. According to the official blog, it takes form in “an early beta 3D browser application that makes it easy to connect to your social network as well as friends and family from within Vista Media Center or IE7.0. [Users will] be able to view the best of Windows Live Spaces and communicate with Friends and Family over Windows Live Messenger 8.1 with voice and text chat as well as make a phone call.”

Is Microsoft trying to follow AOL and its OpenRide service kiosk? OpenRide is a standalone released last October, and that gather all AOL broadband service in one place, from the AIM instant messenger, to the recent launch of AOL Pictures. (via readwriteweb)

Jan 6, 2007 | By Nuno

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