Mingfei Yan

Microsoft announced last week the Beta release of Windows Live Messenger Connect. It enables websites and rich-client applications to enhance the social appeal of their experience by “connecting” to Windows Live. If you can’t wait and just want to get started, visit the Windows Live Developer Center. Messenger Connect is a collection of APIs and controls that allow you to build applications so people can communicate, and share with their Messenger friends. Applications build with Messenger Connect provide seamless social experience that combines your content with popular Windows Live features such as chatting with friends, sharing status updates and activity streams. ...

The local Singapore street view map will be provided by Microsoft soon on Bing Maps. It will be a good time for you to think of plugging Streetside view to your webpage or application to enhance your customer experience. If you have read Chris Pendleton’s Bing Maps Blog, you may find out some problems with the initial installation part. This article provides more details on installations and future developments. Firstly, there are three things you need to install as references to run Bing Maps on Silverlight. ...