Windows Live Messenger Developer Blog

Today, we’re showcasing a new stand-alone web-based IM client that MSN Taiwan has built using the Messenger Library . The client is tailored to Taiwanese users and gives instant access to contacts as well as other parts of Windows Live like Hotmail and...

We were experiencing a temporary issue that caused Presence to not be displayed properly. This has been fixed and should be working now. Thank you for your patience and continued support. Thanks, Casey Jones Program Manager Windows Live Contacts and...

MSN Germany has built an application called ClipClub that does a great job of integrating social functionality into an experience for browsing videos. The site uses both Silverlight and the Messenger Library to achieve a polished experience. You...

It has been just over a year since we announced the release of the IM Control and Presence API . I wanted to take a moment to reflect over the past year and the growth we have seen. We service over a billion requests per month via the IM Control and Presence...

We posted a few months ago about our planned change to point Windows Live Messenger Library V2.0 to V2.5. We plan to make this change next week. As we indicated previously, V2.0 and V2.5 are very close feature-wise and we developed V2.5 to be fully backward...

It seems like there are new sites using the Windows Live Messenger Library popping up each week. Recently, ninemsn , released their third application built on the Messenger Library on their popular celebrity gossip site, CelebrityFIX . The site enables...

As part of the Windows Live Translation service online, Microsoft Research have teamed up with Windows Live Spaces and the Messenger IM Control to provide a quick and easy way to translate messages to and from 13 different languages within the Windows...

www.Bumeran.com , the largest job portal in Latin America, has adopted the Live Messenger control, making job search more dynamic. How it works : Candidates who submit their resume to the portal can now also associate their Bumeran account with...