Windows Live will be like Facebook social network

On 12/11 Microsoft said that the next version of the Windows Live online service application portal will be added with some features of online social networks.

Chris Jones - Windows Live development vice president - said the new Windows Live version will allow users to update their friends' information via Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger and Windows services and applications. Other live.

Thus Windows Live will have the same features as online social networking Facebook. Specifically, Facebook allows users to receive notifications via email or website to update information about the applications that their friends have used on this virtual social network.

' The goal of Microsoft is to combine online social networking features with e-mail, instant messaging, sharing images and other web applications into a single platform. . '

To get the new features added to the new version of Windows Live - Mr. Jones said - Microsoft had to shake hands with many different partners - for example Flickr, iLike, LinkedIn, Yelp, Flixster, Pandora, Twitter, Photobucket or Tripit.

At that time, Mr. Jones gave a concrete example - if users put a new photo on the Flickr online digital photo sharing website, their friends will receive an email via Windows Live Hotmail announcing the arrival. along the link to that photo.

Another noteworthy new feature in the new Windows Live version is that the Contacts will be shared in Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Hotmail, Outlook and Windows Live Calendar.

It is expected that the new version of Windows Live will be officially released later this year. However, some Windows Live applications - namely the free Windows Live Hotmail - have been upgraded to a new version to better match the new Windows Live version.

Analysts identified the new version of Windows Live service port as essentially a strategic strategy of Microsoft to keep users from staying with Windows Live Hotmail and Messenger, preventing them from switching to using similar services of Google and Yahoo. And the ultimate goal is to help Microsoft earn more money from online advertising.

Not only Microsoft but also Google and Yahoo are taking similar steps to achieve a common goal of keeping users in their websites longer, thereby bringing more revenue from advertising services. .