Windows Live Quick Apps Announced
Steve Ballmer showed off Windows Live Quick Apps, some slickly developed websites that take advantage of multiple Windows Live Services, like Silverlight Streaming, Virtual Earth, Windows Live Contacts, Windows Live Spaces, Windows Live Expo, and others. All the information used on the sites is “in the cloud”, and the source code is available, so you get an idea of some of the cool things that are possible with Windows Live.
There are two demo sites, one for a fictional bicycle club, the other a fictional school. The coolest usage has to be the bicycle ride videos, which have the video on top (using Silverlight streaming) and a map below (using Virtual Earth). As the video plays, the progress is updated on the map. Very sweet.
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I think using “Quik” (without the ‘c’) would have been cooler than using “Quick”. Microsoft should continue with making new product names cool.
Comment by Michael | July 12, 2007
[…] Ballmer ha presentado Windows Live Quick Apps, sitios web desarrollados que aprovechan los múltiples servicios de Windows Live cómo Silverlight, Virtual Earth, Windows Live Contacts o Windows Live […]
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Why can’t I access the “Live Search Club” site any longer? I have quite a number of points acquired and hate to lose them. Thanks
Jay
Comment by Jay | November 17, 2007