Get Facebook on Windows Live Messenger

Did you know you can now get Facebook information directly from Windows Live Messenger?

To do this, simply click on the Facebook tab (if you want, you can rearrange your tab order - click here).

You will need to sign in, at least the first time you use this service, with your Facebook account details.

Once you have done this, you will be able to see status updates and view photographs.

Also, a cool little feature, is that you can invite your Facebook friends to use Windows Live Messenger by simply highlighting their name and clicking on the Messenger icon (you can also send a message and poke too).

The Facebook tab may not be available in all regions yet.  Now, if only, the Live team would do something similar for Windows Live Spaces??

Rearrange your Messenger Tabs

Did you know that you can arrange your Windows Live Messenger tabs to show what you want to show, in whatever order you want to show them?

Well....  You can!

To do this, simply click on Tools and then Options (If you can't see the menu bar, then press the Alt key on your keyboard).

Click on the "Tabs" option.

Then highlight the item you want to move, and use the 'Move Up' and 'Move Down' features to arrange the tabs in an order that suits you.

Personally, I keep the Alerts tab up the top, along with the new Facebook tab.

Click on to finish.  Your tabs will shuffle themselves.

Get Windows Live on your mobile phone!

 

You can now take Windows Live with you on your mobile device.

All of the popular services are available and most of these are available in more than one form depending on the device you own.

 

Windows Live Messenger

You can use Messenger on your mobile phone in three different varieties.

First of all, there's Windows Live Messenger - the web version.  You can get to this from http://mobile.live.com on your mobile device.  This is ideal if you don't have a Windows Mobile phone or a Nokia handset.

The second version is the Windows Live suite for Windows Mobile.  If you have a Windows Mobile device, you should have Messenger pre-installed (or its predecessor, MSN Messenger).  You can get to this directly from the Programs menu.  Some carriers, however, remove Windows Messenger from their devices (In the UK, T-Mobile is a prime example).  For users with a Windows Mobile device, but no Messnger, you can download a ROM update at your own risk from XDA Developers.

The third version is Winodws Live for Nokia devices.  You can check if you have a compatible device here.  If you do, you can install Windows Live using the Download! application on your device and you're ready to connect. To download and install Windows Live to your device, select the Download! Folder > WinLive from the menu on your Nokia Nseries device.

Windows Live Spaces

You can also access Spaces from Windows Live on any mobile device.

Simply point your browser to http://mobile.spaces.live.com/ to see contact updates and post photos/blog entries.

If you are a Windows Mobile owner, you can also upload images to your space directly from your mobile phone camera application.  Full instructions coming soon.

Windows Live Hotmail

You can check your mail on your mobile phone using the mobile Hotmail site at http://mobile.live.com/hm/ - from here you can read your email and compose email.

Live Search

There are two fantastic ways to use search on your mobile phone.  The first is the search web site which can be accessed from any device at http://m.live.com/ - from here you can search the web, search images, search products (specific regions only).  UK and Japanese customers can also search automatically from their real time location using cellular tower triangulation.

The second way is the fantastically useful Live Search application.  The application, available for Windows Mobile and Blackberry devices can be used to search the web, get weather forecasts and, most impressively search maps.  The application also provides driving and walking directions which works with your GPS (if your phone has GPS, of course) and can be used as a dashboard Satellite Navigation device.

You can download the search application by pointing your phone's browser to: http://mobile.search.live.com/client and find out more from your PC's web browser at http://livesearchmobile.com/

 

We will be adding articles shortly regarding uploading photos from your mobile phone, and publishing Spaces blog entries via email (which you can send from your mobile device.... Stay tuned!).