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November 12, 2008 9:00 PM

Full list: Windows Live to integrate feeds from 50 third-party Web services

Posted by Benjamin J. Romano

Microsoft's next iteration of its Windows Live online services suite will alert users any time one of their contacts posts a photo on Flickr, writes a blog on Wordpress or a tweet on Twitter. The company announced tonight the integration of "what's new" feeds, based on RSS, into many of its most popular Web services, such as Windows Live Hotmail, Messenger and a revamped, personalized Windows Live home page and profile page.

I'm still trying to track down details of the business model for these partnerships. Also, I'm wondering why some of the major social networking sites -- Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn -- are not on this list, despite them being discussed in interviews today. I'll update with anything more I learn.

Here's a list of the third-party Web sites that are partnering with the company (although only the ones in bold are available at launch):

Blogging
Blogkoll.se
Live Journal, Inc.
Overblog
SixApart
Twitter
Wordpress

Reviews
11870.com
Amazon.com, Inc.
Digg, Inc.
Flixster
Goodreads, Inc.
Kaboodle
StumbleUpon
Yelp

Photo
Bilddagboken.se
Flickr
Photobucket, Inc.
Rock You
SmugMug

Music/Video
Last.fm Ltd.
iLike
Break.com
Pandora Media, Inc.
Seesmic
Veoh

Social Networking
Biip.no
Dada.net
Daum
Dopplr
Faves
Friendster, Inc.
Hevre
Hyves
Jeeran
Libero Community
Lokalisten
Mail.ru
Metroflog
Nettby
OleOle
Playahead
Qik
SlideShare
Studenti.it
TripIt, Inc.
Yandex
YuKu
zoo.gr

OEM and Services Partners
HP
Lenovo

Telecommunications and Broadband Service Providers
China Telecom
Qwest

FrameIt Partners
(Windows Live FrameIt is a new way to stream photos and other online content to wireless digital picture frames.)
Amlogic
iGala
Navteq
PanDigital
PhotoVu
RMI
Smartparts
ViewSonic

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