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1. Microsoft Office Live is a discontinued web-based service providing document sharing and website creation tools for consumers and small businesses. Office Live consisted of two services, Office live workspace which consists in storing and sharing documents online and Office Live Small Business which is designed to assist non-technical users with the creation of a professional-looking website.
2. Windows Live was the collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft part of their software plus service platform. A majority of these services are Web applications, accessible from a browser, but there are also client-side binary applications that require installation. There are three ways in which Windows Live services are offered: Windows Essentials applications, web services, and mobile services.
3. The difference between them is that Microsoft Office Live was aimed for professional and business use and Windows Live was created for individuals and general publics.
4. SkyDrive (officially Microsoft SkyDrive, previously Windows Live SkyDrive and Windows Live Folders) is a file hosting service that allows users to upload and sync files to cloud storage and then access them from a Web browser or their local device. It is part of the Windows Live range of online services and allows users to keep the files private, share them with contacts, or make the files public. Publicly shared files do not require a Microsoft account to access
5. Office 365 is a subscription-based online office and software plus services suite which offers access to various services and software built around the Microsoft Office platform. Serving as a successor to Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite, the service was originally designed to provide hosted e-mail, social, and cloud storage to teams and businesses. As such, it first included hosted versions of Exchange, Lync, SharePoint, Office Web Apps, along with access to the Microsoft Office 2010 desktop applications on the Enterprise plan. With the release of Office 2013, Office 365 expanded to include new plans aimed at different types of businesses, along with new plans aimed at general consumers wanting to use the Office desktop software on a subscription basis.
6. Online Services of Windows Live: * SkyDrive: Password-protected online file storage and sharing, includes management of photos and Office documents. * Outlook.com: Free webmail service using AJAX technology featuring email, contacts and calendar services. * Calendar: Time management service that allow users to organize appointments, schedule meetings, set reminders, and share their calendar events. * Admin Center: Provides e-mail hosting for web site owners.
7. Software application of Windows Live: * Family Safety: Parental Controls similar to Windows Vista's Family Safety feature * Mail: Desktop mail and calendar client designed to succeed Outlook Express on Windows XP and Windows Mail on Windows Vista, with full RSS support * Movie Maker: Video editing software similar to Windows Movie Maker with additional enhancements that makes home video editing easier. * Writer: Desktop blog publishing tool that can publish to popular blogging services and make use of SkyDrive for photo storage.
8. Mobile phone applications for Windows Live: * Calendar Mobile: Web-based version of Calendar designed for mobile devices to view, schedule and manage calendar appointments and events. SMS service for users to query today and tomorrow's appointments in their calendar * People Mobile: Web-based version of People designed for mobile devices for access to contact information. Client-based version allows integration of the contact list with the mobile device's address book. Also allow users to query contact information via SMS
* Windows Live Profile Mobile: View and update user's own Windows Live Profile information using a mobile device
9. Windows Mobile is a family of mobile operating systems developed by Microsoft for smartphones and Pocket PCs Windows Mobile is the predecessor of Windows Phone. Most versions of Windows Mobile have a set of standard features, such as multitasking and the ability to navigate a file system similar to that of Windows 9x and Windows NT, with support for many of the same file types. Much like its desktop counterpart, it comes bundled with a set of applications to perform basic tasks. Internet Explorer Mobile is the default web browser and Windows Media Player is the default media player used for playing digital media. Microsoft Office Mobile, the mobile versions of Microsoft Office, is the default office suite.
10. Essentially, the difference between WAP and GPRS is that GPRS is the method to connect to the internet via the phone, similar to how one connects to the Internet using the computer. GPRS is the internet connection. WAP, on the other hand, is the web browser, which we can use to view information, similar to how we use Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer on the computer. 