Microsoft to retire Windows Live brand ahead of Windows 8 launch

02.05.2012
Due to a reporting error, the story "Microsoft to retire Windows Live brand ahead of Windows 8 launch," posted on Wednesday, misidentified the author of the Microsoft blog post the story refers to.

The story has been corrected on the wire and the fifth paragraph now reads:

"Windows 8 provides us with an opportunity to reimagine our approach to services and software and to design them to be a seamless part of the Windows experience, accessible in Windows desktop apps, Windows Metro style apps, standard web browsers, and on mobile devices. Today the expectation is that a modern device comes with services as well as apps for communication and sharing. There is no 'separate brand' to think about or a separate service to install -- it is all included when you turn on your PC for the first time," reads the blog post, authored by Chris Jones, a vice president in the Windows Live group.