For example, looking at photos via the Windows 8 photo app includes those photos stored in SkyDrive that are automatically synchronized with the PC. But this linking to cloud repositories isn't limited to SkyDrive. The Windows 8 photo app also ties into Facebook photos, for example, if users choose to, as well as LinkedIn and .

There is a separate SkyDrive app that enables looking through shared documents in SkyDrive.

These same apps are also available via Windows Phones and via Web browsers. Photos taken on are automatically stored in SkyDrive, for example. Developers can create Metro apps that also tap into these cloud services through use of LiveSDK.

Here's a list of what Windows Live services used to be called and the applications they fall under with Windows 8:

-- Windows Live Mesh, Live Mesh and Folder Share become the SkyDrive App or SkyDrive Desktop.