Microsoft’s Live.com portal has undergone significant changes. It will no longer be a simple search engine with a few add-ons. It has now become a social networking website that is capable of bringing activity information and content from the web. There are a few more services that would be launched such as the Windows Live People and Windows Live Photos.

Microsoft has done what Yahoo has been talking about for more than a year. It is basically leveraging already existing social connections in order to do a lot more with them. Users would now be automatically connected with any friends that they have already on Windows Messenger which is arguably the most popular instant messaging service worldwide.

All what the users have to do is create their profiles. A user can bring the content he or she would create on blogs. Each time something new is done, the information will flow to the user’s friends through Live.com. When users add photos, write reviews, and update their profiles directly on Live.com, that content will also be added to the activity stream.

Live.com users can now have access to various online services like mail, calendar, photos, online storage, etc., as well as downloaded services  including a mail client, instant messaging, Movie Maker, Photo Gallery, the Toolbar and other services.