Launched in 2005, Microsoft integrated and rebranded its MSN services, Hotmail email and Windows instant messaging under the "Live" umbrella. In 2012, Microsoft began dropping the Live brand and ...

Unlike its single-player titles, which traditionally launch on console first before later getting Windows PC ports, PlayStation has openly embraced launching its live service games on PC day one.

The poll, released this month and conducted by Harris Interactive for Microsoft on its Windows Live service, found that only 43 percent of U.S. adults understand the latest batch of IT buzzwords ...