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Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company, technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975, the company became influential in the History of personal computers#The ear ...
services have been branded with the word "Live":
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Windows Live
Windows Live is a discontinued brand name for a set of web services and software products developed by Microsoft as part of its software-as-a-service platform. Chief components under the brand name included web services (all of which were exposed ...
, a set of services and software products mainly aimed at individuals
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Microsoft Office Live
Microsoft Office Live is a discontinued web-based service providing document sharing and website creation tools for consumers and small businesses. Its successor was branded Windows Live. Office Live consisted of two services, ''Office Live Works ...
, a set of services aimed at small businesses
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Live Anywhere initiative, aimed to bring a unified online gaming and entertainment network together
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Xbox Live
The Xbox network, formerly known and commonly referred to as Xbox Live, is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service created and operated by Microsoft Gaming for the Xbox brand. It was first made available to the origina ...
, for Xbox and Xbox 360
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Games for Windows – Live
Games for Windows – Live or GFWL is a deprecated Online game, online gaming service used by ''Games for Windows''–branded Personal computer, PC titles that originally enabled Microsoft Windows, Windows PCs to connect to Microsoft's Live Any ...
, for various Windows platforms.
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Live Services, a set of tools for developers of Windows Live and Azure Services Platform
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Live Mesh, a software as a service platform that enables PCs and other devices to connect with each other through the internet
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Live Framework, a REST-based application programming interface for accessing the Live Mesh services over HTTP
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