allowing users to connect to the Microsoft Messenger service and Facebook chat service to chat with their online contacts while browsing any Windows Live properties using a web browser. See also In addition to Windows Live, which is mainly aimed at individuals, Microsoft brands other properties as "Live", including: Xbox Live (a multiplayer gaming and content-delivery system for Xbox) Games for Windows – Live (multiplayer gaming service for Microsoft Windows) Office Live. Office Live merged into Windows Live during the Wave 4 update. Microsoft merged Office Live into the Windows Live team in January 2009. References Microsoft websites MSN Web service providers Companies based in Palo Alto, California Computer-related introductions in 2005 Products and services discontinued in 2012