On Tuesday, June 16th from 12:01 AM PST for up to 24 hours, the Zune service will be offline for maintenance. As a result, the Zune Social, the forums on Zune.net, and all of Zune Marketplace will be offline. As you may have heard the Zune and Xbox systems are coming closer together and this service maintenance is to prepare for some of the recently announced Xbox LIVE features that will be available later this year. It is important to note when the service returns, you will not have any new functions...

Hey folks! We'll be taking zune.net down at 10 p.m. tonight for a bit. When we return, we'll have some new features on the web - including "follow an artist," where you can explicitly state that you like a particular artist and get news and updates from that artist. We'll do RSS feed aggregation on artist pages - which means that from the one artist page on zune.net, you can see your favorite artist's latest Twitter posts, blogs, and so on (and if your favorite artist doesn't...

Have you seen Windows Live lately? If not, check it out - it's become a great way to aggregate your activity online. You can include your Facebook updates, photos you post to Flickr, custom RSS feeds for your own blog...and now, your Zune Social activity! Your Windows Live friends can see when you earn new badges, write album reviews, leave comments, or add new Zune Social friends. Check it out. How to add Zune to your Windows Live profile: 1. Go to http://profile.live.com/WebActivities/Add.aspx...

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