2009

Windows Mobile Facebook Application Update

The recently released Facebook Application for Windows Mobile already got an update. The team heard there were users having problems with installation, so they addressed this in a new version of the app. The update fixes hanging errors and …

Just what is Kumo, anyway? (And is it open source?)

kumo Some 90,000 Microsoft employees are currently testing a new version of Live Search under the name Kumo (well, some of them are testing it, the other half are using Google, apparently).  Expected to be released (or at least announced) …

Twitter explodes with Zune phone rumors

zunelogo This morning a couple of tweets by “OfficeTheMovie”, which has now been confirmed to be not coming from Microsoft (the Office 2010 Twitter account is @office2010themovie), got everyone all atwitter about the possibility of a Zune phone launch …

Windows Mobile Marketplace Registration Now Open!

MobileMarketplace Windows Mobile Marketplace, announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona by Steve Ballmer, is opening the doors for developers as promised. The Windows Mobile Team announced it on their blog as follows:

In the latest update to http://developer.windowsmobile.com

Zune ad hits at pocketbook

A new Zune ad campaign featuring financial planner Wes Moss attempts to hit iTunes users right where it hurts: in the pocketbook.  The ad, appearing on the Zunepass.net website, calculates the costs for filling an iPod from iTunes versus using …

MSN QnA Beta Is Closing On May 21st

All things come to an end, same goes for the QnA beta. The team just announced the end of the beta and the closing of the QnA site:

We are ending the QnA beta test and are closing the

Live Mesh updates; inches toward v1.0

livemeshlonglogo Another week, another incremental Live Mesh update, this time all the way from 0.9.3424.31 to 0.9.4014.4.  According to a blog post on the Live Mesh blog, the changes deal mostly with web browser issues:

Fixes

· Updated date/time stamp UI

Image search for “the north face”: Bug, or Feature?

Sometimes on Twitter Search  you see a bunch of re-tweets, a “twitmeme”, if you will.  Right now a big one is “Microsoft embraces Open Source Big Time for Kumo” (eh, what?, more on that later).  Another one that caught our …

Find Video Clips, Baseball Scores On Live Search Mobile

Now you can also find your favorite videos and the baseball scores for your favorite baseball team on your mobile. The Live Search Mobile team just launched these two features:

– MSN Video search

Looking to fill some time

Microsoft releases official Facebook for Windows Mobile app

Just out is the official Facebook for Windows Mobile app, available for installation on Windows Mobile 6 phones.  Features include:

  • Send messages to any of the people in your Friends list.

  • Take pictures and videos on your phone, then