April, 2010

Twitter on Bing sports a new cleaner look

Just noticed a tweet from Fuse Labs, Microsoft Research’s applied development arm, that one of their projects, Twitter on Bing, has been updated with a new look:

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Here’s a shot of the original design of the Twitter on …

Windows Live Calendar for Mobile coming in Wave 4

When Windows Live Wave 3 was first released with a suite of mobile services, many people complained the lack of Calendar support for the mobile devices, as Windows Live Calendar for Mobile only supported SMS-based services in Wave 3, …

Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone supports WLM contacts

yhoomsgr If you use the Yahoo! Messenger iPhone app, a new version released yesterday now supports the ability to chat with your Windows Live contacts, according to a  post on the Yahoo! Messenger Blog dated April 4th.

Now when you’re on

“Mystery event” hosted by MSFT next week: “it’s time to share”

500x_pinkpure_01 With all the hoopla that surrounded the unveiling of Windows Phone 7 Series in the past few weeks, we kind of forgot about “Pink”, the new consumer phone (think Sidekick II) coming from Microsoft.

Now, according to Engadget and others, …

Another Bing UK tv ad

The third in a series of tv ads in the UK for Bing is out. Like the others both in the US and UK, the ad features characters suffering from “search overload”:

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Enjoy!…

Microsoft, Apple reach search deal

After months of rumors and speculation, Steve Ballmer and Steve Jobs jointly announced a new search deal to power Apple’s new iPad.  Speaking from a Starbucks in Renton at a press conference attended only by a kid skateboarding by, the …