2010

Bing Cashback shuttered; Bing Shopping now free to merchants

Well Bing Cashback has come and gone, the last day was July 30, but although there doesn’t seem to be much of an official announcement, the guys at Search Engine Land have noticed that Bing Shopping is now free …

More on those “pretty” new Bing road maps–the Dynamic map type

Been playing around a bit with the new Bing Maps, which have turned a nice Lavender color, and since there isn’t a blog post on the Bing Maps blog (yet), it’s been a bit of hunt and peck but we’re …

Hotmail completes rollout, makes changes

hotmaillogoA post on the Inside Windows Live blog tonight announces that the Hotmail Wave 4 rollout is now complete, and all 350 million users in 220 countries should now be upgraded.

Hotmail has already made some changes based on …

Bing Maps: now prettier! Also, OpenStreetMap, taxi calculator, more

Apparently Bing Maps has undergone a bit of a facelift and has come out all Lavender-like:

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Here’s a comparison of the old view and the new:

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An interesting look, what do you think?  Check it out at maps.bing.com.…

Have a WP7 App idea? Want to code an App?–Hook up with Mobile App Match

When Windows Phone 7 debuts this holiday season, it’s going to need a well stocked Marketplace.  Microsoft is well aware of that, and has been scrambling to stock the shelves in anticipation of those holiday users looking to fill their …

Bing gives Google “a kick in the pants”–NY Times

In the past few months there has been a subtle shift in the way people are talking about Bing.  No longer just an upstart or just a joke, Bing’s clean look, picturesque home page and new ways of presenting information …

Hotmail upgrade? Not so great for some

hatehotmailWhile it’s been exciting to track the #NewHotmailHere sightings and from what we can tell from the comments on Twitter and here on this blog, most of you are pretty excited about the new Hotmail.  For some, however, things aren’t …

Two new Zune HD apps: MSN Money, and Animalgrams

Even though the Zune HD app upgrade path to Windows Phone 7 is a dead end, it’s nice to see a couple of new apps appear ready for download to Zune HDs this week.

The first, following in the footsteps …

Bing Maps for WordPress

If you have a WordPress blog and want to map out some information for your blog readers, then you can make use of the Bing Maps for WordPress plugin:

Bing Maps for WordPress allows you to create maps easily

Safari, Street Slide, games, and more: the Bing roundup post

Bing continues to (dare we say it?) innovate, and while some of the improvements aren’t earth-shattering, and indeed some bits of news aren’t even included in Bing (yet), we wanted to make sure to note them here even in the …