2010

Translator Widget v2

We just updated our Microsoft Translator widget to version 2, complete with the “Collaborative Translations”, which allows you to choose alternate translations and make suggestions.  We purposely choose to use the translator widget, instead of working with the more flexible …

Some new concepts in Windows Live Messenger Wave 4

Many of you probably had the chance to play with the recently leaked M2 build of Windows Live Messenger Wave 4. I’m sure you’ve seen many screenshots of the build around the internet already, so we won’t do that …

Two more Windows Live services to be discontinued in Wave 4: Call and Toolbar

Last year we told you Microsoft will be adding two new Windows Live services to its family: Devices and Docs. Well, although there hasn’t been any official words on this, it appears that Microsoft will also be discontinuing two …

Wave 4 Essentials to require Vista or Windows 7 (no XP)

LiveSino.net is at it again, this time capturing an info panel purportedly from the Windows Live Wave 4 Essentials Beta download page, revealing that the latest version of Windows Live Essentials will indeed require at least Windows Vista SP2 …

Windows Phone Developer Documentation

WindowsPhone7 Have you been developing Windows Phone 7 apps/games yet? Or don’t you know where to start? Charlie Kindel wrote up a nice summary post to help you out.

Your first stop should be MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network for those of

New location browser on Bing Search

Bing Search just keeps on evolving. Yesterday we told you about the Spring Updates and today we add one more update. Bing now has a new location browser for mapping out places in Bing Search reference results. Chris Pendleton gives

My Phone Updated

MyPhoneLogo_5F00_415F4F05[1] An updated version of Microsoft My Phone (v. 01.06.22718.0001) for Windows Mobile 6+ is now available for download from the site or Microsoft Download Center.

If you are already running Microsoft My Phone You will receive a notification on …

Bing in Spring

There are going to be some changes to Bing. Today at SES New York the Bing team shared their plans to begin testing some new Bing features as they are moving into he next wave of innovation rolling out later …

Embed Bing Maps Twitter Maps: Internationalization/fixed map issue [updated]

Remember how we found there was a internationalization issue with embedding Bing Maps Twitter Maps? Users outside the US were not able to view those set to fixed. Ravi, one of the Microsoft devs who worked on this, …

Microsoft Messenger for Mac 8 beta available

A public beta of Microsoft Messenger for Mac version 8 (build #08.00.00.100305) was released a few days ago, after nearly two years between updates.  Looks like there’s still quite a ways to go, judging from the Known Issues in the …