2010

Bing Maps Imagery Release, February 2010 (Part 2)

Whatdoyaknow? Thought you’ve seen the February release….. well, not quite! There’s a part 2 release of Bing Maps Imagery for February too. And it beats the January one in square kilometers at that! A whopping total of 6.7 million …

The new Windows Phone Developer Experience

With MIX10 little over a week away, Microsoft starts talking about the new Windows Phone Developer Experience.

Charlie Kindel wrote a very lengthy article on why Windows Phone 7 Series is so different. Different from what Microsoft has …

Steve Ballmer on Cloud Computing: We are all in!

If you missed the webcast yesterday, or just want to watch it again: they are available here. In his speech Steve Ballmer outlined the following 5 dimensions:

• The cloud creates opportunities and responsibilities
• The cloud  learns …

What do blurry pics reveal about “Pink”?

Gizmodo got their hands on some blurry pics of a rumored Microsoft “Pink” phone, the “Pure”, and some bits of information about Microsoft’s enigmatic new phones.

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According to Gizmodo, who claim to have their hands on a copy of …

Windows Phone sessions at Mix unveiled

There are 12 developer sessions on Windows Phone 7 Series scheduled at Mix 10, but up until now all we had were placeholders.  Those sessions have now been revealed, however – nothing earth shattering but here’s the list (including 2 …

Steve Ballmer on Cloud Computing, Live today at 10 AM PST

Today, March 4, at 1 p.m. EST/10 a.m. PST you can watch Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer discuss what’s ahead for computing, with a focus on how cloud computing will change the way people and businesses use technology. Sounds interesting! …

Microsoft OneAlbum: Fusing Facial Recognition and Social Networks – The Future of Windows Live Photos?

Microsoft Research recently revealed one of their projects at TechFest 2010 which caught our attention – OneAlbum. TechFest is Microsoft’s annual showcase of emerging technologies from Microsoft Research and is a channel for these new incubation technologies to make …

Bing runs ad on Farmville, adds 400k Facebook friends

Farmville is big on Facebook, and it looks like Bing made hay with that info, running an ad on the ultra popular Zynga game, and adding some 400,000 new Facebook fans on Tuesday, according to Inside Facebook.  The …

Zune HD Facebook app reappears

It took a little while, but the Facebook app for Zune HD is now working and available for installation via the Zune software interface.  The app was actually released on Monday (after apparent testing by Softies and MVPs, judging by …

Creative new names for the Windows Live Wave 4 themes, mobile experience to get themes support

Last week we showed you some of the newest themes coming in the next version of Windows Live. Unfortunately at that stage we were only able to get hold of the temporary placeholder names for each of the new themes. …