June, 2011

Windows Phone “Mango” developer handsets for serious developers only, available next week

HTC MazaaNews broke out from WinRumors.com that Microsoft is planning to make available Windows Phone "Mango" developer handsets to people’s hands as early as next week. It is said that the these handsets will be given out in several rounds, however, …

In-app purchase coming to Windows Phone “Mango”

GamefestAnother one of the 500 features for Windows Phone "Mango" has slipped out of Microsoft today. Microsoft today announced the Gamefest 2011 conference, aimed at developers focussing on game development on the PC, Xbox, and Windows Phone, which will …

Bing tests Amazon Product Reviews, Yahoo! Answers in search results

One nice thing about Bing, you can learn a lot about what’s (potentially) coming next as features are tested in various regions and markets around the world.  We’ve seen early testing as far back as the Live Search home page

Messenger Connect Version 5.0 released

Messenger Connect provides a way for websites and applications to access and take advantage of elements of Windows Live, such as access authentication (Live ID), user profile information, and connection to Windows Live services like Hotmail, Messenger, Calendar, Photo Gallery, …

Windows Phone 7 coming to US Cellular and Cellular South

US Cellular and Cellular SouthWith Windows Phone 7 now finally available on the four major US carriers – AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon, Microsoft have not been resting in getting their phones onto other cellular networks. Just recently, news came out that the Windows …

Xbox LIVE to be the entertainment service for Windows 8, says Microsoft

Xbox Dashboard - Apps ScreenIf you thought the news for Xbox LIVE at E3 earlier this week wasn’t enough, then you’ll probably be excited to hear that Microsoft’s entertainment strategy doesn’t stop with the Xbox 360 or the Windows Phone. Seattle Times managed to …

How to port Android apps to Windows Phone 7

Following the help for iPhone developers to port their apps to Windows Phone, Microsoft now also helps out Android developers to port their apps.

They’ve just released the following package containing:

Microsoft Analytics for Twitter

Ever wanted to get Twitter statistics inside Microsoft Excel 2010? Now you can with Microsoft Analytics for Twitter.

Microsoft Analytics for Twitter allows users to query Twitter (i.e. Tweeters, #hashtags, @mentions & keywords) and get dashboard views on Twitter statistics …

Updates for Bing Mobile, MSN Video Mobile

Along with the news about the new “honey badger” update to Bing Webmaster Tools, and a new Bing Toolbox including advertising, developer, and Bing Business Portal links, Andy Chu from Bing also announced an update for Bing Mobile, which …

Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace to shut down, MyPhone moving to SkyDrive

In an email to Windows Mobile 6.x users today, Microsoft revealed that they will be shutting down the MyPhone service, and beginning to move current Windows Mobile 6.x MyPhone content to SkyDrive, beginning August 7, 2011. Here’s a portion of …