June, 2011

Bing: new Toolbox, Webmaster Tools; Business Portal

Today at SMX Advanced, Bing Director Stefan Weitz took the stage to talk with Danny Sullivan, take questions, and make a couple of announcements.  First, the newly revised Bing Webmaster Tools (code-named Honey Badger – there were a number …

Microsoft reveals new SkyDrive features in Windows Phone “Mango”, denies music streaming

Microsoft is definitely keeping its promise during the Windows Phone VIP press event, having revealed more details about the Music+Videos hub in Windows Phone "Mango" last week, and just yesterday they have revealed more details about the Games hub

Microsoft Translator updated with new Widget and API enhancements for collaborative translation

With all the big news at D9 and E3 recently, it’s easy to let news like this slip by. Today, the Microsoft Translator team (which powers Bing Translator) posted on their blog a new release of their product, bringing …

SkyDrive or iCloud? The pros and cons of both

iCloudYesterday Steve Jobs gave us the most detailed view so far of Apple’s iCloud, a file sync/backup/sharing service coming to iOS (read: iPhone, iPad) this fall.  Microsoft similarly has been revamping SkyDrive, placing it more firmly at the …

Hotmail Calendar updated with Windows Live Wave 5 header

Three weeks ago, we exclusively revealed the first screenshot of Windows Live SkyDrive Wave 5, indicating that it will have a similar interface to Hotmail’s, with a navigation pane on the left allowing you to access various views of …

Recap: Microsoft Xbox @ E3 announcements

It’s been a big day today for Microsoft, being the first to kick off E3 2011 with their media briefing this morning. A lot of gaming news had been announced for Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Kinect, Xbox LIVE, and Windows …

Watch the Xbox Live show, Live from E3!

Big day in the world of conferences today, with Apple’s WWDC and the Xbox live “The Future Revealed” press conference/extravaganza both happening basically at the same time.  Of course we’ll be watching the Xbox Live show, and just to make …

AT&T: “Windows Phone not selling as well as we want” (well, who’s fault is that?)

p4-1-attOn Saturday, Ina Fried from All Things D posted an interview with AT&T’s CEO Ralph de la Vega, President and CEO of AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, on a wide range of issues, one of which was the lack …

Opinion: Travis’ Windows Phone OEM Bootcamp

It’s been two weeks since we saw some of the unique features Microsoft has in store for Windows Phone Mango. I have no doubt that we all have watched every video, inspected every image, and kept our ears open for …

The future of Windows Live Messenger – “Chatter” unified communication service on Windows 8?

So out of the three main pillars of Windows Live – Hotmail, Messenger and SkyDrive – we’ve briefly touched on the future of the Hotmail and SkyDrive over the past few weeks, and today details leaked from the pre-beta M3 …