Experian Hitwise UK, a web analytics company, has today announced that Microsoft is getting close to 4% of the search market in the UK. This news is apparent in the company’s latest finding which show that Bing increased it’s …
November, 2011
Microsoft Translator launches Language Labs – Contextual Thesaurus, Bookmarklet, and Universal Text Input
The Microsoft Translator team, which powers the translation service behind Bing, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and recently Facebook and other global services like eBay and Trip Advisor, recently launched a new portal called Language Labs. The new portal …
Another US search market share report: Bing shows slow growth
comScore has released its latest US Search Engine rankings, and while Bing had climbed from 8.4% when the rebranding was launched in June 2009, October marks another month where Microsoft’s search offering has failed to gain much share. Bing’s …
Xbox 360 Fall 2011 Dashboard update now available to beta testers, Xbox.com updated
First revealed during E3 in June 2011, Microsoft had been preparing the new Xbox 360 dashboard update for a while now. And just a few days ago, the company also announced that they will be launching a makeover of Xbox.com’s …
OneNote 2010 updated to provide better SkyDrive support
Today, Microsoft released a number of “important” updates for Microsoft Office 2010, and the updates for OneNote 2010 include a number of new Windows Live and SkyDrive related features designed to make it easier to use OneNote 2010 on your …
New Hotmail begins rolling out, coming to all customers in “next few weeks”
Just over a month ago, Microsoft revealed several new features coming to the next Hotmail update, asking users to “give Hotmail another look”. Last week, our friend Michael Gillett was also able to get in touch with the …
Bing Maps gets new sharing features and route planning improvements
On the official Bing blog today, Microsoft announced two new features rolling out this week to its Bing Maps service which lets you share your Bing Maps results easier than ever – regardless of whether you’re sharing it with friends, …
Xbox.com makeover “in the coming days”: Social, Beacons, Video…and music (!)
A blog post on the Xbox.com Forums today announced a “significant update” to Xbox.com, which will do away with the “My Xbox” section and replace it with a new “Social” section, and new sections for Video and Music:
The …
Spotify for Windows Phone available for download now
Yesterday Microsoft held a large Windows Phone event in New York where they unveiled a 6 story high Windows Phone and also announced a much anticipated app for Windows Phone, Spotify. Well good news as Spotify has just been made …
Bing announces Bing Central: new ways to earn Bing Rewards, preferences all in one place
Today Bing has announced a new look for the way you interact with Bing, called Bing Central. Now, you can manage your Bing Rewards points (and earn new ones in what they’re calling “missions”), as well as manage all of …
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