May, 2012

Bing Maps Bird’s Eye and Streetside updates

We don’t hear as much about Bing Maps imagery updates as we did in the old days when Chris Pendleton gave us regular updates on the Bing Maps blog, but the Bing Maps team is still hard at work updating …

Nokia announces new app partnerships at CTIA: Exclusive PGA Tour, ESPN, Groupon, more

Nokia_logoIn New Orleans today, at the CTIA Wireless conference, Nokia announced a number of partnerships bringing a number of high profile apps to Nokia and Windows Phone, some of them exclusive at the start.

The Windows Phone Marketplace currently …

Nokia City Lens beta app now available for Lumia devices

Nokia City Lens LogoNokia just released a beta version of their augmented reality location app called Nokia City Lens to the Windows Phone marketplace, exclusively for Nokia Lumia devices. The app was first unveiled during CES 2012 back in January, and had been …

AT&T to launch Samsung Focus 2 LTE Windows Phone on May 20

SamsungFocus2Leaks about the Samsung “Mandel” or SGH-i667 had been floating around for quite a while, and in a somewhat surprising move today, Samsung and AT&T unveiled the latest addition to the Windows Phone family today – the Samsung Focus 2

Microsoft at E3: expect “a lot of dashboard”, interface, multimedia, says analyst

xbox-dashboard-625x347Back in March, Microsoft came right out and said that there would be “no talk of new Xbox hardware at E3 or anytime soon” even though there are rumors of new hardware development kits already in production, …

Windows Phone “Tango” starts rolling out, HTC Mozart gets it first

Windows Phone TangoReports are coming in that Microsoft has begun rolling out the Windows Phone “Tango” update, or officially it is Windows Phone 7.5 Commercial Release 3 (CR3). WPCentral reports that Aviraj Ajgekar, Technology Evangelist at Microsoft, has received the update on …

Windows Phone Developer Summit: Will we see Windows Phone 8 in June?

wpdevsummitBack around one year ago at MIX 2011, Microsoft officially unveiled the developer features of the then-new Windows Phone “Mango” platform. With Microsoft’s cancellation of the MIX conference this year, there seems to be one less event for Windows …

Screenshots and features of Nokia Drive 3.0 and Nokia Transport 2.0 leaked

NokiaFor those of you who owns a Nokia Lumia Windows Phone handset, you’d have enjoyed the exclusive free transport and navigation apps provided by Nokia. The company only just released Nokia Drive 2.0 and Nokia Transport at Mobile World Congress …

Bing 411 to be discontinued on June 1st

Bing 411For those in the United States, Microsoft operates a toll-free number called Bing 411 (1-800-BING-411 or 1-800-CALL-411), which allows users to conduct voice search using Tellme technologies. The service allow users to conduct local business search, get driving directions, traffic …

Xbox 360 to “change living room entertainment forever”: watch the E3 Media Briefing on Spike TV or Xbox Live

We’ll be in LA for E3, but you can follow along at home, according to Major Nelson and Spike TV.  The Microsoft E3 Media Briefing will be carried live (Monday, June 4th, 10am PDT) on Spike TV, and for …