For 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 …

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 …

While the future of Windows Live Writer remains uncertain, even with faint praise coming in the form of a tweet by Chris Jones, another Windows Live Essentials app missing from the Building Windows 8 blog on the death …

Yesterday’s Windows 8 blog post on the “reimagining” of Windows Live, or, if you prefer, the “ditching” or “killing” of Windows Live, (as it was referred to in numerous tech blogs commenting on the post),  as is customary when …

When we said goodbye to “Windows Live” today, it wasn’t the only rebranding announcement to come out of Microsoft recently: yesterday Microsoft Advertising rebranded itself to “Bing”, or “Bing for Small Business”.  And of course, being Microsoft, the …

In a post on the Building Windows 8 blog this morning, Corporate Vice President Chris Jones laid out the thinking behind what he calls “Windows Live, reimagined”, which perhaps most significantly, includes the zinger confirmation that Windows Live “did …

After receiving a tip today on (another) new look for Bing (thanks Hector!), we tried it out and sure enough, we’re getting a new search results page,  a new header, and a new look for Bing Search blogs, …

The big news today is that Microsoft and Barnes and Noble have announced a new partnership where B&N will spin off its Nook E-Reader and its educational books business into a new, as yet named “newco”, backed by a $300 …

It’s the burning question of our time: will current Windows Phones be upgradeable to Windows Phone 8, or not?  Ever since WMPowerUser republished a Zwame.pt interview with a Portuguese Microsoft evangelist saying that “all actual devices will get upgrade to …

Last week had been a busy week in the consumer cloud storage space. First we had Microsoft significantly upgrading their SkyDrive service, adding paid storage plans and desktop sync apps. Then we had Google launching their Google Drive service. …