2012

Screenshots: New SkyDrive Mac and Windows clients, paid storage coming?

skydrive-logoA Brazilian website, Gemind.com.br (English translation) has posted a set of SkyDrive screenshots which appear to show some new features: A SkyDrive client for Windows or Mac, and some paid storage options.

LiveSide readers will remember that we …

Microsoft planning a “new” music service? Well of course they are.

xbox-globeIn an “exclusive”, CNet’s Greg Sandoval is reporting that CNet has learned that “Microsoft is in talks with some of the major record companies about creating a new music service”.  Sandoval reports that the service would supply music …

Bing Vision now available in UK; Image Matching for Newspapers coming

ciaoA short post on the Bing UK blog is announcing that as of today, Bing Vision is officially available for Windows Phones in the UK.  A number of sites have previously reported that the service has been up and

Screenshots of Windows Phone “Tango” leaked, new features and low-memory limitations revealed

Windows Phone TangoAs we’re heading closer to Mobile World Congress 2012, where Microsoft is expected to announce details of their next update of Windows Phone, codenamed “Tango”, more details about the update are leaking out. Today Russion website WP7forum.ru leaked several screenshots …

Nokia Lumia 610 confirmed, passes certification in Indonesia

NokiaJust yesterday we posted details about a possible new Windows Phone coming soon – the Nokia Lumia 610. The device is set to be a budget device running Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, potentially to come with the latest “Tango” …

Revolving door: Club Bing out, msnNOW in (sorta)

chicktionaryThis week’s episode of “out with the old, in with the new” stars Club Bing, which is being discontinued on May 31st, and something called msnNOW, which was announced this evening.

Club Bing, itself a replacement for Live Search Club, …

Nokia set to unveil low-priced Lumia 610 Windows Phone at MWC

Nokia Lumia 610After we reported a rumor yesterday about a potential Nokia Windows Phone to be launched at Mobile World Congress (MWC), another rumor surfaces today about more devices that Nokia is set to unveil at MWC. Pocketnow.com first got words that …

Facebook for Windows Phone update announced

FBprimaryImage(Update: the app is available now, thanks for the tweets and comments.  We received an update notice, but you can try to uninstall and reinstall if you don’t get notified)

A new version of Facebook for Windows Phone, version 2.3, …

Microsoft to end “Calendar in the Hotmail inbox” test

Last June, we noticed a new feature that we were seeing, a sidebar calendar in the Hotmail inbox.  While some of you reported seeing it too, we learned today that it’s going away.  We asked David Dennis, a Principal …

Hotmail: best at fighting spam? (Updated, study commissioned by Microsoft, executed independently)

ms-Hotmail_v_cAccording to a new study by Cascade Insights, as cited by an Inside Windows Live post, Microsoft’s Hotmail narrowly beat out Gmail (and they both significantly out-performed Yahoo! Mail, and an unfiltered web host account) in a test by …