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New from Live Labs: Pivot

pivotlogo I got called a namedropper on Twitter today for my earlier Day 1 post, but really we think of our readers as being the reason we’re here, and it’s because of you that we’re able to get to do this …

PDC Liveblog Day One

We’re here in sunny Los Angeles ( 76 degrees and sunny ๐Ÿ™‚  ) again, liveblogging the PDC keynotes today and tomorrow.  You can watch the keynote live at www.microsoftpdc.com, and follow along with our motley crew of bloggers and …

Zune coming to non-US markets

bglogowhite A story in the Financial Times today is reporting that Zune services will soon be expanding into a number of new markets:

The Zune-branded service โ€“ which includes the most popular films from MGM, Paramount and Universal โ€“ will be

On the road next week to PDC, catch the keynote Liveblog here!

We’re honored again to be able to bring you a group effort liveblog of the keynotes at PDC, coming up next Tuesday and Wednesday.  The same gang is back again this year: Long Zheng from istartedsomething.com, Mary Jo Foley …

Bing videos: where every view is a search

The new Bing Videos site looks to be a big improvement over its predecessor MSN Video – with Silverlight Streaming, a new cleaner look, and integration with YouTube, Hulu, National Geographic, and many more.  But like many others, we’ve been …

Bing fall update announced: Wolfram|Alpha, weather, more

Hot on the heels of the updates to Bing Maps, Videos, and Reference, Bing made some more announcements today, as part of a “major release”, to be rolled out over the coming weeks.  Most noticeable is the announcement of a

Hey, a new Bing maps interface!

Just saw a tweet by Doc Searls (who likes the Birds Eye View) saying that the Bing Map Server  was “temporarily unavailable”, so we checked and found a new interface:

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The navigation bars look to be simplified, and “Get Directions” …

How big is Windows Live Messenger worldwide? Really Big

In a press release issued today, comScore breaks down the time spent online globally by properties, with Microsoft sites leading the way with nearly 15 percent of all time spent online (out of some 27 billion hours per month!):…

NBC Prepared For Winter Olympics, Adds Silverlight Player And Facebook Connect

Are you ready for the Winter Olympics? With the Olympics still 100 days away, NBC sure is. They made some changes to their site, NBCOlympics.com, for that.
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Just as last year with the Summer Olympics there will be …

Happy(?) Holidays from Bing: the new commercial

The first of what will probably be a bunch of new holiday themed Bing commercials just popped up, a variation on the “all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth” theme, with a poor kid just wanting (go …