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Nokia does the right thing, Wall St. not impressed

Nokia got a lot of good press in the past couple of days as it moved quickly to get on top of an issue with data connectivity on the newly released Lumia 900, but Wall Street wasn’t reading the tech …

A different Bing for everyone?

We’ve been getting a number of tips in the past few weeks about new features and new looks showing up on Bing, including the “tile interface” Bing home page (thanks, John):

new bing

.. and a new, more Metro-y search results page …

Bing Maps backs, but doesn’t use, OpenStreetMap

osm map appYesterday, PC World posted on what’s looking like a cozy relationship between Microsoft and OpenStreetMap, an open source mapping project that has been in the news lately as a number of companies, including FourSquare and Apple, are switching away …

Xfinity on Xbox: not without problems

We just tried to log in to Xfinity on Xbox, and like a number of other users, we’re having some problems, which seem to be related to an inability to authenticate to the service with our Comcast Xfinity username/password combination:…

Bing Video updates coming, or here already?

A blog post this morning on the Bing Search blog, perhaps a bit prematurely as the post has disappeared, announced a number of improvements to Bing Video, including larger and more informative previews in the search results page, infinite …

Bing Rewards to add Skype credits

skype creditWe’ve been waiting for Skype, acquired by Microsoft last year, to begin to make itself known within Microsoft products, and although today’s announced “Bing and Skype – Better Together” promotion isn’t earth shattering news, it’s a start.

According …

New Xbox Live content (Comcast, HBO, Major League Baseball) set to go live Tuesday in the US

xbox liveReports are filtering out that not only the Comcast Xfinity content for Xbox Live, but also HBO Go, and Major League Baseball, according to numerous reports on tech blogs, including USA Today’s “Game Hunters” blog.  According to the …

April 8 Nokia 900 launch on ATT official: is the Windows Phone tide turning?

nokia 900Nokia and AT&T officially announced the widely expected launch of the Nokia 900 today, at an eye-popping $99 (with a new 2 year contract), and getting a bit of buzz from the tech press in the process.  The new phone, …

Xfinity on Demand for Xbox Live: coming soon?

xfinity-logoLast October, Microsoft announced plans to “transform TV” by partnering with a number of entertainment providers, including Comcast’s Xfinity, but with only a few of the services available at launch.  Now, it looks like US customers of Comcast may soon …

Do we believe MSNerd? Reddit AMAA

Last night, noted and self proclaimed Microsoft “leaker” MSNerd (@MSNerd on Twitter) set up a Reddit AMAA (Ask Me About Anything) that is getting a bit of attention this morning, with some “revelations” about Xbox, Windows Phone, and Windows 8 …