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Nokia vs. Bing Maps, Zune: the U.S. problem

nokia maps bicycleNokia is set to make a big splash here in the US, with a big presence at CES in Las Vegas in January, and a US launch expected soon after (if not right from CES).  We’re expecting at least …

Hey wait, is Microsoft doing this Windows Phone update thing…. right?

thumbsupOk, so the Windows Phone update story got off to a rocky start.  In case you don’t remember, early last year, Windows Phone’s first set of updates, code named “NoDo” didn’t go so well, especially at all at first.  Communication …

Hotmail and Outlook: better together (with more changes to come?)

outlook-2010Yesterday, on the Inside Windows Live blog, Hotmail PM Dick Craddock posted on “10 Reasons to switch to Hotmail if you use Outlook”.  We’ll let you read the post for all the details, but here’s a quick summary:…

Microsoft Flight: no release date, but another tease

After Microsoft Flight Simulator (and Aces Game Studio) was axed back in January 2009 as part of a cost cutting move, we’ve been getting occasional and fairly cryptic messages from something new from Games for Windows Live called “Microsoft Flight”, …

Digesting Ballmer: to place a period

This morning, we posted on a Business Insider report from the Microsoft Annual Meeting quoting Steve Ballmer in regards to Windows 8 and Windows Phone.  Apparently the BI report caused quite a flurry since then, as Microsoft PR scrambled to …

Steve Ballmer confirms that Windows 8 is coming to phones

At today’s Annual Meeting of shareholders, Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer went through the usual spiel on how well the company is doing, despite the stock price (which of course is what shareholders are most interested in).  But then in …

Bing launches “Editors’ Picks”

As first reported by Microsoft News this weekend, Bing has launched a new service designed to enhance your experience on Bing, officially announced today as Editors’ Picks.  By compiling lists of editorially selected sites for certain topics, to …

Another US search market share report: Bing shows slow growth

comScore has released its latest US Search Engine rankings, and while Bing had climbed from 8.4% when the rebranding was launched in June 2009, October marks another month where Microsoft’s search offering has failed to gain much share.  Bing’s …

OneNote 2010 updated to provide better SkyDrive support

Today, Microsoft released a number of “important” updates for Microsoft Office 2010, and the updates for OneNote 2010 include a number of new Windows Live and SkyDrive related features designed to make it easier to use OneNote 2010 on your …

Xbox.com makeover “in the coming days”: Social, Beacons, Video…and music (!)

A blog post on the Xbox.com Forums today announced a “significant update” to Xbox.com, which will do away with the “My Xbox” section and replace it with a new “Social” section, and new sections for Video and Music:

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