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Bing and the FIFA World Cup South Africa – Part 2

Following up on Part 1, we bring you Part 2 with the latest release(s) of Bing stuff for the FIFA World Cup.

There is still no sign of the earlier mentioned Map App on Bing Maps, yet TechCrunch …

New Map App, My Friends, shows you where your Facebook friends are

MyFriends Want to see where your Facebook friends are in the World? Now you can with the new My Friends map App! This map app uses Facebook APIs to pull in your friends from Facebook (only those who have listed a …

The New Windows Live Sync Beta

Windows Live Sync Logo Over on Inside Windows Live, David Treadwell just posted about the new Live Sync beta. He wrote about how Windows Live Sync beta blends the best of Windows Live Sync and Live Mesh Beta. Yuhuh, the two are …

Bing and the FIFA World Cup South Africa – Part 1

With the FIFA World Cup South Africa right around the corner, Bing can not escape on doing something for all the Soccer fans.

They are kicking off by integrating World Cup information, live scores of matches, group standings etc. into …

More Windows Phone Developer News

During the keynote and a Windows Phone 7 session at TechEd North America 2010, Microsoft showed off a newer build of Windows Phone 7. Long Zheng has put up some images of this new build. He notes that the …

The OneNote Web App is here!

We told you Office Web Apps went live this week. But what we didn’t write about yet is that yesterday a part of the Office family that was missing got added: OneNote. Yes, that’s right there’s also a OneNote

Bing Earth Day Student Contest Theme Pack

Remember the Bing Earth Day Homepage student Contest? The contest was a great success, contest participants (all you voters) made donations totaling more than $110K towards classroom projects on DonorsChoose.org.

People requested and redeemed the $5 donation codes …

Localized Hotmail addresses?

Since yesterday you can get a Hotmail.nl address in the Netherlands.
Hotmail.nl - Is jouw naam nog vrij?
Now we were wondering, are you getting such localized Hotmail addies in your country too? If not, would you like there to be? Let us know in the comments …

New Next Gen Windows Phone Marketplace policies

The news just never stops does it? This time we’ve got some news for Windows Phone Developers. The Windows Phone Marketplace policies have changed! They’ve been changed to attract a wider range of developers, from large software companies to …

New version of ICE available

Earlier today we told you that Photosynth panoramas now show up in the Photosynth Map App on Bing Maps if you geotag them. The program with which you make these panoramas, ICE, just got an update today.

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