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Microsoft confirms Zune for Mac is coming later in 2010

So all iPhone users can sync their phones with their Windows PCs using iTunes for Windows, but what about Windows Phone 7 users? Not long ago our friends at WMPowerUser.com found a Microsoft job posting for a senior software design …

Microsoft Translator now supports Indonesian, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese

Microsoft TranslatorJust saw a quick update on the official Microsoft Translator blog that they have added Indonesian, Ukrainian and Vietnamese support to their translation engine. This brings the total number of languages to 35. Here’s the list of all the languages …

Windows Phone Live teased in Windows Phone 7 video

While we’ve seen plenty of screenshots showing what the “Find My Phone” feature of the upcoming Windows Phone Live service looks like, there had been almost no leaks of the actual Windows Phone Live interface. Well this seems the case …

Bing xRank is no more!

Thanks to a tip from Pradeep, Microsoft has confirmed with SearchEngineLand.com that Bing xRank has been discontinued. In fact, if you visit http://bing.com/xrank now, it will redirect to the Bing homepage. Here’s a screenshot of Bing xRank from the Wikipedia

Windows Live Messenger confirmed for Windows Phone 7

Our friend Michael Gillett from My Microsoft Life recently had the chance to meet with Oded Ran, head of marketing for Windows Phone 7 in Microsoft UK, and was given the chance to play with a devices with the RTM …

Windows Live SkyDrive synced storage is now 5GB – in preparation for Windows Live Essentials 2011 final release today!

Windows Live EssentialsWe told you last week that Windows Live Essentials 2011 final was rumoured to be coming today (September 30, 2010). Various blogs including Neowin and R27.it are now confirming this news and the final version will be available to the …

Windows Live Web Services refreshed – Service Status, Devices, LinkedIn connected service now available!

So yesterday we saw Microsoft (temporarily) updated the Hotmail Calendar service with the new features like weather updates. It seems like that’s just the beginning of a new wave of updates coming to the Windows Live web services. If you …

Windows Live Calendar to get weather updates, full-session SSL and a name change?

Windows Live CalendarWindows Live Calendar was updated to Wave 4 back in June 2010, but it left many disappointed as the only updates it received since Wave 3 was the addition of a mobile counterpart. While the Calendar backend was …

Windows Live Messenger for iOS gets an upgrade – now with Facebook Chat and more!

Facebook Chat support in Messenger for iOSFollowing the release of Windows Live Messenger for iOS back in June, three months later and Microsoft had just announced on the Inside Windows Live team blog the first upgrade to Windows Live Messenger for iOS app – version …

Windows Phone Live: Overview of the upcoming “Find My Phone” feature

Back in July 2010, Microsoft announced that a new and free companion service – Windows Phone Live, will be available to all Windows Phone 7 customers. Soon after, showed you one of the first screenshots of this new service,  …