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Keep up with the latest Windows Phone news, tweets (all on LiveSide!)

The news around Windows Phone 7 Series is really starting to heat up: today Sunshine pointed to a video coming from TechEd Middle East, where Eric Rudder showed a game played on a PC, then a Windows Phone, then on …

Zune HD Facebook app reappears

It took a little while, but the Facebook app for Zune HD is now working and available for installation via the Zune software interface.  The app was actually released on Monday (after apparent testing by Softies and MVPs, judging by …

Marketplace Updates

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Remember the Race To Market Developer Challenge? Well, today some of the winners got announced over at The Windows Mobile Developer Blog.

  • The winner for most downloaded app is Meon Lite from Manbolo.
  • The winner for highest value

Windows Mobile 7 at MWC: follow along at home!

We’ll be following whatever Windows Mobile/Phone news comes out of the Mobile World Congress next week, but we know some of you may want to get the latest news right from Steve Ballmer himself.  Luckily, the Windows Phone Press Conference …

My.live.com to be discontinued on March 15th

We’ve had numerous questions posed to us over the last few months about the status and future of My.live.com, the personal home page that started out as an Atlas framework (now ASP.net Ajax) project managed by Sanaz Ahari and the …

New on Bing: enhanced Health Instant Answers and more

A new post on the Bing search blog highlights some nice new features in Instant Answers for health related queries, including content from partners and new hard-to-discover search results.  Here’s a Bing search on h1n1:

healthresults 

The new Instant …

Windows Live for Mobile Wave 4: Calendar and Groups coming soon?

Ever since Wave 3, people have been wondering why Windows Live Calendar never had a mobile counterpart, considering calendars are one of the most used applications on every mobile devices. Windows Live Calendar for Mobile only supported SMS-based services in

Congratulations to Bing: Best New Startup or Product of 2009: Crunchies

While we can’t say we took the time to watch this year’s “Crunchies”, the TechCrunch awards given out for the past 3 years now, we’re happy to report that Bing took away the honors for Best New Startup or Product

Exclusive: New Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 screenshots revealed!

Following the screenshot leaks from Neowin.net earlier last month, our friend Picturepan2 from LiveSino.net was able to get some more exclusive screenshots of an internal build of the upcoming Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 just as the new year’s …

Microsoft combines Azure and Windows Server orgs: “Server and Cloud Division”

azurepics Microsoft announced today that Windows Azure and Windows Server will together become a new division in the Server and Tools Business: the Server and Cloud Division.  If it wasn’t clear before, Microsoft is heavily invested in “the cloud”, and this …