Dean Hachamovitch of IE9 to join Mix keynote, is there a 4th?

With the official news yesterday that IE9 will go final and be available for download on March 14th, complete with a blowout party at SxSW in Austin, Microsoft’s Mix web development conference added Dean Hachamovitch to the keynote, joining Scott …

By Kip Kniskern in News
March 10th, 2011 at 11:30 am

Bing and Google Maps AJAX performance compared

Last November, Bing Maps rolled out their version 7.0 of the Bing Maps AJAX control, which meant that users could view enhanced Bing Maps without Silverlight, and developers could work more easily with Bing Maps in their AJAX applications.  …

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
March 9th, 2011 at 11:41 pm

Office Web Apps completes worldwide rollout

18 new countries in South America are now able to access Office Web Apps, completing the worldwide rollout of the online versions of popular Microsoft Office applications that began nine months ago.

The Office Web Apps are now live in

By Kip Kniskern in Featured News
March 9th, 2011 at 11:03 am

More user created Windows Phone ads (with puppies!)

Last week we showed you a user created Windows Phone ad from digital artist Brandon Foy featuring a fast paced montage of Windows Phone goodness, and receiving some 90,000 YouTube views.  Now a couple of new “user created” (meaning not …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
March 9th, 2011 at 9:09 am

Windows Phone marketplace updates

There is some news regarding Windows Phone Marketplace.

Windows Phone Marketplace currently offers more than 9,000 quality apps and games and enjoys a base of over 32,000 registered developers, delivering an average of 100 new apps every day. The Windows

By Sunshine in Mobile
March 9th, 2011 at 2:52 am

Katy Perry Revenge 2 by Bing!

Katy Perry 2Remember that Katy Perry iPhone app sponsored by Bing? Yes, that’s the one, Katy Perry Revenge! If you liked that one, and can’t get enough of Katy Perry, then I have got some news for you!

Now there …

By Sunshine in Bing
March 9th, 2011 at 2:27 am

Windows Live Messenger Facebook app continues to grow-Newsgrange.com

When we last talked about FarmVille, we were a little late with our reporting (only *ahem* a year late), but these numbers, we assure you, are fresh: as FarmVille and even its newer counterpart CityVille fade in popularity on Facebook, …

By Kip Kniskern in News
March 8th, 2011 at 12:23 pm

IE9 final release due next week, will you use it?

All indications are that Microsoft is set to release a final version of IE9 on March 14, complete with a “Beauty of the Web” party at SxSW.  It should be a good party for the IE team, who have been …

By Kip Kniskern in Featured News
March 8th, 2011 at 11:20 am

Bing teams with Angry Birds

Bing is teaming with Rovio, the folks behind Angry Birds, to put a new twist on the birds vs. pigs saga. You can watch as the pigs scheme creative ways to get their hooves on the treasured eggs via …

By Sunshine in Bing
March 8th, 2011 at 12:49 am

Microsoft Nokia: 5 year deal, royalties, billion dollar payments, not signed yet-Businessweek

Nokia-LogoBusinessweek is reporting today a few more details on the as-yet-to-be-signed agreement between Nokia and Microsoft in a switch from Nokia’s internal mobile operating systems (Symbian and MeeGo) to Windows Phone for its smartphone operating systems.

The deal, according to …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
March 7th, 2011 at 1:04 pm