Zune rumors heat up: how does Windows Live fit in?

zune-logoWe told you about Paul Thurrott’s early mentions about a possible Zune rebrand, and then in a post titled “Questions Remain in the wake of a Microsoft / Nokia Partnership”, Thurrott drops more hints:

And what about Zune?

By Kip Kniskern in Featured News
February 15th, 2011 at 10:44 am

Drive Bender, can it replace WHS Drive Extender?

drive-benderIf you are or were a fan of Windows Home Server, you know that late last year a decision was made to remove the “Drive Extender” technology from Windows Home Server “Vail” (now known as Windows Home Server 2011), a …

By Kip Kniskern in News
February 14th, 2011 at 10:00 pm

Twitter coming to Windows Phone: what about Windows Live?

02-14MWC_PeopleHub_Twitter_webToday at MWC, one of the announcements about new features coming for the “Mango” release of Windows Phone later this year is integration of Twitter into the “People” Hub.  Currently, while there is a Twitter app for Windows Phone, Twitter, …

By Kip Kniskern in Featured News
February 14th, 2011 at 10:41 am

Steve Ballmer keynote at MWC: IE9 Mobile, more coming for Windows Phone

Steve Ballmer just walked off the stage at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, after delivering a bit of news, most of it known to some degree already, about upcoming advances for Windows Phone.

After pinning down the early “NoDo”, or …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
February 14th, 2011 at 8:24 am

Nokia Press Briefing at MWC: Elop “will be much happier” with a Nokia Windows Phone in 2011

The Nokia Press Briefing in Barcelona isn’t being broadcast live, but Steven Elop and Jo Harlow, Senior Vice President Marketing Nokia Mobile Phones, have been on stage, and of course news of the Microsoft / Nokia partnership dominates.  Elop said, …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
February 13th, 2011 at 10:27 am

Tuning in to Mobile World Congress: our guide

If you remember, last year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona featured the unveiling of Windows Phone 7.  What will happen this year?  We just added a TweetBlender Twitter search for the hashtags #mwc and #mwc2011 in our sidebar so you …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
February 12th, 2011 at 11:39 pm

Nokia / Microsoft: Where’s Zune?

In their press materials for the big announcement on Friday, Nokia and Microsoft featured a number of their brands in a collage of goodness about the partnership:

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However one brand is conspicuously missing from the equation: Zune.  It doesn’t …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
February 12th, 2011 at 9:32 pm

Messenger Connect’s application contacts feature discontinued

Dare Obasanjo posted a quick notice on the Windows Live Developers Blog announcing that the "Application Contacts" feature in Messenger Connect will be discontinued in six month’s time due to low user usage. For those who doesn’t know, the application …

By damaster in Developer
February 12th, 2011 at 8:38 pm

Bullet Points, the sequel: Next morning thoughts on Microsoft-Nokia

  • Well one thing is for sure, the US stock market isn’t too happy with Nokia’s decision to go Windows Phone.  After hours trading late last night showed NOK off some 7 points, and the stock is currently down 14.71%, to
By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
February 11th, 2011 at 11:15 am

The Top 10 Bullet Points on Microsoft-Nokia

As it’s the middle of the night here in Seattle, we’ll leave you for the night with a quick recap of the highlights of this momentous announcement by Nokia and Microsoft that they are forming a strategic partnership which will …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
February 11th, 2011 at 3:12 am