Windows Phone 7 codenamed “No Donuts” update details leaked ahead of CES

Last month we told you details about the upcoming Windows Phone 7 updates codenamed “Mango”, as well as details about the two smaller updates to be released during early 2011, one of which is supposedly to be announced …

By damaster in Mobile
January 4th, 2011 at 5:13 pm

Toyota Entune – Bing and more in your car

entuneToyota today introduced Entune from CES in Las Vegas, its new built-in hardware / mobile phone application pair that brings Bing, Pandora, Open Table and more to your car’s dashboard.

Basically, you’ll be able to (after buying a new, Entune …

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
January 4th, 2011 at 10:43 am

Microsoft in 2011 – it starts at CES

2011 could be a very significant year for Microsoft, the year Bing gives Google some serious competition, Windows Phone iterates and impresses to gain ground on the iPhone and Android, Microsoft finally makes a serious move into the connected TV …

By Kip Kniskern in News
January 3rd, 2011 at 8:29 pm

Happy Birthday to us, and welcome

Five years ago, on January 3rd, 2006, our good friend and current Microsoft Windows Live Evangelist Harrison Hoffman published the first of almost three thousand posts to date (this is post #2,892), welcoming you all to LiveSide.net. Now entering …

By Kip Kniskern in News
January 2nd, 2011 at 10:34 pm

Missing Hotmail emails: they’re back (sorta)

Just a quick update on the great missing email/folders caper over at Hotmail, a number of Facebook fans of the “Hotmail…wth” page are leaving comments that their emails and folders are back…except for emails from last 3 days.  We noticed …

By Kip Kniskern in News
January 2nd, 2011 at 8:57 am

IE 9 download number hits 20 million, and RC to be released on Jan 28?

On the first day of new year, Internet Explorer Product Marketing Director Roger Capriotti shares some exciting numbers about IE 9 and previous versions of IE. According to his post on the official blog, IE 9 Beta has been downloaded

By Picturepan2 in News
January 1st, 2011 at 8:32 pm

Empty email accounts, and some bad buzz for Hotmail

In the past few days, a number of Hotmail users have been complaining on WindowsLiveHelp.com about a rather disconcerting issue: their Hotmail accounts, some up to 10 years old, appear completely empty.  No emails, no folders, nothing, just what appears …

By Kip Kniskern in News
January 1st, 2011 at 5:31 pm

Windows Phone Marketplace reaches 5,000 apps

Depending on which count you use, Windows Phone Marketplace has just, or is just about to top the 5,000 app milestone.  A steady stream of apps continue to be approved each day (with a bit of slowing over the holidays, …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
December 28th, 2010 at 10:05 am

Happy Holidays from Windows Live

LiveSide received an email today from Product Manager (Evangelism) for Windows Live Harrison Hoffman today (gee that name sounds familiar!), wishing us, and by extension you, a happy holiday season.  Harrison lets us know that Windows Live will be at …

By Kip Kniskern in News
December 22nd, 2010 at 9:02 pm

Microsoft: 1.5 million Windows Phones sold (to mobile operators and retail)

In the first release of any sales numbers so far, Microsoft today in a press release interview of Mobile Communications Corporate Vice President Achim Berg, announced that 1.5 million Windows Phones have been sold from manufacturers to mobile operators …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
December 21st, 2010 at 10:11 am