Xbox Kinect brings Messenger Video chat to Xbox 360

Xbox Kinect is now available in the US – and soon, around the world. At Windows Live they are very excited about this because it gives our more than 300 million Messenger users worldwide a new way to stay connected …

By Sunshine in Featured News
November 5th, 2010 at 3:27 am

Windows Phone 7 Marketplace open to all

imageThe Windows Phone 7 Marketplace is now open to all to submit your apps. Developers can do so at App Hub.

App Hub is the website created just for Windows Phone and Xbox LIVE Indie Games developers that provides …

By Sunshine in Featured Mobile
November 5th, 2010 at 3:03 am

Bing’s new Facebook Social Search integration is now available

Earlier last month, Bing and Facebook announced a new partnership which brings new social search features into Bing based on an individual’s Facebook network. Today, Microsoft announced that this feature is now officially available to all US users (if you’re …

By damaster in Bing Featured
November 3rd, 2010 at 2:52 am

Confusion and clarification on the end of Bing Maps 3D

It started with a post this morning on the Bing Maps blog (well really started last night when Bing Maps developers were alerted to the upcoming changes via email): an announcement on the end of Bing Maps 3D, and an …

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
November 2nd, 2010 at 10:05 pm

Use your favorite email address within Hotmail? It’s EASI!

Microsoft announced today a new feature for Hotmail, called EASI ID, allowing you to set up your favorite email address to use Hotmail and get the benefits of features like Sweep, or sending 10GB of (50MB each) pictures in one …

By Kip Kniskern in News
November 1st, 2010 at 11:58 am

Did Windows Live Calendar cancel November?

LiveSide reader Alex alerted us to a problem with Windows Live Calendar that apparently started within the last 24 hours or so, where users have found all their Calendar appointments for most of the month of November and the early …

By Kip Kniskern in News
November 1st, 2010 at 1:09 am

Microsoft All in, all over

One thing we learned this week at PDC, Microsoft is All In, all over the place.  This year, they’ve been All In with Azure and the cloud..

“For the cloud, we’re all in,” said Ballmer during an address and

By Kip Kniskern in News
October 30th, 2010 at 8:39 pm

FourSquare teams up with Photo Gallery: tips on great photo spots

FourSquare and Windows Live Photo Gallery have teamed up in a bit of a pilot project to help you find great places to take photos, starting in 3 US cities: New York, San Francisco, and Seattle.

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By Kip Kniskern in News
October 29th, 2010 at 12:31 pm

Running IE9 Tech Preview 6 with full UI

This morning Dean Hachamovitch announced a new tech preview of IE9, complete with CSS3 2D Tranforms, “and a whole lot more”.  However, like the IE9 tech previews before it, this latest preview is meant to show off some new tests …

By Kip Kniskern in News
October 28th, 2010 at 3:42 pm

PDC keynote: IE9, WP7, Azure

We’re sitting in the Microsoft Conference Center listening to Steve Ballmer, Dean Hachamovitch, Scott Guthrie, Bob Muglia and others talk about the latest in Microsoft’s developer platforms, including IE9, WP7, and Azure

A new platform preview of IE9, Platform Preview …

By Kip Kniskern in News
October 28th, 2010 at 10:09 am