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 …
Windows Phone 7 Marketplace open to all
The 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
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.
Start by following Windows …
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 …
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 …
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