Who’s building the official Messenger app for WP7? (Not Microsoft!)

Microsoft has been strangely quiet about a Windows Live Messenger app for Windows Phone 7, with no mention early on, and a conspicuous absence in a blog post the other day by Windows Live Corporate VP Chris Jones.  Now …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
October 14th, 2010 at 3:13 am

Facebook / Bing partnership: the official announcement, and video

Just in from Microsoft, the official announcement:

Today, in partnership with Facebook, Bing announced new social search features that provide a more personal search experience based on an individual’s Facebook network. In the offline world, we know people rely on

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By Kip Kniskern in Bing
October 13th, 2010 at 2:22 pm

Bing and Facebook announce new partnership: “Liked By Your Friends”

Microsoft Corporate Vice President Yusuf Mehdi, Online Services President Qi Lu, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today announced a new partnership, and brings “Liked By Your Facebook Friends” search results to Bing.  The new module will bring information from your …

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
October 13th, 2010 at 2:15 pm

Bing / Facebook announcements live webcast

As expected, Bing and Facebook are announcing a “new partnership” today, and although Bing hasn’t been in the habit of webcasting these bi-annual events (boo), Facebook is webcasting the announcements live (yay!).  Here’s the embedded player so you can follow …

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
October 13th, 2010 at 1:02 pm

Bing powers eTao.com website search in China

etao-logoWhile we wait for word coming from Mountain View on today’s Bing announcements, news is out today that Bing is powering web searches on a new e-commerce website in China.

ETao.com returns search results for forums, news, answers, web, and …

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
October 13th, 2010 at 10:42 am

Rumour: Windows Live SkyDrive integration coming to Windows Phone 7?

The Office hub on Windows Phone 7 offers the ability for users to view and edit their Microsoft Office documents directly on their phone, and in addition to that, the hub also features Office SharePoint Workspace Mobile, which allow users …

By damaster in Mobile
October 13th, 2010 at 6:32 am

Microsoft confirms Zune for Mac is coming later in 2010

So all iPhone users can sync their phones with their Windows PCs using iTunes for Windows, but what about Windows Phone 7 users? Not long ago our friends at WMPowerUser.com found a Microsoft job posting for a senior software design …

By damaster in Mobile
October 13th, 2010 at 2:02 am

Spaces, Live Mesh beta want to remind you that they’re toast

burnt-toast-2Windows Live enthusiasts received two separate but somewhat related emails this evening, one from Windows Live Spaces, “Changes coming to your Windows Live Space”, sets out the timeline for the demise of Spaces (and how you can migrate to WordPress.com…

By Kip Kniskern in News
October 12th, 2010 at 8:19 pm

Upcoming Bing announcements: Facebook, and a “major redesign”?

fblikebigBing is set to unveil its “fall lineup” in an event in San Francisco tomorrow (Wed Oct. 13).  A number of sites are reporting that Facebook will be an invited guest, perhaps announcing a relationship involving anonymised data coming from …

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
October 12th, 2010 at 7:15 pm

Edit your photos in WL Photo Gallery… from Zune 4.7!

Looks like the Zune guys slipped in a little bonus with the updated Zune 4.7 software, along with the more obvious links to the Windows Phone 7 MarketPlace: now you can easily get to Windows Live Photo Gallery to edit …

By Kip Kniskern in News
October 12th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
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