Xbox Live coming to 9 new markets on November 10th

With Windows Phone 7 and Kinect on the way, Xbox Live is gearing up for expansion, and today announced that 9 new markets will come online for Xbox Live:

  • Russia
  • Poland
  • South Africa
  • Greece
  • Czech Republic
  • Hungary
  • Brazil
  • Colombia
By Kip Kniskern in News
October 12th, 2010 at 11:50 am

Best of Bing 4

Bing’s Best number 4 is out!

The best keeps getting better, with attention-grabbing landscapes, animal shots, and other eye-catching Bing images in this Windows 7 theme.
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This pack contains 18 images!

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By Sunshine in Bing
October 12th, 2010 at 5:57 am

Microsoft Translator now supports Indonesian, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese

Microsoft TranslatorJust saw a quick update on the official Microsoft Translator blog that they have added Indonesian, Ukrainian and Vietnamese support to their translation engine. This brings the total number of languages to 35. Here’s the list of all the languages …

By damaster in Bing
October 12th, 2010 at 1:58 am

Video from WindowsPhone YouTube channel: devices, ads

If you missed this morning’s Windows Phone 7 announcement from New York, it should be up on demand before too long, but after some opening remarks from Steve Ballmer and AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega, the focus quickly shifted …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
October 11th, 2010 at 10:34 am

Zune software coming to India, Copy/Paste coming to WP7

Among the announcements flowing out today around Windows Phone 7 is that the Zune software will soon be coming to new markets, including India.  Additionally, at the end of his demo today, Joe Belfiore announced that Copy/Paste, a feature …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
October 11th, 2010 at 9:47 am

Windows Phone 7 press materials

While Joe Belfiore demos Windows Phone 7 (looking very fast and smart), here’s a list of press materials now up on The Microsoft News Center:

EA Mobile to Publish Games for Windows Phone 7

Microsoft and Partners Unveil Windows

By Kip Kniskern in Featured Mobile
October 11th, 2010 at 9:20 am

Windows Phone Press conference; Zune 4.7 available

Steve Ballmer has just taken the stage, and we’ll be updating this post with Windows Phone 7 news throughout the morning.  While the opening remarks get going, one bit of news from earlier this morning, the Zune software has been …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
October 11th, 2010 at 8:45 am

Windows Phone 7: the fun begins

At 9:30am Eastern Daylight time, Microsoft is set to take the wraps off its long awaited Windows Phone 7, and we’ll be getting up early to follow along as Steve Ballmer and Ralph de la Vega of AT&T announce the

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
October 11th, 2010 at 8:45 am

Windows Phone Live teased in Windows Phone 7 video

While we’ve seen plenty of screenshots showing what the “Find My Phone” feature of the upcoming Windows Phone Live service looks like, there had been almost no leaks of the actual Windows Phone Live interface. Well this seems the case …

By damaster in Mobile
October 9th, 2010 at 9:25 pm

Microsoft shutters Live Labs

On Friday afternoon word got out that Microsoft has shuttered Live Labs, the incubation project that brought us PhotoSynth, SeaDragon, Pivot, and more, “transitioning” the group to Bing.  The Live Labs website has been shuttered, too:

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Live Labs’ founder Dr. …

By Kip Kniskern in News
October 9th, 2010 at 10:29 am