“Mystery event” hosted by MSFT next week: “it’s time to share”

500x_pinkpure_01 With all the hoopla that surrounded the unveiling of Windows Phone 7 Series in the past few weeks, we kind of forgot about “Pink”, the new consumer phone (think Sidekick II) coming from Microsoft.

Now, according to Engadget and others, …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
April 5th, 2010 at 7:06 pm

Another Bing UK tv ad

The third in a series of tv ads in the UK for Bing is out. Like the others both in the US and UK, the ad features characters suffering from “search overload”:

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Enjoy!…

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
April 2nd, 2010 at 7:51 pm

Microsoft, Apple reach search deal

After months of rumors and speculation, Steve Ballmer and Steve Jobs jointly announced a new search deal to power Apple’s new iPad.  Speaking from a Starbucks in Renton at a press conference attended only by a kid skateboarding by, the …

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
April 1st, 2010 at 8:59 am

More from Bing Maps: new apps, new imagery

where20 Sunshine told you about some of the announcements coming from Bing Maps earlier today, but the news didn’t stop there.  Timing the announcements to come at the Where 2.0 conference in San Francisco, Bing Maps today also announced three new …

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
March 31st, 2010 at 8:12 pm

Demo Apps from MIX10 on Windows Phone 7

Have you seen the Windows Phone 7 Series demo apps during the MIX10 keynote? Want to see them again? The Windows Phone Developer blog has a post up with videos of all the demos shown during the keynote:…

By Sunshine in Mobile
March 31st, 2010 at 12:40 pm

Bing Maps March updates

Bing Maps got some updates in March, with promises of more to come. Here are the changes already implemented:

Walking Directions – Walking Directions allows you to calculate directions between two points in a way that would allow you to …

By Sunshine in Bing
March 31st, 2010 at 10:57 am

Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4 to get Office Web Apps integration

Last time we told you that the final version of Office Web Apps will be released along with Windows Live Wave 4, we always knew that the two will be integrated tightly. Indeed, not only Office Web Apps is

By damaster in News
March 30th, 2010 at 12:01 pm

Translator Widget v2

We just updated our Microsoft Translator widget to version 2, complete with the “Collaborative Translations”, which allows you to choose alternate translations and make suggestions.  We purposely choose to use the translator widget, instead of working with the more flexible …

By Kip Kniskern in News
March 30th, 2010 at 2:02 am

Some new concepts in Windows Live Messenger Wave 4

Many of you probably had the chance to play with the recently leaked M2 build of Windows Live Messenger Wave 4. I’m sure you’ve seen many screenshots of the build around the internet already, so we won’t do that …

By damaster in News
March 28th, 2010 at 1:05 pm

Two more Windows Live services to be discontinued in Wave 4: Call and Toolbar

Last year we told you Microsoft will be adding two new Windows Live services to its family: Devices and Docs. Well, although there hasn’t been any official words on this, it appears that Microsoft will also be discontinuing two …

By damaster in News
March 28th, 2010 at 9:03 am