More news from the TED conference, this time it’s Dr. Gary Flake presenting Pivot, a Live Labs project that just “wouldn’t have been possible five years ago”:
…Pivot is an experimental technology that allows people to visualize data
More from TED: Dr. Gary Flake presents Pivot, now available for download
Bing, TED, and “spatial search”: more cool new stuff from Bing Maps
We should have known something was up since Stefan Weitz and Betsy Aoki have been hanging out and tweeting from TED, and sure enough today Bing Maps Architect Blaise Aguera y Arcas got up and showed off the latest in …
Tidbits from Windows Live blogs: new emoticons, Msgr iPhone app coming?
Always fun to catch some little tidbits in official Windows Live blogs, and we noticed two recent ones, thanks to a tip from Picturepan2 from LiveSino.net.
First, did we just get a glimpse of an Emoticon makeover? In yesterday’s …
Windows Live Messenger, a short history (and impressive stats)
Jeff Kunins, the Group Program Manager for social networking across Windows Live, wrote an interesting post about the history of Windows Live Messenger on the Inside Windows Live blog.
He tells us that the instant messaging category got …
Windows Mobile 7 at MWC: follow along at home!
We’ll be following whatever Windows Mobile/Phone news comes out of the Mobile World Congress next week, but we know some of you may want to get the latest news right from Steve Ballmer himself. Luckily, the Windows Phone Press Conference …
One more thing from Bing: Winter Games Map app
Not to be outdone by the other Winter Games features, Bing Maps has introduced a Bing Maps Winter Games app, which shows you venues, news and blogs, Tweets, and even medal counts from the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C. …
Silverlight, MSN, Bing, and the Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympics, this year held in Vancouver, B.C., are just a few days away, and promise to be the most internet friendly Olympics, so far (especially if you’re in the US, we’re checking on the non-US story). NBC Universal …
Well, we’re still blogging, anyway
Kind of a sad note on the “Your mail is here, come and get it” blog, the official blog of Hotmail, as they are shutting down the blog and concentrating their efforts on Inside Windows Live. We …
Mobile rumor mill heats up; Tom and Long to Liveblog
PPC Geeks published the latest in a slew of rumors on what to expect at Mobile World Congress (MWC), now just more than a week away. In their post, the PPC Geeks expect to see at least the user interface, …
Bing to Enhance search on Facebook; end advertising partnership
Just announced today on the Bing blog is news that Microsoft’s Bing will deepen its relationship with Facebook on search, and “will soon provide Facebook users with a more complete search experience by providing full access to great Bing features …
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