Our first take on MSFT-YHOO: Less than meets the eye?

binglogo A search deal between Microsoft and Yahoo! hasn’t even been announced yet, and yet tidbits of information are being analyzed, scrutinized, and dissected all across the web.  Marshall Kirkpatrick at Read/Write Web sees bad news for search innovation of the …

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
July 29th, 2009 at 8:03 am

New Bing ads: showing off the good stuff

The first in a new series of Bing ads appeared last night in the US on the Conan O’Brien show.  Two weeks ago, Yusuf Mehdi promised the new ads, saying:

Lastly, stay tuned for a new set of Bing ads

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
July 28th, 2009 at 5:44 pm

Microsoft Wave Launched

MicrosoftWaveNo, not Wave 4, we are still waiting for that, but Microsoft Wave.

Microsoft Wave is a new site from Microsoft’s UK team that shows off the latest developments and products to come out of Microsoft. You will …

By Sunshine in News
July 28th, 2009 at 4:30 pm

Race To Market Developer Challenge

Are you a (Windows Live Mobile) developer? Now is the time to submit your applications to the Windows Marketplace for Mobile. Not only will your app be one of the first available in the marketplace when it launches, but …

By Sunshine in News
July 28th, 2009 at 2:42 pm

Details filter out on Microsoft-Yahoo! search deal to be announced Wednesday

Multiple reports are out from AdAge, The Wall Street Journal, and Kara Swisher at All Things Digital that Microsoft and Yahoo! are set to announce a search deal as early as tomorrow, Wednesday.  From AdAge:

Through the pact,

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
July 28th, 2009 at 3:11 am

MSFT-YHOO search deal “likely to be announced this week”: Ad Age

microsoft-yahooTalks between Microsoft and Yahoo! about deal that would have Microsoft’s Bing providing search technology for Yahoo! properties continue, according to an article in today’s Advertising Age:

Yahoo’s request for an upfront payment (it is said to have asked

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
July 27th, 2009 at 7:26 am

Sneak peek of what’s coming in Windows Live Movie Maker

Movie Maker Last month, the Windows Live Movie Maker team made a blog post with a status update on what’s been happening to Movie Maker. To give you a recap, in the post Mike Torres offered some glimpses of what to expect …

By damaster in News
July 25th, 2009 at 4:00 pm

Popfly Game Downloader

image As reported earlier, Popfly is shutting down on August 24. All sites, references, and resources will be taken down. However not all is lost! Now there’s the Popfly Game Downloader, a utility to download Popfly games (Mashups and …

By Sunshine in News
July 24th, 2009 at 12:17 pm

Windows 7 RTMs: Where’s Windows Live?

sinofskyballmerwin7goldmgx Our friend Brandon LeBlanc breathlessly announced the RTM of Windows 7 yesterday, surprising almost exactly no one that 7 would ship on time, ready for the holiday season.  Our congratulations to Microsoft and the Windows teams that made it happen, …

By Kip Kniskern in News
July 23rd, 2009 at 8:03 pm

Deep Zoom Composer Released!

aboutDialogLittle over a week ago Deep Zoom Composer RC got released. Today we can tell you that the Deep Zoom Composer is now final. This to coincide with the final release of Expression Studio 3. As always, …

By Sunshine in News
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:47 pm