Live Mesh updates; inches toward v1.0

livemeshlonglogo Another week, another incremental Live Mesh update, this time all the way from 0.9.3424.31 to 0.9.4014.4.  According to a blog post on the Live Mesh blog, the changes deal mostly with web browser issues:

Fixes

· Updated date/time stamp UI

By Kip Kniskern in News
May 11th, 2009 at 5:42 am

Image search for “the north face”: Bug, or Feature?

Sometimes on Twitter Search  you see a bunch of re-tweets, a “twitmeme”, if you will.  Right now a big one is “Microsoft embraces Open Source Big Time for Kumo” (eh, what?, more on that later).  Another one that caught our …

By Kip Kniskern in News
May 9th, 2009 at 8:49 pm

Find Video Clips, Baseball Scores On Live Search Mobile

Now you can also find your favorite videos and the baseball scores for your favorite baseball team on your mobile. The Live Search Mobile team just launched these two features:

– MSN Video search

Looking to fill some time

By Sunshine in News
May 8th, 2009 at 11:29 am

Microsoft releases official Facebook for Windows Mobile app

Just out is the official Facebook for Windows Mobile app, available for installation on Windows Mobile 6 phones.  Features include:

  • Send messages to any of the people in your Friends list.

  • Take pictures and videos on your phone, then

By Kip Kniskern in News
May 8th, 2009 at 8:42 am

MSN revamps City Guides

cityguideslogo MSN is rolling out a new version of City Guides (http://cityguides.msn.com/), “one step in MSN’s long term plan for Local”, for 30 US cities to start (Edit: 30 cities will receive customized pages; all US cities will get …

By Kip Kniskern in News
May 7th, 2009 at 7:06 pm

Virtual Earth / PhotoSynth integration announced

Remember back last March when we told you about Virtual Earth/PhotoSynth integration via GeoSynth?  A UK blog, PocketLint, posted a story we picked up on the integration, allowing public Photosynths to be embedded in Virtual Earth maps.  Well now, according …

By Kip Kniskern in News
May 7th, 2009 at 10:32 am

Live Search PR push in anticipation of “Kumo”

We reported last week on a countdown clock that a Neowin member spotted while at Microsoft, and yesterday Live Search Tech Evangelist Nathan Buggia tweeted that the internal Kumo trial will soon come to an end:

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In preparation for what …

By Kip Kniskern in News
May 6th, 2009 at 8:22 pm

MSFT layoffs Pt. 2: Windows Live/Live Search largely unaffected; MSN Direct cut

Yesterday marked the second round of layoffs at Microsoft, as some 3,000 employees found themselves among the ranks of the unemployed.  We’ve been trying to piece together some more detailed information about what was cut, and as usual Mini-Microsoft has …

By Kip Kniskern in News
May 6th, 2009 at 6:51 pm

Windows Live Hotmail – Manage All Your Email Accounts From Hotmail

Now you can add email accounts to your Windows Live Hotmail account, so you can read all your mail at one place.HotmailAddEmail  

To do so, click the “Add an email account” link in the left pane. On the next …

By Sunshine in News
May 6th, 2009 at 12:44 pm

Windows Mobile #2 Smartphone OS in US: ComScore

You might not tell it from listening to all the buzz about the iPhone, but according to numbers from a February 2009 comScore survey of US smartphone users over the age of 13, Windows Mobile is the #2 OS in …

By Kip Kniskern in News
May 5th, 2009 at 10:56 pm