For all those who would like to keep up with the whereabouts of Hurricane Gustav and tropical storm Hanna (which might still grow out to a hurricane), here are two resources to do so.
1. At the new Emergency Resources …
Microsoft DMCA’s us on Windows Live Wave 3 Messenger info
No its not the 1st of April, Microsoft sent us (and mess.be again) a takedown for the Messenger Wave 3 screenshots posted on 11th August. If you’re wondering what the email looked like, check out this sample notice. Ours …
Live Search Maps Goes Live In Taiwan
Now Taiwan can also enjoy Live Search Maps (as Live Pages).
Microsoft Taiwan and Chunghwa Telecom realized this together making use of technologies from:
- Chunghwa Yellow Page – geocoding engine, Business Listings and Point of Interest information
- Kingway Technology –
Photosynth: First Update
Photosynth, launched 8 days ago, got its first update:
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- Some improvement on the upload problems. If you’ve been upload errors or the dreaded "stuck in publishing" problem, you should know that we’ve been working very hard on
Microsoft acquires Greenfield Online and Ciao for $486 million, expands further in commercial search
Microsoft continued to expand it’s reach in commercial search today, acquiring Greenfield Online, Inc, owners of Ciao GmbH, for $17.50 US, in a transaction valued at $486 million. According to the press release:
…Ciao is a comprehensive source for
Microsoft continues testing different shapes of MSN.com v11
Since we learned about the upcoming version of MSN.com featuring a tighter Windows Live integration and a fresh new look a couple of weeks ago, Microsoft has continued to evolve the page before releasing it broadly.
Some users are now …
Live Mesh: New Service Update
Live Mesh’es next update will air later today. No, it’s not available yet, I’ll update this post once it is 😉 Its available now. Right click the Live Mesh icon and select Update Live Mesh
As always the software will …
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Is Out
The IE team blog has just posted that IE8b2 is now out. Lots of goodness in this new build:
…We focused our work around three themes: everyday browsing (the things that real people do all the time), safety (the
Windows Live On Facebook
On Facebook there are some applications about making use of Windows Live Services. I’d like to take a moment to highlight some of them.
Windows Live Messenger
With over a million users just 4 months after its launch, probably the …
Auto Suggest, new in IE 8 with Search Providers (and coming to Live.com?)
IE 8 Beta 2 just came out today, and one of the interesting new features comes in the search bar, in the form of Auto Suggest. We’ve seen these types of suggestions to searches before, most commonly included in toolbars …
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