Microsoft Acquires MultiMap

Microsoft today announced that it had acquired MultiMap, “one of the United Kingdom’s top 100 technology companies and one of the leading online mapping services in the world.”

The acquisition gives Microsoft a powerful new location and mapping technology

By kip in News
December 12th, 2007 at 4:05 am

Announcement: LiveNet Wrapper for Windows Live Developing

My friend Luke Smith and I for the last month have been working on a new .Net wrapper for Windows Live, which we have called LiveNet. You might be thinking “what’s the difference between that and Windows Live Tools“, …

By kip in Developer
December 12th, 2007 at 12:34 am

New version of Windows Live Messenger for MSN Mobile available

Phil Holden points out that a new version of Windows Live Messenger is available for almost all  phones, by accessing MSN Mobile, for both WAP 1.x and WAP 2.x phones.  If you’ve use MSN Mobile on your phone you should be …

By Kip Kniskern in News
December 11th, 2007 at 4:28 am

Microsoft launches mobile advertising on MSN Mobile

Microsoft is today announcing the launch of mobile advertising on its range of MSN Mobile services in US, with mobile advertising already existing on MSN sites for users in Japan and some European countries. Advertisers will be able to extend their ad …

By Chris in Featured News
December 10th, 2007 at 10:55 pm

Office Live Workspaces beta begins

OfficeLiveMicrosoft announced today that it is rolling out entry into the beta of Office Live Workspaces, a new service that will allow document storage in the cloud from within Office applications.  You can sign up for the beta, and …

By Kip Kniskern in News
December 10th, 2007 at 1:38 am

Bill Gates, Mix n Mash, and the future of Microsoft

Being in the same room with Bill Gates, while it wasn’t breathtakingly nerve-wracking (he is, after all, a geek, and we weren’t there for a performance review, we were just lucky enough to be able to ask him a few

By Kip Kniskern in Opinion
December 9th, 2007 at 3:48 pm

Live Search survey hints at upcoming changes

We love product team surveys. Not only do they give users the chance to give feedback on a wide range of areas, they often contain leading questions about where the product could be heading. Today’s product team survey is brought to …

By Chris in News
December 7th, 2007 at 3:35 am

Yahoo launches Messenger for Vista [Updated]

Last night Yahoo launched a new beta, its WPF powered IM client – Yahoo Messenger for Vista. A demo was shown at CES in January 2007, however performance was noted to be poor and as a result there has been a 12 month …

By Chris in News
December 6th, 2007 at 11:47 pm

MSN/Windows Live to remain at Red West, says Seattle Times

Ben Romano, a Tech writer for the Seattle Times, has an interesting tidbit in Tech Tracks today, that MSN and Windows Live product teams will not be moving from their home in what’s known as Red West, a Microsoft …

By Kip Kniskern in News
December 6th, 2007 at 2:29 pm

Inviting Users to Share Online Presence

Microsoft have released a new bit of documentation on MSDN which will allow sites to let their users show their Messenger presence on that website. The documentation gives you all the information you need, and code sample to get going …

By kip in Developer
December 6th, 2007 at 4:21 am