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Live Maps launches new version with Firefox support for 3D, more
A new major revision of Live Maps was released today, with a number of new features and enhancements. At the top of the list is Firefox (v 1.5 or later) support for 3D mapping. In addition, memory management and cache …
Windows Live Hotmail Plus mailboxes go to 4GB
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Where is Windows Live Hotmail going?
In recent weeks Yahoo Mail has been getting a lot of attention and for the right reasons. First it was their decision to provide all Yahoo Mail users with unlimited storage. With Windows Live Hotmail currently offering 2GB (4GB …
Google joins in bidding for DoubleClick Inc., says Wall St. Journal
On March 28, the Wall Street Journal reported that Microsoft had entered talks to buy DoubleClick Inc, an online advertising company. The price was said to be $2 Billion. Now, WSJ is reporting that Google Inc. has entered the bidding…
LiveSide obtains Windows Live Calendar
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More on new stuff at Live Maps/Virtual Earth
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Announcing LiveSino.net
LiveSide in Chinese! – Announcing LiveSino.net
We have been working with our “LiveSide representative to China”, Picturepan2, and he and his team are pleased to announce our collaboration project, LiveSino.net.
Our friends in China will translate LiveSide stories into Chinese, …
3.8 Terabytes of new stuff at Live Maps/Virtual Earth – including Birds Eye for Chicago
A quick note posted today on the Live Maps / Virtual Earth blog announcing a major imagery release, including Birds Eye imagery for Chicago, along with “dozens of other cities, including tons of European imagery”.
The Live Maps guys posted …
Live Labs Unveils New Mobile Web Browser Technology
Microsoft yesterday announced the public preview of a technology that the Microsoft Live Labs has been toying with for a new mobile browser that will bring a more desktop-like experience to the user on their mobile phone. The technology, know …
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