Photosynth for Windows Phone app being tested, coming soon?

PhotosynthMicrosoft’s Bing team released the Photosynth app for iOS almost a year ago, and they have long promised to develop the same app for Windows Phone. Despite the promise, the app has yet to surface in the Windows Phone …

By damaster in Mobile
February 24th, 2012 at 8:36 pm

No PC to PC sync in new SkyDrive

FileWinLive-syncOne of the questions our commenters asked about the upcoming integration of Windows Live Mesh into SkyDrive was “what about direct Device to Device synchronization?”.  Currently, you can use Windows Live Mesh to sync folders from device to device, …

By Kip Kniskern in News
February 23rd, 2012 at 10:53 am

ZTE to unveil new Windows Phone devices at MWC 2012

ZTEWith less than 5 days to go until the annual Mobile World Congress, there had already been reports about potential new Windows Phone to be announced during the event, particularly with major OEMs such as Nokia and LG. Today …

By damaster in Mobile
February 23rd, 2012 at 3:41 am

Bing adds Linked Pages

Microsoft took another small step toward Bing integration with Facebook today with the introduction of Bing Linked Pages.  By allowing Bing to connect up with your Facebook account, you can now manage the way your “vanity search” looks in Bing, …

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
February 23rd, 2012 at 12:14 am

Is this the end of “Windows Live” as we know it?

The future of Microsoft’s consumer online services, especially around SkyDrive, are arguably brighter than they’ve ever been.  This week’s announcements that SkyDrive will finally provide a full client experience, with sync capabilities, folder upload, larger file sizes, and more, while …

By Kip Kniskern in Featured Opinion
February 22nd, 2012 at 10:12 am

Hotmail’s war on graymail: it’s working

About two months ago, Hotmail introduced a set of new features to combat what Microsoft is calling “graymail”: that is mail or newsletters that you may have signed up for or opted into, but you now find filling up your …

By Kip Kniskern in News
February 21st, 2012 at 10:53 am

Nokia Lumia 719 confirmed via Bluetooth SIG qualification

NokiaJust as we all thought the next Nokia Lumia device to be revealed is going to be the Lumia 610, which had recently passed certification in Indonesia, another device had surfaced today via the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) …

By damaster in Mobile
February 21st, 2012 at 6:30 am

Official screenshot confirms that web-based video chat is coming to Windows Live Wave 5

Video CallBack in August last year, we spotted an interesting set of resource icons from Windows Live Wave 5, suggesting that a web-based video chat service might be coming to Windows Live web properties soon. Today in the SkyDrive post on

By damaster in Featured News
February 21st, 2012 at 1:44 am

New SkyDrive info: point by point

skydrive-logoWe’ve had a lot of new info on SkyDrive come at us in the past few days, from all over the place, so much so that its getting a little hard to keep track of.  So in order to help …

By Kip Kniskern in News
February 20th, 2012 at 1:01 pm