Bing Translator to be integrated with eBay, Trip Advisor and more

Microsoft TranslatorA few weeks ago we told you about a new Facebook inline translation service powered by Bing Translator. Well it turns out there will be more websites joining the ranks of Facebook to integrate Bing Translator on their websites. …

By damaster in Bing Featured
October 19th, 2011 at 2:03 am

What is SkyDrive waiting for?

dropboxToday the headlines are all about Dropbox, and how the fast-rising company turned down an offer from Steve Jobs, who called the file storage and sharing service “a feature, not a product”.  Precisely.

Dropbox has been getting a lot …

By Kip Kniskern in Featured Opinion
October 18th, 2011 at 11:11 am

Microsoft “It’s great to be a family” spots debut

Microsoft has just posted a couple of its new “It’s great to be a family” ads on YouTube.  The work of ad agency Cripin, Porter + Bogusky, the ads play on the family theme, showing families interacting with the family …

By Kip Kniskern in News
October 16th, 2011 at 5:33 pm

Skype is now officially part of Microsoft

skypeMicrosoft has just officially announced that the deal to acquire Skype for $8.5 billion, first announced on May 10, 2011, has closed.  According to the press release:

Skype CEO Tony Bates will assume the title of president of the

By Kip Kniskern in News
October 13th, 2011 at 11:30 pm

Oh look, Xbox 720 rumors all over the place!

xbox720_logo1_1On a day that saw continued Blackberry problems, the release of iOS, which while for some was quite the joyous occasion, seemingly took forever for others and for some even bricked their iPads or iPhones, and news of …

By Kip Kniskern in News
October 12th, 2011 at 11:06 pm

iPhone and Android developers get more guidance and a tool to port apps to Windows Phone

There already were guides for Android, help for iPhone developers (and Symbian QT) but now there is even more guidance based on migration samples and a SQLLite to SQL Server Compact database conversion tool.

There is a series …

By kip in Mobile
October 11th, 2011 at 7:20 am

Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” devices – What to expect this holiday season?

Windows Phone 7.5So the Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” OS is out of the door, planned to be made available to 98% of existing Windows Phone devices within the next month. But what about the hardware side? What are the new Windows Phone …

By damaster in Featured Mobile
October 11th, 2011 at 2:00 am

Acer launches low-cost Windows Phone 7.5 device – Acer Allegro

Acer, one of the new Windows Phone OEM partners, announced today that they will be releasing a new Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” device soon – called the Acer Allegro:

Acer W4

According to TelecomPaper.com, the Acer Allegro is due to arrive …

By damaster in Mobile
October 10th, 2011 at 9:56 pm

Bing looks to launch (another) Bing Deals offering

bing-logo-horizTechCrunch has spotted what apparently is a new offering from Bing, “Bing Deals”.  This is a separate offering than the Bing Deals aggregation site we wrote about last month.  While they both appear to be called “Bing Deals” (maybe …

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
October 10th, 2011 at 11:02 am

Nokia 800: First advertisement images leaked

With Nokia World 2011 getting closer and closer, more details about the much anticipated Nokia Windows Phones are starting to surface. Pocketnow.com today revealed the first images of a print advertisement for the new Nokia 800. Check them out …

By damaster in Featured Mobile
October 10th, 2011 at 7:19 am