Charlie Kindel, known to most of us through Windows Home Server and later Windows Phone, is leaving the company after 21 years, to start his own company. Apparently, as Ed Bott says, he’s “slashdotted himself” in the …
Wave 5 video icons spotted: web based video chat?
OK so we can’t wait till next month and Build/Windows, when hopefully the veil of secrecy that seems to be over everything from Silverlight and .Net to Windows and Windows Live is lifted.
Until then, we can speculate, of …
Windows Phone “Tango” to feature universal search?
Just a few months ago, we first heard words about the next next version of Windows Phone OS update, rumored to be codenamed “Tango”, fitting nicely with the naming convention ending with an “o”. Last week a new post-“Mango” …
Mall Maps, Map Search come to Bing for Mobile
If you use an HTML5 enabled mobile browser (iPhone, Android, RIM), today marks the first time you can get mall maps and map search from m.bing.com, according to a Bing Search blog post. The features have been available for …
Logging in to Hotmail (with less spam!)
A couple of posts of interest on the Inside Windows Live blog this week, both involving Hotmail.
The first, one we held back on posting yesterday as it wasn’t working yet here (and still isn’t, fully), has to do with …
Nokia/Microsoft at Gamescom: just another party?
Yesterday, a bit of a buzz was created when the unwired showed off their invitation to a Nokia/Microsoft party at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, on August 17th, and everyone (us included!) hoped that maybe we’d be getting some news about …
Zune HD gets new games, apps
We have to admit, as much as we like our Windows Phone for games and music, we’re missing the ol’ Zune HD a bit (sold it to help pay for the fancy new smartphone!). So it’s with a bit of …
Windows Phone ads land Brandon Foy a job at Microsoft
Remember back in February, when Brandon Foy’s Windows Phone ad concept video went viral? For a quick refresher, here’s the video:
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We liked it a lot, and so did some folks at Windows Phone, who brought Brandon to …
It’s a party! Microsoft and Nokia celebrate (what, exactly?) at GamesCom August 17th
Microsoft and Nokia have sent out invitations for a party in conjunction with Gamescom, “the world’s largest trade fair and event highlight for interactive games and entertainment”, according to a post at theunwired.net. Promising an evening to remember …
Windows Phone: TMobile (at least) 4G models coming?
TMO News got their hands (or at least a camera) on some stickers purportedly making their way to TMobile stores in preparation for 4G versions of Windows Phones:
TMO News notes that the only 4G Windows Phone they’re aware …
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