February, 2011

Bing releases the new “Bing Bar”, just for Matt Cutts

Well, ok, maybe Matt Cutts of Google won’t be too excited about this, after all.  But Bing has just released a new “Bing Bar” anyway.

The new toolbar, available here, adds some nice new features, including Facebook integration, …

Roadmaps to Mango: some thoughts on Windows Phone 7.5

Along with the whirlwind of news around a Nokia / Microsoft Windows Phone partnership, this week’s Mobile World Congress brought us a little more news about upcoming releases for Windows Phone.  So we know a little more about what we’ll …

Windows Phone apps: interest is picking up

angry-birdsAlong with all the news about Microsoft and Nokia, we’ve been seeing quite a few news items go by that seem to show interest for the Windows Phone developer platform, and interest in Windows Phone apps is picking up.

First …

Zune issues a “denial”

Ahh, we love PR-speak.  After a number of sites picked up on Paul Thurrott’s posting that he’s hearing that “the Zune brand is on the way out”, Microsoft responded, first through Twitter:

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…and then through …

Microsoft rolls out 4 new US local blogs: Silicon Valley, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles

Microsoft today has launched four new corporate blogs, one each for the four tech hotspots in the US (and beyond the “why US only?” questions, we would add “What about Seattle/Redmond?”).  According to the official “Microsoft Blog” on Technet, the …

Zune rumors heat up: how does Windows Live fit in?

zune-logoWe told you about Paul Thurrott’s early mentions about a possible Zune rebrand, and then in a post titled “Questions Remain in the wake of a Microsoft / Nokia Partnership”, Thurrott drops more hints:

And what about Zune?

Drive Bender, can it replace WHS Drive Extender?

drive-benderIf you are or were a fan of Windows Home Server, you know that late last year a decision was made to remove the “Drive Extender” technology from Windows Home Server “Vail” (now known as Windows Home Server 2011), a …

Twitter coming to Windows Phone: what about Windows Live?

02-14MWC_PeopleHub_Twitter_webToday at MWC, one of the announcements about new features coming for the “Mango” release of Windows Phone later this year is integration of Twitter into the “People” Hub.  Currently, while there is a Twitter app for Windows Phone, Twitter, …

Steve Ballmer keynote at MWC: IE9 Mobile, more coming for Windows Phone

Steve Ballmer just walked off the stage at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, after delivering a bit of news, most of it known to some degree already, about upcoming advances for Windows Phone.

After pinning down the early “NoDo”, or …

Nokia Press Briefing at MWC: Elop “will be much happier” with a Nokia Windows Phone in 2011

The Nokia Press Briefing in Barcelona isn’t being broadcast live, but Steven Elop and Jo Harlow, Senior Vice President Marketing Nokia Mobile Phones, have been on stage, and of course news of the Microsoft / Nokia partnership dominates.  Elop said, …