March, 2013

Bing Snapshots coming to Autosuggest?

When Dr. Antonio Gulli of Bing R&D blogged last week about Autosuggest, explaining in perhaps just a bit too much detail how Bing’s search box shows you a list of suggestions as you type, he didn’t mention this:

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Bing adds Klout; Klout adds Bing

klout-logoOne place where Microsoft seems to know how to keep up a steady pace of updates is over at Bing, and today they’ve added yet again, this time providing a Klout score along with information from Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn …

Microsoft China expands Surface RT retail presence in China, launching Surface Pro soon

Microsoft China is expanding Surface RT tablet distribution to new retailers in China. Last week, the company announced new official flagship store on Tmall and 4 new retailer partners, including 360Buy, PC Mall, OneZero, and Sundan. …

Bing toys with more Home Page changes

It looks like Bing has finally gotten around to changing the Hotmail link on the Bing Home Page to Outlook.com, and some of our readers are pointing out some other changes they’re seeing as well.

Luckily for Bing, they’ve managed …

Windows Phone announces Unity engine beta, more at GDC

Windows Phone just made a number of announcements from the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) in San Francisco today, including new options from middleware partners, new game titles, and more.

First up: the games.  A post on the Windows Phone Consumer

Microsoft announces Build 2013, set for June in San Francisco

build-2013You used to know pretty much when the big Microsoft conferences and events were coming – Mix in the spring, PDC in the fall.  Recently, though, as those conferences were phased out and melded into Build, it’s been a bit …

Xbox Music and Video Apps updated, too

Yesterday brought us updates to some of the core apps for Windows 8, refreshing Mail, Calendar, People, and Messaging, and today, there are more updates if you’re a Windows 8 user, this time for Xbox Music and Video:

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Again, if …

Windows 8 Core Apps available now

As we reported, the core app updates for Mail, Calendar, People, and Messaging are available a little earlier than tomorrow, that is, they’re ready to go right now.  If you don’t see them in the Windows Store, from the …

Windows 8 core app updates on the way

whats newToday, Microsoft announced that by tomorrow (and maybe even tonight if you’re lucky), Windows 8 users will be offered updates for three of the “core apps” that shipped with the new version of Windows: Mail, Calendar, and People.  A post

Calendar rumblings?

Like the Holy Grail, a workable Hotmail / Outlook.com Calendar has been elusive for longer than we care to remember, but some recent indications are that one may indeed be on the way.

If you caught Jamie Thomson’s comment on …