Looks like we missed out on some excitement yesterday (excuse us, we all have a day job too). Microsoft Research launched Kinect for Windows SDK Beta yesterday with a launch event that could be followed live on Channel 9.…

Following the help for iPhone developers to port their apps to Windows Phone, Microsoft now also helps out Android developers to port their apps.

They’ve just released the following package containing:

• Android to Windows Phone API mapping tool
• “Windows

Ever wanted to get Twitter statistics inside Microsoft Excel 2010? Now you can with Microsoft Analytics for Twitter.

Microsoft Analytics for Twitter allows users to query Twitter (i.e. Tweeters, #hashtags, @mentions & keywords) and get dashboard views on Twitter statistics …

You can follow the Windows Phone press conference, to be held in New York today, live in the Windows Phone News Room.

Time in your Country.

Will the rumors become truth?…

Get breathtaking views of the United States delivered to your desktop with this free Windows 7 theme that captures the best of Bing Maps aerial photography. Once downloaded, this dynamic theme updates automatically through an RSS feed. For more …

As announced last week, Microsoft released version 1.2 of the Windows Azure toolkit for Windows Phone at TechEd North America 2011.

Additions to the toolkit:

• Support and tooling for the Access Control Service 2.0
• Support for Windows Azure Storage

The Office Web apps Service just got an update. This update brings more features to the Excel and PowerPoint Web apps as well as more optimization for IE9.

New Features:

Excel Web App

You can now insert, delete or …

To make it easier on developers to find corresponding code and events for use in applications, the Bing Maps team has released an interactive SDK for their AJAX Control 7.0.

The left hand navigation shows you all the major features …

Today, Microsoft announced Windows Azure Toolkits for Devices, consisting of assets for Windows Phone, iOS and Android. Using the toolkits, developers can use the cloud to accelerate the creation of applications on the major mobile platforms.

Windows Azure Toolkit …

This week Steve Clayton showed us a few places on Microsoft Campus. Pictures, videos, photosynth’s, all to satisfy your curiosity of what goes on inside those buildings at Redmond headquarters:

A tour of the Microsoft Home
A tour …