Two key new components of the “New” Bing: Snapshots and Sidebar, and some notes on the webcast

Last week, we saw Bing roll out a new design featuring a clean new look, the removal of the left hand sidebar, and an “uncluttered, simple, and fast” archecture.  Now today, with the announcement ... Read more »

Bing announces new social search

Bing has scheduled a live webcast for 10 am PDT today, just a few minutes from now, to introduce “The New Bing”, which includes a new sidebar to interact with your friends to be ... Read more »

A note on comments: Disqus 2012

First of all, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for taking the time to comment on LiveSide.  We’ve tried to make it as easy as possible ... Read more »

Microsoft at E3: expect "a lot of dashboard", interface, multimedia, says analyst

Back in March, Microsoft came right out and said that there would be “no talk of new Xbox hardware at E3 or anytime soon” even though there are rumors of new hardware development kits ... Read more »

Xbox 360 to “change living room entertainment forever”: watch the E3 Media Briefing on Spike TV or Xbox Live

We’ll be in LA for E3, but you can follow along at home, according to Major Nelson and Spike TV.  The Microsoft E3 Media Briefing will be carried live (Monday, June 4th, 10am PDT) ... Read more »

Not sure about Writer, but Family Safety to live on

While the future of Windows Live Writer remains uncertain, even with faint praise coming in the form of a tweet by Chris Jones, another Windows Live Essentials app missing from the Building Windows 8 ... Read more »

So what about Windows Live Writer?

Yesterday’s Windows 8 blog post on the “reimagining” of Windows Live, or, if you prefer, the “ditching” or “killing” of Windows Live, (as it was referred to in numerous tech blogs commenting on the ... Read more »

Microsoft Advertising rebrands, too, and Xbox drops “Inside Xbox” (What a week we’re having!)

When we said goodbye to “Windows Live” today, it wasn’t the only rebranding announcement to come out of Microsoft recently: yesterday Microsoft Advertising rebranded itself to “Bing”, or “Bing for Small Business”.  And of ... Read more »

Microsoft says goodbye to “Windows Live”: Building Windows 8 blog

In a post on the Building Windows 8 blog this morning, Corporate Vice President Chris Jones laid out the thinking behind what he calls “Windows Live, reimagined”, which perhaps most significantly, includes the zinger ... Read more »

Microsoft buys a foothold in the ebooks game with Barnes and Noble partnership

The big news today is that Microsoft and Barnes and Noble have announced a new partnership where B&N will spin off its Nook E-Reader and its educational books business into a new, as yet ... Read more »