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Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
All Of This Has Happened Before And Will Happen Again.
Microsoft has just announced a new look and somewhat of a new direction for MSN, and a bit of a rebranding for some of …
Bye Bye Bing Image Widget
In late August, Bing introduced a beta of the Bing Image Widget, a way for websites to embed Bing Image search results in their web pages. You would set up a search query and some size parameters, and Bing would return images directly to your site. Apparently …
On the Threshold of Windows 9: Preview said to arrive late September
“Threshold” is the code name of the next version of Windows, and according to a report today by Mary Jo Foley, it’s coming soon. Mary Jo reports that according to her multiple sources, the new OS will enter a public Technology Preview in late September, with a …
Continue your conversation with Bing
A few years ago when Microsoft rebranded Live Search to Bing, it promised to move beyond the “10 blue lines” that described Google search at the time. In the years since that, search has indeed moved well beyond those 10 blue lines, first with the introduction of Siri …
Windows Phone Cyan / Dev Preview update, an easier way
Just now I wrote about the hoops I jumped through to get a fully working and fully updated Windows Phone, which is now running Nokia’s Cyan update and the Windows Phone 8.1.1 update. In short, there has been an issue with updating directly from Windows Phone 8.1 …
Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 now available
Last week in China, Joe Belfiore announced that Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 would be available to “developers” soon, and indeed today, it’s here. The update includes significant updates to IE 11 for Windows Phone, a new take on “Live Folders”, additions to SMS and VPN …
Cortana expands, Windows Phone plays “catch up”
Late last night (Pacific Daylight time – mid-Wednesday morning in China), Microsoft announced the expansion of Cortana to two new markets in beta, China and the UK, as well as the alpha release of the personal digital assistant for Windows Phone in India, Australia, and Canada. In addition, …
The Microsoft built Windows Phone era is about to begin – can it save Windows Phone?
This has been an interesting year so far for Windows Phone. In some ways, it’s been quite disappointing, as Microsoft’s mobile ecosystem has failed to gain ground in the marketplace (enough so that Microsoft executives are now talking about “making the market” for Windows Phone), and no new …
One OS or three, Windows still doesn’t add up
Microsoft released its 4th quarter earnings yesterday, and despite a big hit from the Nokia acquisition, the news was generally good. Microsoft’s cloud services (Azure, Office 365, and the like) are starting to take off, traditional server side businesses (SQL Server, Hyper-V, etc.) continue to do well, …
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Confessions of a Microsoft enthusiast: the best in class problem
By Kip Kniskern in Commentary
August 28th, 2014 at 12:03 pm