Devs getting lots of love today: Azure, Mango, Windows Live announcements

A trio of announcements for developers (and developer wannabes) today coming from various parts of Microsoft, all intending to make it easier to write and deploy your apps.  We’ll start with Windows Live, because, ... Read more »

Windows Azure toolkit v1.2. for Windows Phone 7 released

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 ... Read more »

Windows Azure Toolkits for iOS, Android and Windows Phone announced

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 ... Read more »

New from Bing: sponsored tiles, and what’s “Azure on the Go?”

We just got done watching a “Whiteboard Friday” video segment from SEO software maker SEOmoz, with CEO Rand Fishkin in a lighthearted half hour with Bing Director Stefan Weitz, who start off talking about ... Read more »

Microsoft All in, all over

One thing we learned this week at PDC, Microsoft is All In, all over the place.  This year, they’ve been All In with Azure and the cloud.. “For the cloud, we’re all in,” said ... Read more »

Share your Bing Search results through Messenger

Want to talk to a friend about your search results, for example something you found about the World Cup? It’s possible now. Bing has gained yet another way to share search results and that’s ... Read more »

Microsoft announces TownHall, based on Azure

At the Politics Online Conference today, Microsoft announced two new offerings, TownHall, a new “online engagement program” that politicians and others can use to “drive rich discussion around top interests and concerns”, and Campaign ... Read more »

Volcano images projected onto Bing Maps

Johannes Kebeck, a Bing Maps Technology Specialist at Microsoft EMEA, is stuck in Stockholm due to the Icelandic volcanic ash and its effects on European air travel.  So, having a bit of extra time ... Read more »

Windows Azure Platform available in 41 Countries

The following 20 countries will gain access to the Microsoft Windows Azure platform this week in the mentioned currencies: Australia $ AUD Brazil $ USD Chile $ USD Colombia $ USD Costa Rica $ ... Read more »

Windows Azure: Billing starts February 2

The Windows Azure platform is now generally available in the following 21 countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK ... Read more »