January, 2010

Bing/Microsoft Translation: Haitian Creole support

Haitian Creole has just been added to the list of available translations for the Bing Translator and other Microsoft Translator powered services (including the Messenger Translation Bot):

In the current crisis in Haiti there are a number of initiatives

Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4 to get Conversation view, Flagged messages, and more!

Last time we talked about Windows Live Mail to support Conversation view in Wave 4, as well as hints indicating that it will support Gmail’s “stars” functionality. Wouldn’t it be nice if Microsoft’s own webmail service – Hotmail, supported …

Haiti Earthquake Map App compares before and after

Haiti Earthquake Map AppWe already told you that Bing maps published new imagery for Haiti after the earthquake. But what about the imagery from before?

Well, they haven’t been put to waste, they got put in a new map app!

Now …

Cooking with Bing

Need to bake a cake? Wondering how to prepare steak? Bing now provides detailed recipe results.

The results are pulled from a number of popular recipe websites (delish.com, MyRecipes.com, epicurious.com, etc.) and you can sift through them by cuisine, course, …

More information about Windows Live Wave 4’s dynamic header

Following on from last week’s post about Windows Live Wave 4’s new header, Picturepan2 from LiveSino.net was able to get hold of another pair of screenshots on the new web services header. His screenshots seem to confirm what we …

Windows Phone teaser for Mix10

A (very) short post on the Mix10 news blog promises not only news, but sessions for “the next generation of Windows Phone”.  Here’s the short, but sweet, post:

Yes, at MIX10 you’ll learn about developing applications and games for

Bing Search: Autosuggest improved, Privacy updates

The Bing team has been working hard to improve search. One of the results is an improved autosuggest. Autosuggest helps you to find what you are looking for faster, often only a couple of keystrokes (first letters) suffice, autosuggest will …

(Zune, Pink, Danger) Phone rumors heat up: #tmdp

Engadget has been following some very interesting tweets recently, most of them coming “from Danger”, a Twitter source that isn’t used by an existing Danger product (Sidekick uses “from Sidekick”), and the tweeters have been tagging some of their …

New Windows Live Mail Wave 4 screenshot revealed!

Information about Windows Live Mail Wave 4 keeps flowing in! Yesterday we told you about possible upcoming features in Windows Live Mail Wave 4, and today Picturepan2 @ LiveSino.net got hold of the latest screenshot for the application. So …

Bing Maps Imagery Release, January 2010 (Part 1)

This month’s Bing Maps release is so big they broke it in two. The January 2010 Part 1 release is 558,000 square kilometers of imagery consisting of:

  • Germany’s Ruhrgebiet
  • Belgium
  • Luxembourg
  • Vancouver – Sea to Sky Hwy to Squamish