June, 2010

Windows Live Calendar Wave 4 upgrade causing calendars and events to disappear?

Earlier this month, one of my Windows Live accounts started to encounter some problems, as none of my calendars and events would like to load in Windows Live Calendar. Not only this, but each time I start up my Windows …

More on Exchange ActiveSync for Hotmail: looks like it’s working now! (?)

There’s quite a lively discussion going on in our post on Hotmail and Exchange ActiveSync – we posted a tweet from Ryan Burk, a Microsoft employee, who said that syncing Hotmail with your smartphone wouldn’t be available til later.  However …

Bing comes to Opera

Bing has struck a deal with Opera: Bing will be one of the default search engines. This already holds true in the beta version that got released today. image
Using Bing as your search provider is as easy as clicking …

World Cup Goal tweets, brought to you by Bing Maps and FuseLabs

We’ve already shown you various ways to watch the Stadiums, now you can also watch the emotions unfold in GoalMap2010.

There is nothing in the world that triggers as much emotion as a goal on the world stage.

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 through, you guessed it, Messenger!
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A bit more on Exchange ActiveSync

Wow, looks like everyone’s having fun trying to get Exchange ActiveSync to work, even though it’s not working for all of you.  Reading through the comments it looks like there are issues with Android, for one, and others are …

Welcome “Windows Live for Developers”

Angus Logan has his first post up on a new Windows Team blog, “Windows Live for Developers”.  Angus is the Senior Technical Product Manager for Messenger Connect (and before that, the same title for Windows Live Platform), which …

Exchange ActiveSync, and more on Hotmail rollout

hotmail-logoHotmail Wave 4 has begun its worldwide rollout, right on schedule.  However this rollout is being accomplished by server cluster, and not by region or individual accounts, as Mike Shackwitz explains on this morning’s Inside Windows Live blog post:…

Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4 begins worldwide roll-out

Windows Live HotmailAccording to a blog post at the official Brazilian Windows blog, Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4 starts rolling out today to the 47 million Hotmail users worldwide. (Thanks for the tip Anderson C.!) Here’s what the translated version of …

Kinect and Windows Live Messenger: soon to be BFF?

At E3, Microsoft took the lid off the Natal project today, with a new name, “Kinect”, and some details about what to expect in the coming months.  We won’t go into all the details on the new Xbox and Kinect …