April, 2011

New Zune Support pages

A bit of news coming out of the Zune Insider podcast this week: Zune Support pages have been revamped, with a new landing page, easily navigated support categories (Zune software, Zune on Windows Phone 7, Zune on Xbox Live, etc.), …

Will Nokia phones use Metro?

metro-uiA few details are starting to filter out about how Nokia actually plans to utilize the Windows Phone operating system in its phones, beginning as early as this year and expected to ramp up significantly in 2012.

We know that …

Bing Shopping streamlined

Bing Shopping is sporting a new look today, according to a post on the Bing Search blog.  The new look features bigger images, Facebook integration (so you can get birthday reminders from within Bing Shopping!), and a new home …

Bing Maps: the Global Ortho Project

bing-map-logoWhile Bing, or Bing Maps for that matter, don’t have the market share that Google or Google Maps have, Microsoft has been working hard to not only catch up but surpass its competitors in creating high quality photographic maps.

Today, …

Windows 8 cloud roaming options via Windows Live revealed

Not long ago we just posted that Windows 8 will be having cloud-syncing capabilities, and today thanks to a user on MyDigitalLife Forums, who managed to get themselves a copy of the latest Windows 8 M3 Build 7955 …

Twitter might make a come back to Windows Live?

Back in June 2010, Microsoft discontinued support for the Twitter connected service in Windows Live due to policy changes made on Twitter’s end, and was unable to reach an agreement with Twitter since then to make it available again. However, …

Microsoft hints built-in Windows Live Messenger support in Windows Phone “Mango”


We know that since the release of Windows Phone 7, many people have been asking for built-in Windows Live Messenger support, given that the “official” partner-built Messenger by Miyowa app had been lackluster is both features and integration with the …

Windows Phone–will it (ever) fly?

S051846Last week we noticed a number of Twitter links to a blog post decrying Windows Phone.  Entitled “6 Reasons Windows Phone 7 is Dead in the Water”, I4U News listed their top reasons why we should “abandon ship …

Bing to say “ciao” to Ciao?

Back in August of 2008, Microsoft, in preparation for the launch of Bing, bought Greenfield Online, Inc., owners of Ciao GmbH, for some $486 million.  Now word is coming out that Microsoft has put Ciao up for sale, at …

Bing on Windows Phone “Mango” to get Bing Vision and Music search?

Bing on Windows Phone MangoOne sharp-eyed reader over at WMPowerUser.com noticed something different on a video Ars Technica posted about the new "Bing Search Extras" feature coming in the Windows Phone "Mango" update. The video briefly showed two additional buttons added to the main …