July, 2011

Toshiba-Fujitsu’s first Windows Phone “Mango” device coming to Japan in August

Fujitsu Windows PhoneA few days ago we just reported several rumored details about Fujitsu’s new Windows Phone “Mango” device, said to be based on their REGZA line of smartphones. Today, the Japanese news agency NIKKEI reported that the first Windows Phone …

SkyDrive is faster: here’s why

SkyDrive recently got a lot faster, with a much better experience on the web and on mobile (and are beginning to promote it with some retro styled in-house ads):

skydrive ad

A new blog post on Inside Windows Live goes into detail

New Bing Weather Results

Bing recently refreshed the look and feel of Bing Weather. They are showing forecasts from multiple providers such as Weather.com, Weather Underground and AccuWeather, but that’s not all. You can now also look at the Doppler radar, evaluate the …

Has your friend been hacked?

Alert LiveSide readers spotted the “My friend’s been hacked” feature (in the comments) on Hotmail back when the new faster version was released a few weeks ago, and today the Inside Windows Live blog has some more info …

New Fujitsu water-resistant Windows Phone to be based on their REGZA Phone?

Microsoft revealed for the first time several new Windows Phone “Mango” devices coming this Fall during their Worldwide Partner Conference 2011. These devices came from Samsung (rumored to be the SGH-i937), Acer (the Acer W4), as well as …

Microsoft hints that Windows Phone 7.5 Mango will be released by September

Ever since Microsoft first talked about Mango back in Mobile World Congress earlier in February this year, Microsoft had been saying that the update will be available for release by “Fall 2011”. There had been speculations that it will be …

Bing Maps AJAX 7.0 control updated with new features

Bing Maps AJAX 7 Control iSDKIt is that time of the year again when Bing brings us a slew of new updates to their decision engine. Besides the new Bing Maps update announced a few days ago, the Bing team announced on their blog today …

Bing Finance update brings information from leading finance sources

Bing FinanceMicrosoft recently updated their Bing Finance search vertical to help you make more informed finance decisions. On the official blog,  the Bing team announced that they have partnered with Seeking Alpha, StockTwits.com, TheFlyOnTheWall and Trefis.com to bring leading finance …

More TOS changes, this time it’s Yahoo! (and we go back in time, to Windows Live Mail Active Search)

Early last week, Dropbox changed its Terms of Service and set off a bit of a tempest in a teacup.  Although since then, it’s become clear that the “uproar” didn’t bother investors too much, as the company has been recently …

Microsoft reveals new Windows Phone Mango devices from Samsung, Fujitsu, ZTE and Acer

In a rather surprising move today, Andy Lees, President of Windows Phone Division, revealed to the world several of the new Windows Phone “Mango” devices during Microsoft’s annual Worldwide Partner Conference 2011 in Los Angeles. In the Day 2 keynote