May, 2012

New Bing homepage goes live, now with larger featured photo and tiles

New Bing homepage goes live, now with larger featured photo and tiles

When Bing got the new Metro look in early May, they also unveiled that the homepage will feature larger daily image. Today this new homepage has gone live in US market, check it out here.

Bing also improved the …

Windows 8 Release Preview downloads go live on MSDN – update, now available to the public!

windows-8-logoAfter a bit of a snafu yesterday where Microsoft jumped the gun by publishing a blog post early announcing the availability of Windows 8 Release Preview for today (May 31) and then pulling it, the download links (as long as

Rumor: SkyDrive to get Android app, Recycle Bin in next update, coming in July

SkyDrive LogoFollowing the announcement of the SkyDrive app for Windows and Mac update earlier this morning, another rumor has surfaced regarding what’s coming in the next milestone for SkyDrive. We recently received a tip from our tipster, who wishes to remain …

Bing Translator takes over Yahoo! Babel Fish

Yahoo! Babel FishThose of you who had been browsing the web in the early 2000s might’ve remembered Babel Fish, which at that time was one of the best online machine translation service. In 2003, Babel Fish was then taken over by AltaVista, …

SkyDrive apps for Windows and Mac updated: rolling out this week

skydrive-logoA blog post on the newly renamed “Inside SkyDrive, Hotmail, and Messenger” blog brings us news that after releasing some minor bug fixing updates to SkyDrive’s Windows Phone and iOS apps, Microsoft is rolling out updates to the desktop apps …

Photosynth for Windows Phone (finally) released

photosynthLong anticipated, the Photosynth for Windows Phone app has finally made it to the Windows Phone Marketplace, and is available for download now.  The app, which has been available on iOS for more than a year, has been rumored …

Amazon Instant Video comes to Xbox; Yusuf Mehdi hints at more to come next week at E3

xbox_heroThis morning Amazon.com and Microsoft announced the launch of a new app for Xbox, Amazon Instant Video.  The new app brings new movie releases, current TV episodes, and Prime Instant Video to Xbox Live Gold members, with the Prime …

Exclusive: Metro-styled Windows Live Profile website screenshots leaked, Twitter & Sina Weibo connections coming soon

LiveSide first revealed screenshots of the new Microsoft account website last week, showing the upcoming new Metro-styled theme for all Microsoft web services, as well as a rebrand of all references of “Windows Live ID” to “Microsoft account”. Today, LiveSide …

Nokia Phi – new Nokia Windows Phone 8 device revealed

NokiaAs we’re inching closer towards the Windows Phone Developer Summit, to be held on June 20-21 in San Francisco, more and more news (and rumors) about Windows Phone 8 are starting to surface. The latest news came from WMPU

Nokia Maps and Yahoo! Axis: Better than Bing?

map1A couple of Bing related news items today, both about other companies extending and improving upon Bing services, with more to come.

First, Nokia and Bing Maps announced the furthering of their partnership on Maps, this time with live …