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Microsoft to deploy “Microsoft Gurus”
As part of the $300 million ad campaign that kicked off last night, Microsoft plans to deploy about 155 in-store representatives by the end of the year. Nicknamed Microsoft Gurus, these representatives will not only promote the Microsoft brand, but will also help answer your questions about Windows. The Microsoft Gurus will also demo other [...]
Continue reading...Yahoo! rejects Microsoft again
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Continuing the long, 5-month battle, Microsoft and Yahoo! still can’t agree on a deal. Announced today was another rejection from Yahoo! that was handed down to Microsoft. With the help of Carl Icahn, Microsoft is trying to acquire Yahoo’s search business. Yahoo! clearly doesn’t like the idea and is willing to open up talks again [...]
Continue reading...Live Search Maps improves in China
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Continuously improving on its Maps services, Microsoft has released a batch of updates to Live Search Maps in China. Check out the full list below: Real-time Traffic in Beijing Send-to-Mobile for free for local search and transit routing result Transit data refresh for existing 11 cities including 3 new subway in Beijing (No.10, Airport and Olympic). Expanded coverage from [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft launches subscription service Equipt
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Revealed back in April as Albany, Microsoft’s subscription service for Office and Live OneCare will be released in mid-July. Named Equipt, the new subscription offer will cost $69.99 for a one-year renewable subscription, which can be deployed on up to three home PCs. Equipt offers Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007, Windows Live OneCare, and Windows [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft acquires Powerset
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
It’s final, Microsoft acquires Powerset just as rumors predicted. After looking for suitors since May, Powerset finally decided Microsoft was the best fit. The acquisition will not fuel Microsoft’s search marketshare, but will give it new talent and search technology. The price of the acquisition isn’t being disclosed, but TechCrunch is reporting it was roughly [...]
Continue reading...Virtual Earth adds 20TB in June
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
A step down from last month’s 69TB update, the Virtual Earth team over at Microsoft added another 20TB of new imagery for the month of June. The update brings new imagery of the U.S., Canada, France, and the U.K. You can view a full list of the citties update on the Virtual Earth Blog. For [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft, Yahoo! end talks without deal
Thursday, June 12, 2008
The Wall Street Journal has reported that talks between Microsoft and Yahoo! have ended without a deal. Yahoo! has said that Microsoft was no longer interested in a take-over even at $33 a share. Yahoo! also decided that a search only deal with Microsoft is not the best way to go. Update: TechCrunch is reporting that [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft makes 404 pages useful
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Ever clicked on a link and the page it took you to said,”We are sorry, the page you requested cannot be found.” Your natural reaction was to hit the back button. With Microsoft’s latest plans, you no longer have to hit that back button, instead they want you to stick around a little longer and [...]
Continue reading...Live Search to be default on HP PCs
Monday, June 2, 2008
Microsoft announced today a partnership to bring a Silverlight powered Live Search toolbar, similar to the recently released MSN toolbar, to all Hewlet Packard computers starting 2009. As part of the deal, Live Search will become the default search engine, a spot previously held by Yahoo. The toolbar will also allow users to reach certain [...]
Continue reading...Live Search Books and Academic to be taken down for good
Friday, May 23, 2008
In a move to shift focus to travel and shopping search, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Senior Vice President Search, Portal and Advertising, wrote in a memo on the Windows Live Blog that both Live Search Books and Live Search Academic will see the end of their days. Microsoft will continue to provide Books and scholarly publications [...]
Continue reading...Farecast becomes part of Windows Live Services
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Back in April, it was announced that Microsoft will purchase airfare predicting site Farecast. A month later, Farecast has joined the many services offered on Windows Live. Searching for airfare deal is very simple and the same goes for booking a flight. You can also now find predictions to Europe, Mexico & the Caribbean.
Continue reading...Windows Live SkyDrive updated
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Released earlier today, the Windows Live SkyDrive Team has released an update to the service bringing new improvements such as: Comments on files New Recent Comments page Ability to leave descriptions on uploaded files Ability to manage favorite websites in Windows Live SkyDrive New navigation control (called the “browsing widget”) to navigate between files in a folder. Ability to change folder [...]
Continue reading...MSN Toolbar released
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Lifting its Beta tag, Microsoft has recently released its Silverlight powered MSN Toolbar. The new MSN Toolbar lets you: See highlights of popular MSN channels quickly Stay up to date without leaving the Web page you’re on Get late-breaking news headlines at your fingertips Use handy search tools to find exactly what you need Source
Continue reading...Live QnA updated to new look
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Continuing with the new look for Live, Microsoft seems to have updated the Live QnA. Also, if you checked out Live.com before 12 PM PDT, you got a peek at the new design.
Continue reading...Microsoft signs deal with five social networks
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Microsoft announced today that it has signed a contact sharing agreement with Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, Tagged and LinkedIn. What does this all mean to you? Gone are the days where you had to visit a different startup that allows you to transfer your Windows Live contacts to your favorite social network. With the announcement, [...]
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Friday, September 5, 2008
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