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Microsoft Announces IE9: Focus on Standards and Speed
Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 18, 2009 10:01 AM / 14 Comments
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Microsoft just announced that it started work on Internet Explorer 9 three weeks ago. Steven Sinofsky, the president of Microsoft's Windows and Windows Live division, showed an early build of Continue reading »


Google Makes World Bank Data More Discoverable: Takes a Swipe at Wolfram Alpha
Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 11, 2009 12:15 PM / 2 Comments
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Google just announced that it now uses public data from the World Bank to display graphs for queries like "children per woman in brazil" or "internet users in the united Continue reading »


Bing Teams Up With Wolfram Alpha
Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 11, 2009 10:00 AM / 1 Comments
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Microsoft's Bing now relies on Wolfram Alpha to answer some of its users' questions. This is not a full integration of Wolfram Alpha into Bing, though. Instead, Bing only gets Continue reading »


Microsoft Bing Maps: Now With Draggable Routes and Embeddable Maps
Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 10, 2009 11:59 AM / 3 Comments
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Microsoft just released a major update to Bing Maps. Bing Maps now offers draggable routes that are computed dynamically, a zoom bar, embeddable maps, smarter command parsing and a redesigned Continue reading »


The New MSN: Will More White Space and Local News Make You Visit It?
Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 3, 2009 9:01 PM / 4 Comments
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Microsoft just announced a radical redesign of its MSN homepage. Today's MSN homepage for the US market is a busy mix of ads, hundreds of links and some customizable local Continue reading »


Bing's Mobile Interface Gets a Fresh Coat of Paint
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 30, 2009 11:22 AM / 6 Comments
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Microsoft just updated Bing's mobile interface. The new interface features tabs and is optimized for high-resolution touch-screen devices like the iPhone or Microsoft's own Zune HD. The earlier version of Continue reading »


Bing Keeps Growing While Yahoo's Steady Decline Continues
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 22, 2009 10:49 AM / 7 Comments
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Google's dominance in the search engine market isn't likely to end anytime soon, but Microsoft's Bing managed to continue its slow but steady growth last month, even though the search Continue reading »


Gmail Users are Young, Female; AOL Users are Older
Written by Sarah Perez / October 22, 2009 8:34 AM / 10 Comments
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Social media data company Rapleaf has just completed a comprehensive study involving the demographics and behavior of webmail users. In the first part of their study, they looked specifically at Continue reading »


Office Web Apps Expands, More Invited to Join Technical Preview
Written by Sarah Perez / October 21, 2009 6:15 AM / 1 Comments
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Office Web Applications, the browser-based versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, are now being made available to more users according to a post on the Windows Live Team Continue reading »


Microsoft, NY Times and Scareware Offenses
Written by Dana Oshiro / September 17, 2009 9:30 PM / 3 Comments
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Microsoft is taking aim at malvertising in an effort to curb the phenomenon. The Redmond company filed five civil law suits in King County Superior Court this morning after finding Continue reading »


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