Microsoft Bing in UK is out of beta
Microsoft has now taken out their Bing search engine Europe out of beta.
They are now going to highlight localized content on the Bing UK search engine. This includes the imagery shown on the homepage of Bing.
There are some other features that are being introduced:
The daily [...]
Amazon Web Services launches a SDK for .Net
Amazon has some good news for the .Net developers.
They have now made available an SDK that would make it easier for them to develop and deploy applications on the Amazon Web Services.
Interestingly, Amazon has launched this new SDK just as Microsoft has begun promoting their own [...]
Microsoft Bing now has data from Wolfram Alpha
Wolfram Alpha has been one of the most impressive launches in the search engine market.
Wolfram Alpha is not really a search engine but it does provide data that is generally searched for in regular search engines.
Microsoft Bing has realized the potential of this computational engine and [...]
Microsoft Yahoo partnership could be expanded to international markets!
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has stated that if things went well they can extend their partnership with Yahoo to international markets.
Microsoft and Yahoo recently announced a deal over their search engine services.
Yahoo Search would soon use Microsoft Bing engine for their searches in the [...]
Jerry Seinfeld back in Apple camp?
Jerry Seinfeld recently featured in an advertisement campaign for Microsoft along with Bill Gates.
Those ads were not directly promoting Windows Vista or Windows 7 but they were Microsoft ads.
He was reportedly paid around USD 10 million for that campaign which did not last for long.
And we now [...]
Microsoft Bing jingle performed by Pennsylvania school kids
ITG xpPhone: A smartphone running Windows XP!?
Gizmodo has an interesting post about a new smartphone model being developed in China.
This device is named ITG xpPhone and it is probably the first and the only smartphone being developed to run Windows XP!
The story has some cool looking shots of the smartphone though it is not clear [...]
Yahoo to collaborate with OneRiot for real-time search?
TechCrunch has reported that Yahoo is working on their own real-time search solution.
They are not going to enter into deals with Facebook or Twitter but are likely to be partnering an existing player in the market OneRiot.
Yahoo has not revealed anything on such rumored plans. [...]
MSN and MySpace could collaborate on music services
AllThingsD has been pretty accurate on stories they break. And they have a new one.
Microsoft is in talks with MySpace for a possible collaboration between them and MSN on a music service.
MSN could use MySpace Music platform to bring music related services on their network. [...]
Mio Technology to launch MiBuddy with Google Android
Mio Technology has announced that they are working on a new version of their MiBuddy device that would be powered with Google Android OS.
It would be launched sometime next year and would work as a mobile internet device as well.
It would of course work as [...]
