Facebook app for Zune HD now available for download
By Imran Hussain  |  17 days ago  |  2 CommentsMicrosoft

Facebook app for Zune HD now available for download

After ages of waiting by Zune HD users, Microsoft has finally released a Facebook app for them. The Twitter app for Zune HD was released almost 76 days ago, back in December, 2009. The Facebook app provides all the usual features such as viewing Photos, News Feed, profiles, messaging, notificatiosn and status updating. It even allows you...

By Imran Hussain  |  169 days ago  |  6 CommentsMicrosoft

Using Office Web Apps on an iPod Touch or an iPhone

Microsoft has not announced Office Web Apps for the iPhone or iPod Touch currently, but there’s a workaround to get it running on these devices. The edit link for documents isn’t there when you open them in SkyDrive on the Mobile Safari browser due to lack of support. While the experience of running OWA is very similar to how it works...

By Imran Hussain  |  210 days ago  |  4 Comments

Download the new and improved MSN Toolbar for IE and Firefox

Microsoft has updated the Silverlight MSN Toolbar and it’s now available for download for Internet Explorer ( 6+ ) and Firefox 3. It’s a lot more flashy in terms of looks and animations than the previous version and provides a great experience to common MSN website and Windows Live Services. Some of the new features include great Bing...

By Imran Hussain  |  250 days ago  |  2 CommentsMicrosoft

Outlook Connector released for Office 2010

Microsoft has released updated versions of Outlook Connector for Office 2010 Technical Preview, in 32 and 64 bit versions. Outlook Connector sync Hotmail, calendar and contacts with Outlook. The previous version of the connector works with Office 2007 but not with Office 2010. Download using the links below: For Office 2010 (32 bit) For Office...

By Imran Hussain  |  274 days ago  |  8 CommentsMicrosoft

Microsoft Security Essentials will send your personal information back to Microsoft

Turns out that it’s true, there’s no such thing as a free meal. The Microsoft SpyNet membership is a part of Microsoft Security Essentials ( Read Review), which you can’t disable or walk out off, and has 2 types — Basic and Advanced. Both of them have one thing in common though, which says In some instances, personal information...

By Imran Hussain  |  275 days ago  |  No Comments

Happy Birthday to Windows Live Messenger!

Windows Live Messenger, the most used IM service in the world will be turning 10 years old on 22nd of July. Started in 1999 as MSN Messenger, WLM has grown to an active user base of 330 million users per month! Messenger has had a big impact on the lives of so many people that the official blog Messenger Says has decided to celebrate the...

By Imran Hussain  |  294 days ago  |  5 CommentsMicrosoft

Video: Steve Ballmer launches Bing; Goes ‘Binggg!!’

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Is Kumo going to replace the whole Live brand and not just search?
By Imran Hussain  |  308 days ago  |  No CommentsMicrosoft

Is Kumo going to replace the whole Live brand and not just search?

While there are news everywhere about how Microsoft is thinking of rebranding Live Search, this screenshot from the IEBlog shows otherwise. It says ‘Kumo Search Maps’ in the accelerator although if you use it at the moment, you’ll see Live Search Maps. This screenshot taken by a Microsoft employee obviously seems to be spilling out...

By Imran Hussain  |  343 days ago  |  1 CommentMicrosoft

New Microsoft commercials from The Rookies Series

Here are 3 more commercials from The Rookies Series which features more cute kids, Sam, Lewis and Danni. These aren’t available on the Microsoft Watch the Ads website so far, but I got my hands on them via WindowsVideos Channel on Youtube. Here they are: Meet Lewis. At just 5 years of age, Lewis is new to photo sharing. A rookie. Yet he...

Office Live Workspace gets new features
By Imran Hussain  |  357 days ago  |  1 CommentMicrosoft

Office Live Workspace gets new features

Based on feedback, Office Live has gotten new features and improvements.  The best feature being folders and more storage. Again, I’ll ask this. We have Sky Drive and Live Mesh, why not just provide a common storage system for all Live services? Anyhow, here is the list of new features: · Folders –To simplify organization, now you...