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Silverlight on the iPhone? The wait may be over…
Given the recent rumor that Steve Ballmer is to present at Apple’s upcoming WWDC 2010 Keynote, I thought it was time to revisit the possibility of Silverlight on the iPhone. I initially suggested the idea back in December after having just attended PDC ’09. At that time, I had the privilege to sit down with Scott Guthrie [...]
Continue reading...Bing to replace Google as Default Search Engine on iPhone?
20. January 2010
BusinessWeek reported today that Apple and Microsoft are currently in negotiations to replace Google as the default search engine on the iPhone with Microsoft’s Bing.com. The talks have reportedly been underway for weeks. The increasing rivalry between Google and Apple is noted as one of the primary reasons behind the talks. “Apple and Google know [...]
Continue reading...Deja-Moonlight…Moonlight 2 arrives
18. December 2009
Hot on the heels of recently announced Silverlight 4 beta, Novell released Moonlight 2, the latest version of its open-source implementation of Silverlight for Linux. It also announced broader licensing terms for Moonlight, allowing users to run Moonlight on non-Novell Linux distributions. Despite the name, Moonlight 2 actually includes support for Silverlight 2 and some [...]
Continue reading...Bing for iPhone arrives
17. December 2009
Two days ago, Microsoft announced the availability of the Bing App for iPhone and iPod touch. Users can download the free app from the App Store from their iPhones or from their computer using iTunes. Or, simply visit m.bing.com and you will be redirected to the app store. The app offers many similar features to [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft planning Bing and Messenger iPhone apps
9. December 2009
Neowin reported today that Microsoft is currently developing both Bing and Windows Live Messenger iPhone applications. Both applications are expected to be released alongside the upcoming Windows Live Wave 4 updates due in the March 2010 timeframe. Microsoft already indicated to CNet it is working on a Bing mobile application and hinted at the possibility [...]
Continue reading...Silverlight coming to iPhone?
4. December 2009
While Microsoft officials continue to remain mum on the subject of official Silverlight support for the iPhone, they have already proven that Silverlight-based media can be delivered to iPhones via some server-side magic. At PDC 09, Scott Guthrie announced IIS media streaming support for the iPhone which you can preview from an iPhone by visiting: [...]
Continue reading...Silverlight 4 steals the show at day 2 of PDC 2009
18. November 2009
Day 2 of Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference was arguably all about Silverlight 4. Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of the .NET Developer Platform, highlighted the enhancements coming in Silverlight 4 including: Webcam and microphone input support Printing support Rich Text and HTML Support Clipboard access Native right-click and mousewheel support There were also numerous developer-centric [...]
Continue reading...PDC 2009 Day 1 Highlights
18. November 2009
Today at the PDC 2009 keynote, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie announced that its Windows Azure cloud computing platform would go-live on January 1, 2010. The service, announced last year at PDC 2008, is currently available as a free Community Technology Preview (CTP). The service will remain free throughout January and customers will start [...]
Continue reading...Cha-Ching! Bing inches upward in search market share.
16. November 2009
ZDNet reports that Bing reached 9.9% market share of U.S. searches in October, up from 9.4% in September. The growth came at Yahoo’s expense as Yahoo was down to 18.0% share in October, from 18.8% in September. Google’s U.S. search share continued to rise to 65.4 in October, up from 64.9 in September, based on [...]
Continue reading...Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 betas available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers today
16. November 2009
ZDNet’s Mary-Jo Foley reported today that Microsoft has begun rolling out the public beta of its Office 2010 suite this week. On November 16, Microsoft made the beta code available to subscribers to its MSDN and TechNet services. Microsoft has set up a download page from which the public will be able to download the [...]
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27. May 2010
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