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Microsoft Signs NDA – Now Potential Bidder to Aqcuire Yahoo!

November 23, 2011 No Comments

Seems like Microsoft has signed a nondisclosure agreement with Yahoo, according to a person briefed on the matter. Which makes Microsoft officially a potential bidder for Yahoo. Why purchase Yahoo? Seems to be that Microsoft is interested in keeping the relationship between the two as far as Bing is concerned. Another factor that is being […]

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Mango: How to Use Bing Search and Speach Recognition

October 14, 2011 No Comments

  MyKindofPhone has posted 2 new ‘how to’ videos for using Bing search on your Windows Phone 7.5 devices. For those of you who aren’t familiar with all the new options Bing brings with the Mango update should definitely watch the videos. You can also visit mykindofphone.com for a more in depth breakdown.

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Mango: Microsoft Releases a Few More Windows Phone 7.5 Videos (Bing)

October 10, 2011 No Comments

Just bumped into a few more Mango videos that were recently posted on the Windows Phone YouTube channel.Again, they are showcasing new features on Windows Phone 7.5 (mango).  This time it is things like Bing, Bing Vision and Bing Local Scout. Sit back and enjoy! Bing and Windows Phone 7.5 makes searching on the go […]

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Microsoft & Bing Launch We’re In App on Windows Phone

August 18, 2011 7 Comments

Microsoft (Bing) have launched a cool new app on Windows Phone. It is called “We’re in” at it is an app that helps you see where your friends are and organize get togethers. It works by just making an account which it requires just a picture of you and your phone number. No one can […]

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Mango Voice to Text the Perfect Car Companion

August 4, 2011 No Comments

We all know why it’s illegal to talk on your cell and drive. It’s even when people text and drive, but there are people who really don’t like to be disconnected with the world. Lucky for us Voice-to- text is coming with the Mango update this Fall. Voice-to -text will work with your car’s Bluetooth […]

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Microsoft Brings Mango Feature to iPhone

June 12, 2011 1 Comment

We have seen a lot of cool features that will be coming to Windows Phone 7 in the Fall with the Mango update. Unfortunately, Microsoft has already began implementing some of these features on other platforms. One such feature is an enhancement to Bing where you will be able to perform a search and then […]

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Photo Search App Gets Updated to V3.1 – Now Uses Bing

June 7, 2011 No Comments

Decapod Studios announces big update to their Photo Search app Press Release: Today we released version 3.1 of our Photo Search application for WindowsPhone 7 devices. This update brings major application redesign and UI face-lift. Photo Search now uses Bing instead of Google search. This (major) change will allow much faster searches and better phone […]

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Polls Closed: Most People Looking Forward to Multi-Tasking on WP7 Mango

June 3, 2011 No Comments

We asked you guys what Mango feature you were looking forward to the most (this was before all the Mango announcements a few days ago). More than half of you just really want to multi-task on Windows Phone, which is something that I am looking forward to myself. The rest of you either were interested […]

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Bing Image Search Available Now

June 2, 2011 No Comments

Bing Image Search is a new app to hit the marketplace by developer Johnny Westlake. The application works well to bridge one of the gaps of the Bing search on Windows Phone 7. The app loads quickly and produces search results in matter of seconds. The delevoper did a great job in giving the application the […]

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Mango: Bing Maps to Incorporate Directories

May 24, 2011 No Comments

Another interesting addition that will come to Bing in the Fall is the integration of directories for indoor locations. Going into a crowded mall will never be more efficient. Bing will allow you to access the venue and through your phone you will be able to map out where you would find the stores, plus it […]

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Nokia Begins to Advertise the Lumia 710 – Welcome to the Amazing Everyday (video)

With the Lumia 800 being Nokia’s flagship Windows Phone at the moment, its no wonder that it has been getting...

Lenovo LePhone S2 Running Windows Phone Coming 2012

Lenovo announced yesterday its LePhone S2 running Android which seemed to kill any chance of them making a Windows...