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Windows Live Dials Up Sprint

Written on: November 16th 2006
Author: Editor

Microsoft is now catering to Sprint customers with Windows Live location-based search. This move marks part of a new deal by Sprint and Microsoft to develop a wide range of Sprint-powered Windows Live services. The search product will let users find nearby stores and restaurants as well as Sprint extras like [...] more...

Microsoft Implementing Pay-Per-Call on Windows Live Mobile

Written on: October 9th 2006
Author: Editor

Microsoft and Ingenio announced an agreement today to display Ingenio pay-per-call ad listings when users search for related items on Windows Live Search for mobile phones. The ads are localized, so a person searching for information on local businesses like restaurants and hotels will see ads related to their location. “Pay [...] more...

Amazon Trims A9

Written on: October 3rd 2006
Author: Editor

Online retailer Amazon.com has given its A9 search engine a new streamlined look. In the process, it’s also axed many of A9’s most publicized features. A9 Yellow Pages and A9 Maps, for which Amazon managed to take street-level photographs of 20 U.S. cities, have been scrapped. Also gone are the [...] more...

Microsoft Officially Launches Live Search

Written on: September 12th 2006
Author: Editor

Microsoft has taken its new Live.com search out of beta in 47 different world markets, and launched the release versions of Live Local Search in the UK and the US. Microsoft has also officially ditched the search engine used by MSN, a service that reaches more than 465 million users [...] more...

Windows Live Goes Live in Asia

Written on: July 7th 2006
Author: Editor

Microsoft has released a beta version of Windows Live Search and its companion domain, Live.com, in the Asia-Pacific market. The Asia-Pacific release is part of Microsoft’s initiative to introduce Live to 33 regions around the globe. Windows Live Search is integrated into the Live.com home page, and Microsoft plans to [...] more...

42 Entertainment, Microsoft Test Your Sea Legs with Dead Man’s Tale

Written on: June 27th 2006
Author: Lauren Kerensky

People love the fantasy-world of film, especially during the summer blockbuster season, and Microsoft has duly tapped into the appeal of movie magic. The company is relying on Captain Jack Sparrow and the rest of the pirate gang from the much-anticipated sequel to “Pirates of the Caribbean” to endorse its [...] more...

Microsoft Rolls Out Windows Live Messenger

Written on: June 20th 2006
Author: Editor

In its continuing effort to reap a larger share of online advertising revenue, Microsoft launched its newly branded instant messaging system, Windows Live Messenger, on Monday. Messenger joins Microsoft’s suite of Windows Live services, which includes e-mail, search, mapping and social networking, which as a whole aim to unite the company’s [...] more...

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