From Windows Phone to Windows 8 and even Xbox Live, the theme previously known as "Metro" brings tiles of various sizes and colors to the user experience. Bing rolled out a trio of changes this week. In addition to revamping the design of Friends...
What brands must do is reimagine the way they work and embrace natural expectations - like Coplin said his son wanted to do with a microwave to make tea after using voice recognition to operate an Xbox.
Achievement Unlocked: Red Ring of Death T-shirt: XBOX XBOX owners all know what the red ring of death is and they know what it means to unlock achievements. I live in Florida and I have worn it anyway… because I look like Chewbacca and how cool is...
Xbox Live A new initiative from 20th Century Fox called The Digital HD project is bringing over 600 new movie and TV titles to users of Google Play and YouTube, among others. Today you can buy Fox’s new release 'Prometheus' in HD, available three...
If we consider Microsoft's reach onto the desktop and through the Xbox console, they have access to a large percentage of searchers – they just haven't been able to win their hearts and minds … yet. I live in Victoria, BC and when I enter...
Microsoft’s other applications are for .azure, .hotmail, .microsoft, .office, .skydrive, .skype, .windows, and .xbox. Here are the names of all the contested gTLDs, followed by the total number of applicants in parenthesis: app (13) baby (5) blog...
But it honestly doesn’t hold up upon closer inspection, especially considering Microsoft has its own privacy policy and, oddly, one Windows Live ID for multiple Microsoft services as Hotmail, Messenger, and Xbox Live.
As additional content goes live, it’ll be incorporated into Bing on Xbox voice search. Bing on Xbox goes live in English only for the U.S. Canada, and the UK for Zone video, Xbox live Marketplace and about 10 content partners.
Yet, when asked whether Microsoft has “decided to punt” on the social space, or if they would surprise us at some point, Ballmer pointed to Xbox Live, with its 50 million users, and Skype as highly social initiatives.
Twitter also made it on at the very bottom of the list, behind the Xbox. Xbox In fact, they'd rather live without flushing toilets, central heating, air conditioning, pain killers, vacuum cleaners, and shoes.
Launched last September, Bing Rewards is a program that earns you credits toward free rewards like XBox Live points, MP3 downloads and more. Bing has announced expanded options for earning credits from its Bing Rewards Program.
If you're an Xbox Live member, maybe you ended up downloading a Bing toolbar and that becomes your search engine of choice. As someone who lives and breathes search every day, my eyes were immediately drawn to the new look of the search bar in the...
Virtual currencies already reaching mainstream audiences via Xbox Live, Facebook credits and eventually Google's Jambool acquisition Perhaps both are acquiring talent rather than new products but both are poised to compete for living room attention...
The most noteworthy reward in the program is Microsoft Points, which can be used on Xbox Live and Zune, and so offers the merest hint that a virtual goods strategy could be in the pipeline. Among the offers is a chopping board, some airmiles, a...
There's also XBox Live integration - you can tinker with your avatar on your phone. Phones are due out by the 2010 holiday season. It's called the Windows Phone 7 series and, despite the name, it's nothing like Windows.
The ads will be seen on MSN, MSN Mobile, Windows Live Hotmail, Microsoft Live Search and Xbox LIVE. Discovery Channel has purchased 90% of the inventory on MSNBC, Fox Sports, MSN, MSN Mobile and Xbox LIVE to promote the "Deadliest Catch" premiere...
This is likely to have much more of an effect on Google than Microsoft, who will benefit from strong Xbox 360 sales during the holidays and be affected by the larger software and enterprise offerings of their overall business.
Gaming consoles see a big resurgence in search popularity in 2008, with the Nintendo Wii (#10) capturing the most search interest, generating 25% more search activity than the Xbox 360 (#12) and Playstation 3 (#13).
I can go ahead and search for Xbox, and automatically the toolbar detects that you're searching for Xbox on Google and a Gleam view that there is a cashback on Live Search. And so let's say I'm on Google and I type in Xbox.
Combined technologies will be able to better monetize content such as XBox games. Microsoft Live and adCenter will be phased out and replaced with Yahoo's Panama and Yahoo's natural search platform. Microsoft Live Search Core Relevance Program...
