The free anti-virus program by Microsoft, Security Essentials, is now available in 17 additional countries, including India.
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News For URL Shortening
The past days have been busy for URL shortening services. Both Google and Facebook had launched their own, semi-private URL shortening domains. After that, the market leader bit.ly announced the Pro version for companies and businesses.
Bing App For iPhone Released
As announced last week, Microsoft has released the Bing App for iPhone. Since last night, it can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store.
Skype Chat—An Exemplar For Live Messenger
Regarding usability, Windows Live Messenger can learn from Skype chat. In the past weeks, I have used Skype chat intensively. There are several features that I miss in Messenger since I started using Skype chat as well. Let’s take a look.
A First Glimpse at Windows Live Messenger 2010
The Windows Live Team is currently working on Wave 4, that is, the 2010 versions of Windows Live. This includes both web services and Windows Live Essentials. Let’s take a closer look at Messenger 2010 Milestone 1.
iPhone App for Windows Live Messenger in Development
Microsoft is currently working on an iPhone App for Windows Live Messenger, as well as for Bing.
Microsoft and Yahoo! Finally Settle a Contract
Yahoo! and Microsoft finally settled an agreement on co-operating with Search and Advertising services, originally announced in July. The co-operation “can occur in early 2010,” read a consequent statement.
New Mobile Twitter Website Soon at Hand
The developers of the microblogging platform Twitter have renovated the mobile website technically and optically. If you’re interested, get a first glimpse of the work at mobile.twitter.com.
Google Shows Personalized Results for Users that Aren’t Signed In
Starting from now on, Google personalizes search results of all users, even when they are not signed in. The search engine learns which links individual users click most and will rank corresponding sites higher in the future.
Windows Live Messenger: Client for Java Phones
A free Windows Live Messenger version for Java cell phones has been released. It supports cell phones manufactured by Motorola, LG, Samsung, Nokia, RIM and Sony Ericsson.