Tag: msn
Crappy ringtone and wallpaper downloads are on their way out, texting to follow?
Orange is reporting a steady decline in demand for downloadable ringtones and wallpapers. It believes that powerful multimedia technologies in modern mobile phones mean users prefer full length track downloads and taking their own pictures with phone cameras…
Microsoft signs up MTV and Sony BMG to provide content for MSN Video
At a press conference this morning in the heart of Microsoft’s glasshouse, the company announced an online video partnership with MTV Networks International and Sony BMG, because according to John Mangelaars, VP of Microsoft Online Services Group, “video is exploding”. Just cottoned on, eh Microsoft?
Adding to their MSN video service, which is free to users, clips from MTV programs including South Park, Pimp My Ride…
i-Buddy – real-life icon for MSN
Screen icons not good enough for you? The i-Buddy moves them from the desktop onto your desk.
MSN Soapbox video sharing service enters public beta
Microsoft's would-be-YouTube video service Soapbox that we first mentioned in September last year has now entered public beta testing. Though Bink.nu reckons it's only supposed to work on Internet Explorer and not Firefox (presumably on a PC), I've been able…
Chat with Santa on Windows Live Messenger
Microsoft are giving kids the chance to chat live with Santa Claus, thanks to the power of Windows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger). Using Windows Live Messenger, parents can spend time with their kids chatting in real time with…
Hotmail is 10 this month
Yes it's another web birthday: Hotmail is 10 years old this month! Woo-hoo… Officially launched by entrepreneurs Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith in November 1996, it has become the most used web-based email service on the planet. As seems fitting…
3's X-Series launch: key quotes
Here's a few of the key statements from the bigwigs assembled for 3's X-Series launch in London. It continues over the bump, with the latest quotes being added at the bottom of the post. Also, Ashley is sitting next to…
Microsoft give up newspapers' copyright content without a court battle
In the case of Microsoft versus Copiepresse, the Belgian press association that has already stifled Google and wants to do the same to Microsoft for publishing excerpts of newspapers on its news search results, Microsoft has decided to concede without…
Microsoft ordered to 'cease and desist' over Belgian newspaper content
Remember my rant about newspapers getting worked up over Google News? Well, they're after Microsoft now. CopiePresse, who manages the copyright for French and German-speaking press in Belgium, has sent a 'cease and desist' (in other words, take it down…
