Microsoft announced a renewed Bing search deal with Twitter on Tuesday. The pair hinted at the deal during a Twitter exchange. Bing kicked off proceeding by Tweeting “Hey @Twitter,” followed by “Been thinking about our … read more
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Microsoft testing new Twitter timeline ads with its Xbox account
28th Jul 11 9:43 pm with 9 CommentsMicrosoft is testing Twitter’s new sponsored tweets program. The social networking and micro-blogging service announced its new program on Thursday. Big brands, including Dell, Groupon, Starbucks and Microsoft Xbox will be testing and offering promoted … read more
Hands on: Windows Phone Mango Twitter integration [video]
27th Jul 11 6:35 pm with 54 CommentsMicrosoft’s latest developer beta of Windows Phone Mango includes the highly anticipated Twitter integration. The integration is present in the me tile, picture and browser sharing and the people hub. The notifications section in the … read more
Twitter renegotiating data sharing deal with Microsoft’s Bing search
16th Jul 11 8:08 am with 11 CommentsTwitter is reportedly renegotiating terms for a deal with Bing. The social networking and microblogging service failed to agree terms with Google earlier this month which saw Google suspend its realtime search product. Google had … read more
Yahoo struggles with mail outage, Microsoft offers users free Hotmail+ to switch now
28th Apr 11 10:21 pm with 8 CommentsMicrosoft’s wasting no time to taking advantage of Yahoo’s mail woes today. The software giant has started offering free Hotmail+ accounts to Yahoo mail users who switch to Hotmail today. “First 1k #ymail users to … read more
TweetDeck Internet Explorer 9 version on its way
6th Apr 11 6:10 pm with 1 CommentThe makers of popular Twitter client TweetDeck have promised a version for Internet Explorer 9 soon. TweetDeck said on Wednesday that it plans to offer a HTML5 web version of its application. TweetDeck has previously … read more
Bing adds real-time Twitter updates to its news pages
26th Mar 11 11:32 am with 7 CommentsMicrosoft has tweaked its Twitter and Facebook integration on Bing. The software giant is taking features from its Bing Social site and integrating them directly into Bing. The company now displays real-time twitter feeds inside … read more
Microsoft uses IE9 promoted Tweet to infiltrate Firefox 4 Twitter search results
22nd Mar 11 7:15 pm with 23 CommentsMicrosoft purchased a promoted Tweet on the social networking site Twitter on Tuesday. The tweet showed up in any search results for Firefox, just as the company released its latest browser edition. Mozilla technical evangelist Paul … read more
Microsoft apologizes after Japan Twitter backlash
13th Mar 11 10:21 am with 20 CommentsMicrosoft was forced to issue an apology after being accused of using the Japan quake disaster as a chance to market its Bing search engine. The software giant pledged to give $1 to Japan quake victims … read more
Windows Phone 7 Twitter integration coming this year
14th Feb 11 3:11 pm with 6 CommentsMicrosoft revealed on Monday that it plans to integrate Twitter into the Windows Phone 7 people hub. Microsoft announced several new Windows Phone 7 features coming in 2011, including a “dramatically enhanced” browser experience based … read more