This week Microsoft announced on their blog that ‘Messenger will be seamlessly built into Windows Phone, bringing texting and Instant Messaging (IM) together’. This is a part of the Mango update, and will provide a ‘seamless, built-in texting and IM experience powered by Windows Live Messenger.’ Continue reading →

On the same day as Google’s I/O began with the announcement of a music service in the cloud, Microsoft bought Skype. Microsoft paid $8.5 billion for one of the most ubiquitous messaging services outside of MSN and Facebook messaging. It probably wasn’t an accident that Microsoft announced their biggest acquisition since 2007 on the same day as Google’s biggest event for the year. Continue reading →

This February has been a month of drama for the search industry. It started with Google accusing Bing of cheating at a search panel at the start of the month. Continue reading →

At long last, there is now something concrete on what the Yahoo!/Bing search deal means for Australia. Just today Yahoo! sent an email outlining the change from Yahoo!7 to Bing in Australia. According to the email, the changes to Yahoo!7’s … Continue reading →

This week ReadWriteWeb announced that Windows Live Messenger is the second most popular app on Facebook. With over 9 million users, Windows Live Messenger is still behind Farmville’s 16 million. Microsoft’s numbers for conversations between Facebook and Windows Live Messenger … Continue reading →

No-one wants to lose their privacy, but most seem willing to exchange it for something. Access to communities, perceived security or even goods and services are all things people are willing to trade their information and privacy for. The real … Continue reading →