Archive for April, 2010

iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G Now Available

Starting today, you can buy the magical and revolutionary iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G at your favorite Apple Retail Store or from the Apple Online Store with free delivery to your door.

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Kenyan Refugees Find a Home on Facebook

The following is part of our “Your Stories” series on different ways Facebook is used across the world. If you have a story you’d like to share with us, please submit it here.

The last days Abdi Mohamed lived in his homeland of Somalia were spent in fear…

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Weekend Reading – James Cameron, Imagine Cup Messenger, and the World’s Most Influential People

Those of you reading the blog this week can’t fail to have missed the our excitement about the U.S. finals for the Imagine Cup . This is the international student technology competition that we sponsor. It was a great event – guests included “Avata…

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Weekend Reading – James Cameron, Imagine Cup Messenger, and the World’s Most Influential People

Those of you reading the blog this week can’t fail to have missed the our excitement about the U.S. finals for the Imagine Cup . This is the international student technology competition that we sponsor. It was a great event – guests included “Avata…

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Twitter for Android: Robots like to share too

When we tweet what’s happening around us, we share not only our thoughts, but also web pages, photos, videos, location…anything. Mobile phones are increasingly part of our lives, and we seem to be doing everything but making phone calls. Reading t…

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Distracted driving and cell phones

“Distracted driving” is when you drive while taking your hands off the steering wheel, your eyes off the road, or your mind off of driving. Whether you are eating while driving or using your cell phone while driving, distracted driving increases your …

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Share your photos on orkut

Some time ago we announced a new, faster and more fun photo experience on orkut. After that, we showed you how to share photos directly from Picasa, and how to import your photos from Picasa Web Albums. More recently, we announced that now you can also…

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And we’re off to the races

It’s time to dust off your best hat and find that recipe for Mint Juleps. That’s right, this weekend marks the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby.  Before the horses take to the track as “My Old Kentucky Home” plays we want to make sure you are ready for the festivities.

If you are looking for the Kentucky Derby details Bing provides an instant answer that will give you the information to the event as well as some useful links to the race contenders, tickets, and fashion. Make sure to check back after the race for the instant answers with all the race results as well.

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Each year the excitement that surrounds this event grows as fans wonder which horse will claim the right to wear the garland of roses. So even if you are not at Churchill Downs taking part in the many Kentucky Derby traditions make sure you check the horses, grab your hat, pick your favorite horse and tune into to watch as they speed around the track to the finish line.

Good luck!

Kristin Meldahl – Bing

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Keeping Track of the World with Chrome Extensions

In recent weeks, we saw not only breaking news, but erupting, stunning and unveiling news! To keep myself from drowning in the news flood, I found that using a few Chrome extensions can help me keep track of it all.If you’re a media enthusiast like I a…

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HTML5 Video

There’s been a lot of posting about video and video formats on the web recently. This is a good opportunity to talk about Microsoft’s point of view.
The future of the web is HTML5. Microsoft is deeply engaged in the HTML5 process with the W3C. HTML…

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