RIP MSN Messenger
All users of Windows Live Messenger (except in mainland China) now have to use Skype instead.
On Mar 15, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy
Jim’ll Paint It makes good on his promise
Robocop, Bill Murray, and more than a few offbeat Britishisms have made this MS Paint Tumblr a total hit.
On Mar 7, 2013 by Aja Romano
Former Google China head blocked on Weibo, but not on Twitter
Lee Kaifu, a former Microsoft and Google exec famous for railing against Chinese Internet censorship, has been blocked from China’s most popular social networks.
On Feb 18, 2013 by Kevin Morris
Bill Gates talks philanthropy, Bing, and rock in Reddit AMA
The Microsoft chairman’s Q&A session has earned 28,000 comments so far.
On Feb 12, 2013 by Mike Fenn
Digital Self-defense: Every move you make, they’ll be watching you
We are now in the era of friction-less entertainment. What this really means? The age of enjoying your thrills, chills and laughs in private is pretty much dead.
On Jan 21, 2013 by [email protected]
The Morning GIF: Kinect the docs
If funded, this project will let you choose your own path through a digital art documentary filmed in a Kinect-generated 3-D format.
On Nov 30, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy
How to be a hero in the battle of the sexes
Nicholas White considers the identity politics unfolding online these days.
On Nov 15, 2012 by Nicholas White
Microsoft takedown notice accidentally censors BBC, WIkipedia and more
A takedown notice sent in July accidentally caused articles from several respectable sites to be scrubbed from Google’s search results.
On Oct 8, 2012 by Kevin Collier
“Halo 4” movie skips theaters, goes direct-to-YouTube
Microsoft’s full-length, $10 million Halo flick may prove that direct-to-Internet is the new direct-to-DVD.
On Oct 5, 2012 by Fidel Martinez
Dotted Lines: An “honest” Internet Explorer 9 commercial
WorldWideInterweb sure doesn’t think much of Internet Explorer 9’s claim that it delivers “a more beautiful web.”
On Oct 4, 2012 by Jay Hathaway
Pinterest feud prompts Google Graveyard and Microsoft Morgue
Microsoft’s Frank Shaw and Time magazine’s Harry McCracke traded pins and jabs on Pinterest over failed products.
On Jul 5, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
Google hit with a staggering 350,000 DMCA takedown requests every week
Microsoft leads the way, with 94,415 requests last week alone.
On May 28, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Microsoft launches Frankenstein’s monster of social networks
So.cl may be impossible to pronounce, but at least it’s easy to understand: Just imagine every other social network, mashed into one.
On May 21, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
Brands could sue Pinterest for trademark infringement
The issue, according to one lawyer, is “whether the party had actual or constructive knowledge of the breach.”
On Mar 29, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
Exclusive: Even Microsoft can’t get its brands on Pinterest
The online image-board is just too busy to respond when Fortune 500 companies come calling.
On Mar 15, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
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