Bing Search APIs, with a new free tier, now available on Azure Marketplace

Last month we wrote about some changes to the Bing Search API, used by developers to bring Bing search functionality into their applications.  The set of APIs, which originally were free to use, are ... Read more »

Handyscan for Windows Phone, the first SkyDrive API app

Our friends at WMPowerUser.com noticed a tweet by Omar Shahine, the Group Program Manager from SkyDrive, pointing out that the first third party app to make use of SkyDrive’s new APIs is now available: ... Read more »

How to port Symbian QT apps to Windows Phone 7

Microsoft and Nokia worked together to provide a package that will guide Nokia Symbian Developers to learn Windows Phone development. The package includes: The “Windows Phone Guide for Symbian Qt Application Developers” white paper, ... Read more »

Messenger Connect is now “Live Connect” – new APIs for SkyDrive and Hotmail Calendar

As part of the announcement at the BUILD conference today, Microsoft announced a new SDK and accompanying REST APIs for Windows Live. Originally named “Messenger Connect”, the new developer tools have been expanded in ... Read more »

Microsoft’s Live Location API: Is it a “massive privacy hole”?

A CNET post today by Declan McCullagh (reposted at CBS News Tech with a more incendiary title) reveals that Microsoft, through its Live Location API, apparently allows searching by MAC address for locations of ... Read more »

How to port Android apps to Windows Phone 7

Following the help for iPhone developers to port their apps to Windows Phone, Microsoft now also helps out Android developers to port their apps. They’ve just released the following package containing: Android to Windows ... Read more »

How to port iPhone Apps to Windows Phone 7

We all know Microsoft has been releasing iPhone apps but how can you port your iPhone app to Windows Phone 7? Well, with a little help from Microsoft. They have put together a great ... Read more »

More on Messenger Connect

Angus Logan, Sr. Technical Product Manager for Messenger Connect, has been busy today sharing lots of information about the new set of APIs that allow developers to interact with Messenger and Windows Live.  In ... Read more »

Windows Live Messenger Connect beta released

Today, Microsoft announced the availability of the Windows Live Messenger Connect beta. Messenger Connect is a single API that enables developers to integrate social experiences into their web and rich-client applications using the Windows ... Read more »

The Bing Maps Platform releases APIs for Streetside, Enhanced Bird’s Eye

Now that’s moving fast.  Microsoft just unveiled Streetside  a couple of weeks ago and already developers can start to use images from Streetside and enhanced bird’s eye. Chris Pendleton has a blog post up ... Read more »