June, 2010

Many of you have been waiting in anticipation for the Silverlight PivotViewer to build collections and embed them on your website, and today this control is available to Silverlight developers. PivotViewer truly revolutionizes the way that we visualize...

In the 1970’s, Home Shopping Network (HSN) pioneered live-TV retail by providing viewers with an easier way to purchase products featured on HSN’s TV broadcast through their home telephone. With the introduction of HSN.com in the late 1990’s, customers...

With the public beta availability of the new Windows Live Hotmail on June 15 th 2010, the service’s more than 360 million active users can enjoy several key features that are powered by Microsoft Silverlight, mostly around sharing documents and photos...

NBC Sports is streaming a simultaneous broadcast of their US Open coverage using Silverlight and IIS Smooth Streaming, Thursday through Sunday. Visit the NBC Sports homepage to watch the event online!

At NAB, we announced that a beta of IIS Media Services 4.0 would be available in the second quarter of 2010. We’re pleased to let you know that the beta is now available for download. The beta includes some of the features we showed at NAB and Streaming...

MSN Brazil is bringing the World Cup to life for a country that celebrates soccer as a major part of its culture. The site, which uses many Silverlight features including Deep Zoom, presents match schedules, team, player and stadium information, and key...

Today, the Bing Maps team is making some huge advancements to their site, platform and developer experiences. Back in December, 2009 Bing Maps released a Silverlight 3 version of their consumer site which helps users find locations, view maps and aerial...

Did you know that in the country of Uruguay , voting is compulsory for the country’s 2.5 million registered voters? As you can imagine, Uruguay’s national elections become tremendous news events, and for the 2009 elections, Radio El Espectador, one of...