In April we released Bing for iPad and needless to say, we were humbled by the positive response we received. In the first three months, we had more than 5,000 ratings in the App Store and an average score of 4.7/5 stars. But what we really liked was...

Hello iOS developers! Unless you have spent last 2 weeks on a beautiful island without Internet access you should be aware by now that Bing released a fantastic native app for iPad. It's Bing for iPad . The number of 5 stars reviews is impressive...

I have been busy in the last 9 months feverishly working on Bing for iPad - It takes a lot of effort to wear the customer shows every day and do the right thing every time you have to make a trade off decision. If you have ever shipped a software you...

Alicia Keys fans will be able to watch a unique concert this Thursday being broadcast live from the Apollo in New York. Thanks to Microsoft Silverlight, fans will be able to control the action by switching between one of five camera angles. The event...

Hi world, I want to let you know that the baby that I designed, worshiped and cuddled has been deployed, last night, on MSN Entertainment and more stuff is in the pipe . Like Maps, Product discovery with “walk in” features and so on. Enjoy, because the...

What’s Gaze ? A lot has been said so I’m not going to repeat anything, here is the short version of what Todd captured last time we met. We just rolled out another private beta of Microsoft Gaze. An in-text advertisement solution that aims to help content...

  Some more clues… The question is: Would you use that solution on your own blog? Credit goes to Todd Bishop .

Last night I featured a blog post about Microsoft Gaze , a new advertising technology being developed in Microsoft’s adCenter Labs . All the dogfood tickets were given away within the first 24 hours. Impressive, well done folks! A generous lady took my...

Microsoft awards a "patent cube" to all employees whose patent applications are submitted to the US Patent Office and a wooden plaque with a copy of the patent front page when it is granted, a process which usually takes 3-6 years. I have collect a...

A few coworkers have recently asked if it was possible to customize the status shown by Office Communicator. Yes , it is possible. Be aware that you should always and I mean really REALLY always contact your administrator before you compromise or expose...

After I read this post I realized that every action counts, specially the little ones. Maybe a lawn mower is not the #1 killer but everyone has got to play a little part in the show of the life. Does matter if the climate crisis exists or it is just...

A few of my Italian friends have filled my inbox with the same specific question. I want to write a voice app, where's the Italian voice? Apparently either Live search and the others are doing a good job at answering to this specific question. So I...

Have you ever wished to have a personal Executive assistant? A beautiful voice, perfect in his/her work attitude, ready to act and sum up what you have just put on her todo list? I did and I have one even if I'm not even close to the executive atmosphere...

As a formal member of the speech team when I came across the following post I felt like an assert violation that all of the sudden pops on the screen. Full of joy. We will discuss about my associations between my emotions and exceptions another time....

Here is mine. Which OS are You?

Wow, I was one of the last people on earth to believe in the blog craze . I remember saying... "Why does it matter? It’s the newsgroup concept, mixed and reused..." ok ok...I was partially wrong; I admit it with no fear. But I found out about the podcast...

Benvenuto nel mio blog scritto da un Italiano a Redmond. Suona buffo ma e' cosi'. Nel periodo trascorso in Italia, mi lamentavo di quanta poca documentazione tecnica fosse disponibile relativa ai prodotti Microsoft nella lingua del bel paese. Chi sono...

The Complete Guide of: Learn how to love a Customized document ------------------------------------------------------------------ Table of contents: ==================================== A. Purpose of the guide B. The first meeting C. Phase I. - "I build...

Hi there. My name is Mario , I'm an Italian that is experiencing a wonderful time in a cool m s group. What do we do? We're building Visual Studio Tool for Office 2.0, aka VSTO 2. If we continue to add more words to the name, sooner or later a Sony Plasma...