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Zune players to be killed off for good by Microsoft

Published on: 16th March, 2011

A Bloomberg source said that Microsoft would put an end to the history of its Zune hardware by phasing it out for ever. Following this strategy, Microsoft would still sell the current Zune HD but would end its production once the device is considered obsolete. However, the Zune software, as well as the Zune Marketplace [...]

Bing gives away 500,000 free songs and prefers Amazon to Zune

Published on: 11th January, 2011

Trying to promote its search engine Bing, Microsoft has launched the Holiday Song Giveaway. Each participating user is allowed to download one song from Bing Music at no charge, up to a 500k-person cap. The company made an unusual choice by using Amazon instead of its Zune Marketplace. There is a limit for the giveaway [...]

Microsoft’s revenue hits a record 25 percent, but is overtaken by Apple

Published on: 31st October, 2010

Microsoft announced a record in revenue for the summer quarter by reaching $16.2 billion. The figure is a 25 percent jump compared to last year and was supported by unbound Windows 7 sales accompanied by Office 2010 and the Xbox 360. Without giving numbers, the company sold 38 percent more console games than last summer, [...]

Microsoft prepares Zune for Mac to synchronize Windows Phone 7

Published on: 18th October, 2010

In a Twitter update, the Windows Phone marketing lead in the United Kingdom, Oded Ran, claimed that there would be a Zune client available for the Mac to synchronize Windows Phone 7 devices. The executive did not go into details but said that customers could Zune on the Mac to synchronize the phones. He also [...]

Zune Marketplace has expanded beyond US and ahead of WP 7

Published on: 25th September, 2010

Microsoft, for the first time in the run-up to its WP 7, has expanded the Zune Marketplace services beyond the United States. The unlimited Zune Pass music, video sales, MP3 downloads and movie rentals will become available in Germany, France and the United Kingdom this fall. Meanwhile, Spain will get all these services excepting video [...]

Another Zune HD to come in 2011?

Published on: 6th September, 2010

It seems that Microsoft might give the Zune HD one last chance, according to some sources. The device would use, as predicted, at least some features of Windows Phone 7, but would not be shipped until 2011. Its development being in an early stage, most hardware remains unknown, but it is likely to keep relying [...]

Direct purchases finally allowed at Zune Marketplace

Published on: 28th June, 2010

Microsoft has started to allow direct purchases for music by credit card at Zune Marketplace. As part of the Bing refresh, this move is meant to make simpler buying tracks resulted from search. It also makes possible for customers to skip buying Microsoft Points which were previously needed when they wanted to get any article [...]

Microsoft’s Bing to get new entertainment features

Published on: 27th June, 2010

Microsoft has recently announced that the Bing portal has gone through an upgrade process, having some new features, which are focused on entertainment content. In what music-related searches are concerned, users can have access to lyrics, band photos, videos and even tour dates for their favorite artists. Links from Zune, iTunes and Amazon.com MP3 will [...]

Microsoft’s 64GB Zune HD launched earlier

Published on: 13th April, 2010

Although promised on April 12th, Microsoft has already launched the 64GB model of its Zune HD, the personal multimedia player which allows storing about 20 hours of 720-pixel high definition video or 6,400 songs at 320Kbps. The price is competitive compared to an iPod touch of a similar capacity, which is $400. Microsoft has also [...]

New version of Windows Marketplace, inspired from the Zune interface

Published on: 18th February, 2010

On February 15, 2010, along with the Windows 7 Phone mobile OS, there have been seen some images featuring the new version of Windows Marketplace. The initial screen, clearly inspired from Zune’s interface, is used to focus on certain applications. The other screens, subsequent ones, will be used by users in order to access specific [...]

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