Just as announced back in 2009, Microsoft has put the plug on its MSN Direct service as soon as the year 2011 was over. As of January 1st, 2012, devices that relied on this service to receive MSN Direct content such as Weather, Traffic, News and more are left in the dark. Devices that pack additional features, u... |
4 January 2012
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Microsoft has signed the death sentence of MSN Direct and is informing customers that they will be able to continue using the service for two years and a couple of months before it will be discontinued. MSN Direct was designed to accompany the company’s smart “Spot” watches, products that have thems... |
28 October 2009
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The start of 2009 has brought for Microsoft not only the four Betas of Windows 7 client and server operating systems and the RTW builds of Windows Live Essentials, but also the evolution of MSN Direct. The company emphasized that, in the context of the worldwide financial crisis, the new MSN Direct would contribute t... |
8 January 2009
10:16 GMT |
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Microsoft is bridging the gap between Websites delivering location information and GPS navigation devices via MSN Direct. In this regard, the Redmond giant announced the introduction of a new application programming interface designed to permit website visitors the transition of a variety of data onto their GPS produ... |
29 July 2008
10:40 GMT |
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Although Microsoft failed to bury them early on, the Redmond company has finally pulled the plug on the now dead MSN smart watches. The first watches of this type hit the market back in 2004, but users failed to crowd in for the new devices designed to deliver a variety of data via FM radio waves. The fact of the mat... |
24 April 2008
07:45 GMT |
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Microsoft has opened up MSN Direct content to Windows Mobile-based devices. The announcement was delivered at the Mobile World Congress 2008, with the introduction of a technology preview designed to permit access to MSN Direct to the users of devices running the Windows Mobile operating system. In this manner, an en... |
12 February 2008
03:58 GMT |
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2008 International CES was the stage where Microsoft announced the introduction of a new update for MSN Direct. The new version of the location-based service, aimed at personal navigation devices, was in this manner bridged with Windows Live Maps, but on top of the increased functionality, end users will be able to t... |
8 January 2008
07:05 GMT |
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