9 posts and columns on Photosynth

Microsoft Cranks Out Two More iPhone Apps: Kinectimals and SkyDrive

in Mobile on December 13, 2011 at 10:58 am PT

Redmond has released four iOS apps this week alone in a sign it is not placing all its mobile eggs in the Windows Phone basket.
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A Panorama of New Apps Arrive for Taking 360-degree Images on the iPhone

in Mobile on April 20, 2011 at 5:58 am PT

Microsoft and Boston-based Everyscape are the latest companies to offer iPhone apps that create a single immersive, 360-degree image based video or still images captured on the phone.

Bing’s iPhone App Is Getting New Features (But Windows Phone 7 Owners Will Have to Wait)

in Mobile on December 16, 2010 at 10:00 am PT

Microsoft is adding a lot of things to its mobile Bing app–on the iPhone, that is. Windows Phone 7 users will have to wait until at least the next operating system update.

Microsoft: Want to Learn About Our Secret Tablet? Read Engadget.

in Media on March 23, 2010 at 11:58 am PT

Want to get the latest news on “Courier,” Microsoft’s rumored-but-not-confirmed answer to Apple’s iPad? Microsoft doesn’t want to talk about it. But Redmond does have a suggestion for you: Read the gadget blogs.

Liveblogging Bing Demo: No Donuts, Unlikely to Pay for De-Indexing Google, but Cool New Maps

in News on December 2, 2009 at 10:10 am PT

BoomTown is awaiting a passel of Microsoft execs, who will be talking about a range of new features for Bing. I will be liveblogging, but I must say, I wish there were donuts.
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Digital Overload at Inauguration?

in News on January 20, 2009 at 10:20 am PT

With inauguration excitement hitting a fever pitch inside the Beltway, news outlets are calling on the Average Joes (and maybe a few Joe Plumbers) attending the festivities to seize the moment and capture the Obama revelry for the rest of the world to see.

One Way to Turn a Mac Into a PC Just Got Better

in Personal Technology on October 1, 2008 at 6:46 pm PT

There are two common methods for running Microsoft Windows and Windows programs on an Apple Macintosh, and one of those methods just got better and easier. The first approach uses a feature called Boot Camp that comes free on every new Mac.

Microsoft Live Labs Creates Web ‘Synth’ For 3-D Photo Tour

in Personal Technology on August 20, 2008 at 6:02 pm PT

Microsoft Live Labs’ Photosynth turns multiple photos of a site into a 3-D scene you can virtually “walk” through on the Web. The service is a dramatic new way to use your photos and to share them with others, writes Walter S. Mossberg.