Microsoft implemented several new features into their Windows Live Maps service yesterday. Here are three of the more interesting additions:
Your move, Google.
[via TechCrunch, NY Times]
Microsoft is playing nicer these days, and has agreed to allow Adobe, a big time competitor to use Flash Lite graphics software for use on cell phones, PDA’s and otehr device that Windows mobile might be on.
A comment from Adobe, “We’re thrilled to work with Microsoft,” stated by Adobe senior VP Al Ramadan. Microsoft is trying to appear happy about it too, but it seems these days Microsft is allowing things it might not have just a few years ago.
Either way its a strategic partnership and business move for both companies.
The iPhone Software Development Kit has been downloaded 100,000 times since being released four days ago. That’s plenty of developers eager to make software games and applications for the iPhone, but big download numbers don’t necessarily mean big results. Anyone with a little patience can download the SDK, but that doesn’t mean they’re actually going to use it.
Still, I don’t think there’s going to be a lack of iPhone apps out there. Next-Generation reports that Sega and Electronic Arts are a few of the publishers that have games in the works for the iPhone. Meanwhile many other developers have non-game related projects in the works. I’ll be interested to see what these new apps offer, but I’m still not on the iPhone boat (though I do accept bribes in the form of Apple stock options and iPhones).
A warning from security experts tell us that there are potentially dangerous attachments of excel files that are circulating through email. Two of the known files that are malicious are named OLYMPIC.XLS and SCHEDULE.XLS.
This is why everyone is being urged to get the current updates from Microsoft which supposedly contain the security patches for this exploit.
HorenBeeck said, “It should be noted that the incidents we are aware of have been limited to a very specific targeted attack and were not widespread.”
We certainly hope this is a contained issue, but then again would they tell you if it wasn’t?
