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Whenever I get a chance to show off Windows Phone to a friend, I usually start with speech recognition. It’s always a crowd pleaser, and it’s only gotten better in Windows Phone 7.5, which lets you compose, listen to, and send text messages with your voice.

I have to admit that I can be a bit of a thrill seeker but there is no way I’m letting my nieces and nephews take chances with their online safety. That’s one of the reasons we reached out to blogger and mom Monica Villa of The Online Mom to share her tips, tricks and suggestions for keeping kids safe online.

Are you headed to the beach this summer, on vacation or just working flat out to pay for college? If so, staying in touch with your friends probably seems complicated. While you can use Facebook for sharing information, there are lot of things you might not want your mom, your grandma or the girl you babysat for in sixth grade to know all the details about. If that’s the case, consider these 4 ways to stay in touch on summer break.

ZDNet’s Matthew Miller just posted a nice roundup of Twitter apps for Windows Phone, sorting out the pros and cons of 5 of the most prominent entries in Marketplace: Birdsong (a new arrival this week), Twitt, Beezz, Twitter (the official app), and Seesmic.

Check out his review and tell me what you think. What’s your pick?

Mike

ZDNet’s Matthew Miller just posted a nice roundup of Twitter apps for Windows Phone, sorting out the pros and cons of 5 of the most prominent entries in Marketplace: Birdsong (a new arrival this week), Twitt, Beezz, Twitter (the official app), and Seesmic.

Check out his review and tell me what you think. What’s your pick?

Mike

The Windows Experience Blog is your one-stop-shop to get the inside scoop on what’s new, what’s cool, and what you absolutely can’t miss at CES 2011. 

For the entire duration of the show I’ll be on the exhibit floor (or in our partner suites) filming videos with our hardware partners that will give you a behind the scenes look at the “how” and “why” on their products and lots of hands on time with new gear.  Videos will be fast and furious – I’m shooting, editing and posting more than 10 videos in 3 days!

November 8th is fast approaching and to kick off on the celebration Microsoft and AT&T are giving thousands of music fans the chance to see free concerts from Katy Perry in New York City and Maroon 5 in San Francisco. Fans will need to visit select AT&T retail locations in New York and San Francisco for the chance to attend the exclusive concert. Stay tuned for more info and full details by visiting the Windows Phone facebook page.

We just announced a new partnership between WordPress and Windows Live.  Read it over here (at WordPress or at Inside Windows Live)

Today is the day that the Windows Phone team has been driving towards, and we’re very excited to say that we’ve reached the biggest milestone for our internal team – the release to manufacturing (RTM) of Windows Phone 7!  While the final integration of Windows Phone 7 with our partners’ hardware, software, and networks is underway, the work of our internal engineering team is largely complete.