Attention Zune Nation, Launch of Twitter App for Zune HD hours away

Remember a few months back, Zune team promised to launch Twitter and Facebook app for its latest multimedia player, Zune HD. Well it turns out that, you will finally be getting your very own Twitter app for Zune HD that will hopefully meet your micro-blogging and tweeting purposes. The much awaited app is expected to land within a few hours. This exciting news was discovered via a tweet from Microsoft’s ZuneTwitter account.

Unfortunately no word on the functionality that this overdue app will provide. Although I personally would be disappointed if it did not support the new retweet functionality. Anyhow, this little piece of news means that no longer you will be required to use the Zune HD’s browser to perform your Twitter activities.

One more thing, there is a high probability that this app like other apps will be available for free.

This news just makes you wonder when will the Zune team unleash the much awaited Facebook app? Any guesses?

What’s coming in Windows Live Messenger 2010

Neowin always has something interesting posted on its site. This time it’s no different. Infact, the news we are going to share with you is huge. An anonymous tipster has shared with Neowin, the screenshots of the upcoming and much awaited Windows Live Messenger 2010. In a nutshell, the upcoming version of Windows Live Messenger will bring the forever requested tabbed conversation feature and a socially rich  main messenger window . It wouldn’t be wrong to say that social networking is at the heart of the upcoming chat client from Microsoft.

• Two columns, the left one showcases the latest social updates from your Messenger contacts who clearly need to be subscribed to Twitter and Facebook.
• Quick links for the various contact categories such as other contacts, all and more.
• Rectangular share box in the top part of the window. I wonder if Microsoft intends to do more with this, may be allow us to post updates right from the Messenger to our Twitter or Facebook account. To add to the fun, it would really be nice to include a URL shortening service (please!). This is one thing that everyone which ofcourse includes bloggers will vote for this functionality.

I just wonder if the innovative Windows Live team are thinking of making this an all in one Messenger that will allow us to chat directly with our Facebook contacts.

The second change that Messenger 2010 will bring, is one that lot of users have been waiting impatiently for. Yes, tabbed conversations are finally a part of your favorite IM software.

Windows Live Messenger 2010 will be released as part of Wave 4. By the way you will be hearing more about Wave 4 expectedly in the Mix event as pointed out by Kip Kniskern of LiveSide.

Speaking of Windows Live Messenger, Nokia recently added Live Messenger support in its Nokia Messaging app.

Google brings real time search

Google had to do something about the real time search thing and it has done just that. Yes, Google has added real time search capability to its ever growing and ever powerful search engine. Now users can get to see real time results/updates of their search queries.

How big is this? It is huge since it gives you the chance to come across breaking news from Twitter,Facebook and blogs as they happen even if they are not that popular. To make this even more interesting, the real time search has also been rolled out for iPhone and Android phones.

It has partnered up with Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Friendfeed, Jaiku and Identi.ca and others to make this possible. This excellent news was revealed by the search engine giant during their news conference held at Computer History Museum.

Try it Now

If you can’t wait for the feature to arrive, you can  visit Google Trends and click on a “hot topic,” which in most cases will bring you to a search results page with the new real-time feature.

Interestingly, Bing managed to beat Google in the real time search race as it already integrated its decision engine with Twitter back in October. If you are interested, you may want to check out the following link

Bing brings Twitter search

Google will be rolling out these exciting new features in the next few days. Real time search will be made available to global users in English language.

Source: Geekword