Companies collaborate to deliver rich data services on HD digital radio format to smarten everyday objects. Microsoft Corp. and Clear Channel Radio today announced at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that they have executed a collaborative agreement to build a nationwide data delivery...

Traffic conditions, gas prices, local weather updates, movie times and more to be available on Garmin GPS devices. Today at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Corp.’s Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) Group announced the availability of MSN ® Direct navigation services...

For the first time, get real-time weather forecast information and the freshest brewed coffee with a single device. Just in time for the holidays, the Melitta ® Smart Mill & Brew™ with MSN ® Direct has officially hit retail stores. The first coffee maker to display real-time weather information incorporates...

REDMOND, Wash. — June 13, 2006 — Microsoft Corp.’s Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) initiative today launched the next generation of Smart Watches for MSN ® Direct: the ABACUS Smart Watch 2006. These newest watches feature double the storage capacity of previous watches, improved download speed...

Paul Thurrott: Few reports this week touting a VSLive! presentation during which a Microsoft executive showed off secondary displays for upcoming Longhorn-based laptops that are based on the company's Smart Personal Object Technology (SPOT). Although these displays, which sit on the outside of a laptop...

About four years ago, Microsoft's Research and Development team came up with a new technology called Smart Personal Object Technology (SPOT) that uses FM radio signals to broadcast news, weather and other information to wristwatches. The first Smart Watches leveraging SPOT were first launched last January...

On Möbius conference, which is currently held in Seattle, Microsoft confirmed that the SPOT watch concept is coming to some countries in Europe as well, at least Microsoft is negotiating the possibilities to launch the service in several countries including Germany, Austria and Italy. More information...

Microsoft Corp. Friday announced that it will launch its movie channel for MSN® Direct, which allows movie buffs to view show times and movie listings for selected theaters directly on their Smart Watch. The new content is slated to go live Monday, Nov. 8. “Smart Watches are all about bringing fun and...

Microsoft Corp. and watch maker Swatch are offering a new line of wireless data watches, the companies said yesterday, bringing the era of Dick Tracy wristwatch radios one step closer. The watches offer news, sports, weather and stock quotes, among other snippets of content, via Microsoft's MSN Direct...

Microsoft Corp. today added professional baseball season content for 2004 to MSN® Direct’s Sports Channel so subscribers can keep tabs on their favorite pastime while on the go. Microsoft also added three new channels to MSN Direct that will allow subscribers to track their astrological future, discover...