I know some of you have been seeing stale play count data as of late…To make a long story short, as we started to collect more data for the "Picks" and "Channels" features we launched in 3.0, traffic was happily heavier than expected, however we’re experiencing a slight issue with the database machines. This resulted in the play count getting stuck. We just wanted everyone to know there's a team of people working around the clock to resolve the issues as soon...

Our buddy Tina at on10 recently stopped by the Zune building, shot a quick demo - check it out! Zune Spring Update 2.5 - The Video

The Zune team and I produced a series of videos meant to highlight the four areas of Zune this year: Device, Social, Software and Marketplace. These were originally meant for journalists and folks in the media, but I thought you’d be interesting in seeing them. In each of the videos, we asked different folks within the Zune organization to talk freely about their experience on the Zune team, what they tried to accomplish, and the rationale behind some key product features. We have a few hundred folks...