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Microsoft Outlook Meets LinkedIn… Xobni Out In The Cold?

Microsoft has just launched a new feature to Office 2010 called Outlook Social Connector. Whenever someone sends an email to your Outlook, that person’s social networking profile will be displayed along with their message:

As the picture suggests, the first partner onboard is LinkedIn, but I expect other social nets to take notice. Despite [...]

All Out Of Forced Merriment? Visit A Microsoft Store Near You

I would say this is farcical, but that would be a misuse of the word. Let’s just say it’s really, really bad. If this is Microsoft’s secret weapon against Apple (whose stores offer some of the highest revenue-per-square-foot to be found anywhere), I’d say Steven Jobs can sleep well at night.

Consume at your own risk; [...]

Down And Out With Yahoo Search

In a discovery that will surprise no one, Yahoo is continuing to lose share in the search marketing arena to Google and Bing:

It’s heading in the wrong direction — toward zero. Yahoo represented 18% of the U.S. search market in October, according to comScore — an all-time low. Meanwhile, Google reached an all-time high at [...]

Google Places Shows How Quickly Your SEO Can Be Undone

Google launched a new product called Google Places last week, a mini-profile page for local business listings that aggregates  address, phone number, site URL, maps, directions, photos and reviews all on one page. The problem is that Google quietly began indexing these aggregator pages. The risk is that, because this content resides within [...]

Microsoft Shows You How To Par-Tay

In a move which further blurs the line between farce and fiction, Microsoft is encouraging people to throw Windows 7 launch parties at their homes.

Yes, you read that right.

Just in case you have trouble understanding what on earth you’re supposed to do at a Windows 7 launch party, Microsoft has kindly created a video to [...]