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Microsoft is Finally Achieving What it Set Out to Do With Passport - the Key is Consistency

Stay N' Alive

Back in the year 2000, before "the cloud" was even a marketing term, Microsoft launched a product known as "Passport", a product touted to be the end-all-be-all of identity services that developers could integrate into their products for identity and storage of personal information. Then on the Xbox you had an entirely different experience.

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The Year Of Mobile? Sounds Like The Month Of The Smartphone

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Mobile phones may even be going away - along with desktop computers and laptops - in favor of smartphones and tablets. One thing is for certain: the tide is beginning to shift dramatically and it won't be (too) long before mobile becomes the primary screen. Media (music, movies, TV, books, etc.) Mobile networks vs. wi-fi.

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Four Handy Windows Phone Apps

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It must be difficult for Microsoft. They have had to get used to playing second and even third fiddle in this thing called the Mobile Operating System competition. People were worried that Microsoft would be the evil monopolistic empire that they probably still aspire to be. Blueprints. Audible – AudioBooks.

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Meta's Launching Sassy Chatbots, Instagram Creates AI Stickers, And Twitter Axes Misinformation Reports: Monday Social Media News Roundup

Buffer Social

Imagine automating responses to frequently asked questions or having a virtual assistant manage appointment bookings. You can now sort your 'Following' accounts and log into multiple accounts on mobile. For small business owners, this could open new avenues for customer engagement. The possibilities are enticing.

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6 Speakers You Shouldn’t Miss at Pubcon Austin 2014

Bill Hartzer

I imagine he’ll be giving the same similar presentation about what Microsoft and Bing is doing now. Talk to Duane, he’s really good about answering SEO questions and might even tell you about working for Microsoft if you ask. She does search and social the “right way” and even wrote a book. Local Search.

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The Era Of Exponential Marketing

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We'll look at things like mobile adoption and it's always with a linear perspective. One of the clearest explanations of exponential versus linear growth came to me courtesy of a presentation that I saw from Ray Kurzweil (futurist and author of books like The Age of Intelligent Machines and The Singularity Is Near , to name a few).

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10 social sites you might have missed

Direct Marketing Observations

Though you will have to download Microsoft’s Silverlight to really see it in all of its glory. It’s essentially a mobile advertising and lead generation tool for real estate sales and marketing professionals. Choose your availability, who you share your page with and when meetings get booked. So here we go.

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