has dealt with who has left the company rather than who has joined it, the company is expanding its efforts in communities, social and communications, building out a corporate roster below Carol Bartz that features many former Microsoft and MSN alumni, looking to restore the company to its once lofty leadership position on the Web. days, tasked with owning product management as the vice president of communications and communities, including properties such as Yahoo! Paladin Hotmail Yahoo MicrosoftWhile most of the recent personnel news surrounding Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! MORE >>

great piece of research exploring these differences has just been completed by a team at Microsoft Research, led by Jake Hofman. Community management Social media Social networks Jake Hofman Microsoft Research social media Twitter Viral video viralsearch VirulenceTweet The Fifties in 3D (Photo credit: The National Archives UK). “We want this video to go viral” – a phrase used too often without really considering what ‘to go viral’ means. And very few things actually go viral in social media. billion tweets. Popular Content. Viral Content. MORE >>

Yes, communities! Now, when most people or organizations think of communities they actually think of customer communities, however there is more than one type of community that organizations need to think about. So, in Chess Media Group style we decided to make a very simple visual to show the three types of communities that exist in social business today. External communities. These types of external communities usually don’t have much insight into the inner workings of an organization. Hybrid communities. Internal communities. MORE >>

Microsoft Security Watch. Microsoft Subnet. Clearly, some of these steps could be avoided if Microsoft was more successful at getting all their customers to drink all the Kool-Aid, but since this scenario is for a team that has mostly recurring meetings to manage, attaching the meeting workspace to a Notes calendar entry only has to happen once for each recurring meeting. MICROSOFT SUBNET: Network World presents the independent voice of Microsoft customers. ways to stretch your Microsoft training dollar. 10 funniest Microsoft videos. Security. MORE >>

Most of us have used or heard of Facebook Business pages and Community pages, but did you know they can be combined? Facebook users who have a Business page can now add their page to Community pages. Understanding the Difference: Official Facebook Business Pages vs. Community Pages. Facebook Community Pages: Community Pages are some-what like Business Pages, however, they are owned collectively by the community and are dedicated to a specific topic or experience. Community pages are created by interests shared on user profiles. That is right! MORE >>