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Laying Off Microsoft

Jason Yormark

There was no question really when Microsoft offered. I put in four amazing years with Microsoft Advertising and made life long friends in the process. I never imagined Microsoft would lay anyone off, but the economy had other plans. Hell, Microsoft throws away millions of dollars on everything you could imagine.

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Could AT&T kill the iPhone Brand?

Buzz Marketing for Technology

As a result, the sales of the Google Android OS-based smartphones have surpassed the sales of the Microsoft Windows Mobile-based handsets around the world. My advice to Google and the brand group at Android is this – stop advertising the phone and start creating exclusive apps that only are available on the Android platform.

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Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late. : Community Group Therapy

Buzz Marketing for Technology

So, don’t get paralyzed by the cross group challenges - move it forward and determine where the opportunities to improve customer experience are for what “you control&# and drive progress there - then fan out with your early successes. Microsoft Communities. marketing, microsoft. marketing, microsoft.

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Update: Microsoft’s Synsup Labs Domain Names

Bill Hartzer

Last month I first discovered that Microsoft had secretly acquired 47 domain names related to a brand called “Synsup Labs&#. Now, about a month later, the total count of domain names related to Synsup Labs that Microsoft owns is an even 50, and each of those domain names have been set to resolve to their own name server.

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #41

Twist Image

Twitter has 'verified accounts,' Reddit checks identities for its Ask Me Anything discussions (or not, depending on who you ask). Jaron Lanier: The Frontiers of Augmented Reality and Human Potential - Microsoft Advertising. In this video, he discusses the impact of technologies like Microsoft 's Kinect and the future of computing.

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List of Brand-Side Corporate Social Strategists: Twitter Edition

Webbiquity SMM

Financial Services. • Ken Hittel – Vice President, Corporate Internet Dept.

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Getting Started with Integrating Search and Social Media

Saying It Social

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials It’s Time to Think about Integrating Search & Social Media Google and Microsoft’s Bing recently struck deals to incorporate social media into their real-time search results. Have you integrated search with your social media?