Mobile iPad microsoft tag mobile smartphones tabletsLove your smart phone? Debating a tablet? Gone app crazy? Check out these stats on the mobile market … 1. Smart phones. “Of the world’s 4 billion mobile phones in use, 1.08 billion are smartphones.&#. Smart phones. Of those, 3.08 billion are SMS enabled. Mobile. One half of searches are done via a mobile device: smartphone,tablet, etc. Mobile. 86% use their mobile devices (smartphone/tablet) in conjunction with watching TV. My question, aren’t most of them watching TV on their mobile device too? Mobile Apps. MORE >>

Contrary to popular perception, Microsoft is one of the most revolutionary software-makers out there, yet it has been eclipsed by Apple , Google and others. Microsoft is on the right track, but it needs to show users exactly what to do with its product. Here’s where Microsoft has really missed out. Don’t worry, it’s likely you haven’t and this is Microsoft’s fault. Quite some time before the announcement of iCloud , Microsoft released its SkyDrive which offers free storage space that’s well-integrated to Windows Platforms. MORE >>

Microsoft celebrates its interns on its recruiting page, which is a smart move given the young demographics of the Facebook audience. B2B communities Facebook marketing Tips Abbott Laboratories cisco EMC FedEx Firehouse.com Hilton Intel Lenovo Microsoft Shell Skittles Sodexo UPS VMwareIn my work with B2B organizations, the question of how to use Facebook is invariably front and center. This Is despite the fact that numerous surveys have shown that Facebook is one of the least effective social networks for B2B marketing. Let’s look at some examples of what they do well. MORE >>

There was  no question really when Microsoft offered.  Sure, moving the family from everything we knew to practically the farthest point away we could go in the US was a tough pill to swallow, but I was getting the opportunity to not only work for one of the best companies in the world, but continue to work with digital marketing and be a part of the startup that has now become Microsoft Advertising. put in four amazing years with Microsoft Advertising and made life long friends in the process.  My initial tenure at Microsoft was not a traditional Microsoft experience.  MORE >>

You may remember my scathing blog post denouncing my Xbox 360 and swearing I was leaving Microsoft. The fact is Microsoft used to create junky hardware and software, and being big and experiencing growing pains they got lazy and stopped competing in a lot of the consumer market. I hate the old Microsoft. Enter the new Microsoft. Something was getting to them, though, as they would see commercials on TV when Microsoft’s Kinect launched of people controlling a computer screen with their hands and legs. It turns out Microsoft has a new Xbox console. MORE >>