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Microsoft Launches Windows Phone 7

Microsoft has unveiled details about its latest mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7. Highlights include Xbox Live & Zune integration with social media status updates.

Nokia's Mobile Radar Demonstration

The mobile radar demonstration shows how a mobile device can use an active radar sensor to measure speed and the direction of movement of approaching objects, just as traditional RADAR would.

Google Buzz Demonstration

Google announced Google Buzz today, their integration of social accounts and online conversations with Gmail. TechCrunch has a rundown. Here’s a video demo of Google Buzz.

Minnesota Monday – Communications Bloggers Posts From Last Week

Interesting posts from Minnesota communications bloggers for the week ending 2/07/10. Culled from the Minnesota Social Media Bloggers FriendFeed room. John Reinan talks about blogging for business Mike discusses the balance between corporate security and online communication Steve Borsch reviews Lenovo’s IdeaPad U1 then argues that the camera is the perfect social media input device…

Alternative "No Photo" Facebook Icons

Funny alternatives to Facebook’s “No Photo” icon.

The Death Of MySpace

Will Craig man-up and push the delete button on his MySpace account or remain haunted by the ghost of Tom Anderson?

New Facebook Layout

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Product Manager Peter Deng demonstrate the new layout.

The Yellow Smiley Face

This is “a heartwarming comedy of parents using a computer for the first time to communicate with their son in America.” Nice depiction of how humans interact with technology

Dan Zarrella Webinar: Social Media Marketing Science

Dan Zarrella discusses the science of social media and why content goes viral in this webinar hosted by O’Reiily Media.

A/B Testing Using MailChimp By Cary Lenore Walski

Cary Walski, Web Communcations Associate for the Minnesota Council on Foundations, talks about e-newsletters and how you can use Mail Chimp to test the effectiveness of your titles.