Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’
YouTube Leanback & Google’s Grab For Ground Zero
Ground Zero in the attention economy is clearly the home entertainment system, with players like Microsoft (with Xbox Live), Apple and Google positioning themselves to be your television gateway to the Internet. Google’s new video interface, YouTube Leanback, is another piece of their puzzle.
Read MoreTwo Big Things: Microsoft Kinect & Google TV
Microsoft Kinect ushers in the age of natural computing while Google brings the Internet into the living room in high def glory.
Read MoreMicrosoft 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.
Read MoreMicrosoft Live Labs' Pivot Visualization Tool
ReadWriteWeb reports that Microsoft’s Live Labs has launched Pivot, a fun, powerful discovery tool…[that]…allows for truly intuitive exploration of information.
Read MoreThe One Big Thing: Real-Time Conversational Context In Search – The Twitter Search Deals
The One Big Thing you need to know about this week is that Google and Bing have cut deals for access to real-time conversation data from Twitter (in the case of Google) and both Twitter and Facebook (in the case of Bing).
Read MoreMicrosoft Releases Windows 7
Microsoft’s Windows Vista is out of beta! After the troublesome release of Windows Vista, Microsoft is taking a chance on the newest form of its operating system, Windows 7.
Read MoreMicrosoft Windows 7 Launch House Party Parody
A simple but effective remix to make Microsoft’s original promotional video urging people to hold Windows 7 launch house parties somewhat less cringe-inducing.
Read MoreMicrosoft's Multi-Touch Mouse
Some very cool new mouse technology from Microsoft.
Read MoreWindows 386 Promotional Video
An actual 80s promotional video for Windows 386 that Microsoft sent to retailers to explain the benefits of the operating system.
Read More"Man On The Street" Reactions To The Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal
UPI interviews anonymous people on the street in an anonymous city for their reaction to the Microsoft-Yahoo deal.
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