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  • Consumers spend two hours more by month on Social Networks as FACEBOOK (vs. LY)

    Interesting reading from Nielsen on the Social Newtorks (10 countries measured) Some key-learning’s : Global web users across 10 countries spent roughly five and a half hours on social networks in February 2010, This is up more than two hours from the same time last year. Top 3 countries are US, Italia and Australia. Overall, the

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  • What is the impact of Twitter & Facebook on buying intention of a brand ?

    Very interesting study done by Chadwick Martin Bailey and iModerate Research Technologies.  This study shows that those who are fans or followers of a brand on Facebook or Twitter, respectively, are significantly more likely to buy products and services or recommend the brand to a friend. Some key-learning’s : The consumers are 67% more likely to

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  • Windows Phone 7 Series represents a dramatic change for Microsoft !

    Windows Phone 7 Series represents a dramatic change for Microsoft.  The new platform strategy is built around prioritizing end user experience, delivering a new development platform and enforcing a consistent hardware standard. During today’s keynote at MIX10, Joe Belfiore, corporate vice president and director of Windows Phone Program Management, revealed the details on the new

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  • What are the TOP 100 Internet Sites ?

    To get a rough estimate of how the Internet is actually being used, the BBC charted the top 100 sites by unique users in January 2010. The data used to generate the interactive treemap visualisation were collected by the Nielsen company and covers the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil, US and Australia. The

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  • Free add-ons to optimize you Facebook !

    The most compelling Facebook add-ons for Internet Explorer 8 Share with Facebook Accelerator The Share with Facebook Accelerator allows you to share any text, link, or page with your Facebook friends with a single click. You can use this accelerator by selecting either some text or a link, or by right-clicking on any part of

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  • Who are the top 15 World’s Tech Billionaire ?

    Who are the top 15 of the list from Forbes List of World’s Tech Billionaire ? Forbes has released its annual list of the world’s billionaires. Bill Gates has once again been displaced as the world’s richest man — this time by Carlos Slim. Facebook  founder Mark Zuckerberg, has rejoined, at #212 with an estimated

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  • Are you in the CLOUD ?

    Today, we are all using services which are in the cloud. But what does it mean ? Steve Ballmer discussed, last week with students from Washington Universities,  what’s ahead for computing, with a focus on how cloud computing that will change the way people and businesses use technology. To know more on this, just click HERE

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  • Positive market’s reaction to Windows Phone 7 (Bloomberg)

    The above video is an interesting look at the market’s reaction to Windows Phone 7. Nicholas Thompson, senior editor at Wired Magazine and a Bloomberg Television contributing editor, talks with Bloomberg’s Betty Liu about Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 7 software and the outlook for its Windows Phone 7 mobile-phone operating system. By the way, Thompson also

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  • I’ve discovered today the new Windows Phone 7 Series

    I’m @ START (Microsoft)  meeting today @ Seattle. In that framework, I’ve seen a demo of the New Windows Phone 7 Series. This is amazing how Microsoft will bring internet to the Consumer by creating an intergrated experience, including services as Windows Live, Facebook, Xbox Live, Zune, … Take a look at this Video explaining this

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  • Great Video showing State of the Internet.

    Cool video, posted by Jesse Thomas,  on State of the Internet. This video highlights some remarkable figures and visually depicts the Internet as we know it today. This is amazing to see how fast it moves and how immersed web technologies have become in our everyday lives.  There are 1.73 billion Internet users worldwide as of

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  • How old is the average Twitter or Facebook user?

    How old is the average Twitter or Facebook user? What about all the other social network sites, like MySpace, LinkedIn, and so on?  How is age distributed across the millions and millions of social network users out there? To find out, you will find here-below age statistics for 19 different social network sites. For more details on

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  • New alliance between Yahoo and Microsoft : Today, this is the final clearance from the European Commission.

    The Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance combines the complementary strengths of Yahoo! and Microsoft to create a competitive choice in search with the scale to fuel sustained development. Both companies aim to ultimately enable searchers to find relevant results faster, and provide more value for advertisers and better results for web publishers. If you look

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  • Outlook integrates social-network as Linkedin and Facebook.

    This Wednesday, Microsoft issued beta software that brings social-network information into Outlook. The product, called Outlook Social Connector, has been available in the Office 2010 beta. Go to  Outlook Social Connector download site and you will discover that the new version works with Outlook 2003 and 2007 and connects with social-network partners, which wasn’t the case

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  • “Back to Basics” is a Clear Consumer Need !

    60% of consumers are more interested in products’ core benefits and attractive prices — exemplified by netbooks — than in often-unused bells and whistles. While there will always be high-end buyers willing to pay premium prices, there is an attractive emerging market for easy-to-use consumer electronics products, with features that reflect user demand, priced 30

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  • 10 things to know from Microsoft’s X10 Press Event.

    Microsoft’s X10 press event has come and gone. In case you missed anything, you will find a here below a very good wrap-up. Here-below, another very good overview from Major Nelson ==> 10 things you need to know coming out of X10 today: The Halo Reach multiplayer beta will kick off on May 3. You will be able to

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  • Microsoft Unveils Windows Phone 7 Series

    Microsoft has just unveiled the latest version of its mobile operating system — Windows Phone 7 Series — live at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

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  • Visualize 6 Years of Facebook. Impressive !

    Facebook was launched on February 4, 2004. Facebook has undoubtedly become the world’s largest social network, with over 400 million users worldwide and more than 900 employees. Let’s take a closer look at what kinds of numbers and user activity this growth translates to. The infographic here-above explores Facebook’s growth over the past 6 years.

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  • Microsoft Game Division Triples Profits In Strong Quarter

    Tech giant Microsoft saw its second fiscal quarter profits rise 60 percent year over year in the three months rounding out 2009, outpacing a 14 percent revenue gain.   Entertainment and Devices Division, a larger division that includes the Xbox 360, Games for Windows, and Zune, managed to triple its profits even as revenue fell.

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  • Microsoft Outpaces Apple in Customer Satisfaction

    Microsoft Corp. got a bigger boost in customer satisfaction from its latest computer operating system than rival Apple Inc. did from its most recent upgrade.The CHART OF THE DAY shows that respondents giving Microsoft a positive grade for satisfaction rose to 67 percent in the week after the Oct. 22 release of Windows 7, from

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  • Internet 2009 in numbers

    Take a look at these numbers. This is really amazing ! This is clear, the world is changing fast.  90 trillion – The number of emails sent on the Internet in 2009. 247 billion – Average number of email messages per day. 81% – The percentage of emails that were spam. 234 million – The

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