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Analyzing the Windows 8 demo from CES 2012 keynote
Just in case the Tweet Choir left a bad taste in your mouth, here’s a quick refresher on something during the Microsoft CES 2012 keynote that actually mattered: the Windows 8 demo by Tami Reller , Chief Marketing Officer of the Windows division.

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Analyzing the Windows 8 demo from CES 2012 keynote
Microsoft’s Tweet Choir: no no no no no no no
Oh how I would love to have been a fly on the wall during the planning meeting for Microsoft’s CES 2012 keynote. How did this idea ever make it past the sanity check of several layers of management?

Microsoft’s Tweet Choir: no no no no no no no
Oh how I would love to have been a fly on the wall during the planning meeting for Microsoft’s CES 2012 keynote. How did this idea ever make it past the sanity check of several layers of management? What about rehearsal?

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Microsoft’s Tweet Choir: no no no no no no no
Microsoft’s msweb intranet gets Metro-inspired
A rare glimpse into Microsoft’s infamous and confidential global employee intranet portal “msweb” reveals a recent Metro-inspired facelift, thanks to the proud work of a design company responsible for the redesign project. Design studio “If/Then” who posted the mockups to their portfolio reveals they were tasked to create a fresh new look for the internal website presumably sometime between 2010 and 2011 according to the placeholder content showcased. The designers described the Metro visual style as a strong influence in their work.

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Microsoft Australia’s “Edge of the Internet” puzzle $20,000 cash prize found
Microsoft Australia’s “Edge of the Internet” promotion came to a sooner than expected end over the Christmas break as a user only identified as “Thomas from Victoria” deciphered the clues to find the secret website and collected the $20,000 cash prize. I can only imagine his holiday became even better. Posted to the Windows Australia Facebook wall on the 28th of December 2011, it was verified the winner found the winning page with its cryptic URL of https://www.microsoft.com.au/l4jl4385h5n1ksenak954/ almost a week earlier at 22/12 on 12:52pm.

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Long live the HTC HD2 Windows phone
It’s hard to believe a Windows Mobile 6.5 phone is not only alive and kicking more than two years after its release, but sports some of the latest mobile OS releases thanks to an enthusiastic software modding community who persistently breathes new life into a device at least two generations behind. When it was released in late 2009, the HD2 was state-of-the-art hardware as one of the first smartphones to sport the then-new Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 processor. The fact that many recent smartphones including the first-generation Windows Phone 7s still use the same processor is actually one of the main factors why this device is able to live such a plentiful life.

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Designer envisions generative Microsoft brand
In contrast to the ever-so-slight tweak of angle on the Microsoft logo late last year, Daniel C. Young , a graphics designer at the Art Center College of Design has imagined what a much more radical Microsoft rebranding could look like . Although the project appears to be entirely speculative.

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Robbie Bach on “Act II†after Microsoft
At an Microsoft Alumni Foundation event recently, former President of Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Division, Robbie Bach took to the stage to explain what he has been doing after leaving Microsoft at end of 2010. Even though the story he tells of his path to discovering the meaning of giving through charity and philanthropy is respectfully important, he made short reflection on his 22 years at the company which included a fun and honest quip about the short-lived product that no one talks about now.
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Robbie Bach on “Act II†after Microsoft
Microsoft’s private-cloud utopian future: hover chairs, jetboots and flower-caring robots
Compared to the more grounded Productivity Vision videos , these ads for Microsoft’s private cloud solutions are definitely a bit of a stretch in the Utopian sci-fi direction. Ignoring the obvious consequences of the grandfather paradox implied in these scenarios, it scores perfectly on the checklist of a Utopia.
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Microsoft’s private-cloud utopian future: hover chairs, jetboots and flower-caring robots
Microsoft’s private-cloud utopian future: hover chairs, jetboots and flower-caring robots
Compared to the more grounded Productivity Vision videos , these ads for Microsoft’s private cloud solutions are definitely a bit of a stretch in the Utopian sci-fi direction. Ignoring the obvious consequences of the grandfather paradox implied in these scenarios, it scores perfectly on the checklist of a Utopia
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Microsoft’s private-cloud utopian future: hover chairs, jetboots and flower-caring robots

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