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“Because of Windows 8, the Surface is a PC, the Surface is a tablet, and the Surface is something new that we think people will absolutely love,” said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, speaking at the event. Below is my live blogging from Microsoft’s event in Hollywood is below. More info from Microsoft is at the end. Steve Ballmer has come out: He’s talking about Microsoft transforming so many things. “In all that we’ve done, Windows is the heart and soul of Microsoft … most flexible general purpose software ever.” Windows 8 has been a reengineering. “We designed Windows 8 for the world we know, where most PCs are mobile and people want access to information and to create content … people want to do all of that with compromising.” An iPad slam here, lead up to tablet? “Today, we want to add another piece to that Windows 8 story.” Now we’re getting a video of Windows and Microsoft products in … [Read more...] about Microsoft Launches Its Own Branded-Tablet: Microsoft Surface

Microsoft wants to make AI available to all developers through its "intelligent cloud" and accessible to devices at the "intelligent edge." At its Build developer conference in Seattle this morning, the company explained its vision, which is organized around the interaction of the cloud, data and devices. It offered a media preview of its keynote and announcements last night. This morning, Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Scott Guthrie and Harry Shum took the stage in succession to explore what AI and the intelligent cloud mean for developers and Microsoft's products. CEO Satya Nadella cited growth milestones and laid out the company's big-picture vision. He sees Microsoft providing the cloud-based global infrastructure for developers and the delivery of intelligent services, primarily on mobile devices. Among the milestones the company announced were the following: 500 million monthly active Windows 10 users 100 million commercial users of Office 365 141 million monthly active users … [Read more...] about Microsoft says its infusing AI into all of its products from Xbox to Office

The US Federal Communications Commission approved a plan to allow unlicensed broadcast TV spectrum to be used by companies to create wireless broadband services that amount to “WiFi on steroids.” This was a hotly contested issue, with tech and electronics companies like Google, HP, Microsoft, Intel, Dell and Motorola, among a number of others, lining up in favor and a coalition of sports teams, theater producers, musicians and broadcasters, among others, opposing the plan. The opponents and detractors unsuccessfully argued that new uses of the white spaces “radio spectrum,” existing “between” frequencies used by broadcasters and others, might disrupt broadcasts or live performances. Initial testing of devices on this spectrum did indicate there was some cause for concern. But upon retesting and some lobbying publicly and privately, the FCC directors voted to approve the plan to allow access to this spectrum. Here’s what Google envisions: … [Read more...] about Tech Companies Win ‘White Spaces’ Airwaves Decision

“How cool would it be to have 1 million Facebook fans?” This is how I tend to go about setting social media marketing goals. I pull an aspirational number out of the air and go for it. Would it be cool to have 1 million Facebook fans? Absolutely! Is this the right way to set goals? Coming up with goals for our Facebook page and other social media channels has often been a bit haphazard for me. Imagine having a system of goal-setting to help create rational, achievable goals. This set me out on the research path to look into other popular goal-setting strategies and frameworks that exist and seeing how these might work for social media marketing. Keep reading below to see five amazing strategies that I found. And feel free to share any thoughts on the way that you’ve gone about setting strategies for your social media marketing. 7 Popular Goal Setting Strategies for Marketers to Try What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by … [Read more...] about 7 Goal-Setting Tips For Social Media Marketers

Our judging panel had the difficult task of narrowing the field. Choosing a winner from each of the following finalists will be even more difficult, as all have demonstrated significant results in the search marketing campaigns submitted. We would like to take a moment to congratulate all of the finalists and to thank all of the remaining candidates for their thoughtful submissions, which will benefit the total charitable contribution. On September 30, 2015, the winners will be announced during a special ceremony at our annual SMX After Dark evening event in New York City. We look forward to honoring all of the entrants and Celebrating the Power of Search with the entire search marketing industry. (Tickets are available now. See more information below.) Best Overall Search Marketing Initiative (SEO & SEM) DigitasLBi, for Goodyear DAGMAR Marketing, for Contractor Referral Network Nebo Agency, for Belgard Hardscapes Best Overall SEM Initiative (Small Business) Wordstream, for … [Read more...] about The Finalists For The 2015 Search Engine Land Awards Are…