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    Updates in the new LinkedIn desktop experience

    Microsoft secured final regulatory approval of its $26.2 billion cash-only acquisition of LinkedIn in December 2016, and the social network has already undergone some substantial changes. There’s an all-new look for desktop users. Out goes that tired, dated menu bar, and in comes a new, simplified iconography-based navigation bar.   LinkedIn’s messaging tools also now…

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    Think Different

    Is it just me, or does Apple’s current iPad advertising bear a startling resemblance to rival Microsoft’s “Life Without Walls” ad campaign of almost five years ago? Of course, not every idea can be completely new. But it does make me a little sad to see this, another example of Apple’s innovative streak fading away.

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    Who Needs a Social Command Centre Anyway?

    The Social Command Centre—a kind of NASA Ground Control for social media hub teams in organisations—is an increasingly common sight these days inside large organisations. Here’s a snap of Microsoft’s latest prototype, which I saw running on a visit this week to their UK Campus: The big idea behind command centres like this is to…

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    “Things we’ve learnt about Communication” NEW Microsoft Research report

    An insight-packed report from the Socio-Digital Systems group of Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK landed on my desk today. In reading it, I rediscovered why communicating means so much more than simply transferring information from one entity to another. I was reminded that sometimes communicating over a distance is preferable to talking face-to-face, and I…

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    Peer Index–creating a Twitter League of your followers

    Peer Index has rolled out some neat innovations to help people who manage multiple social media accounts or perhaps monitor several on behalf of their company or clients. One example is the new group feature, which allows you to create a league table showing each account’s relative performance according to its PeerIndex score. The example…

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    List: Where’s Microsoft UK on Twitter?

    This is a bit off my normal topic, but I’m often asked for this. Here’s a list of Microsoft UK’s major accounts on Twitter. Click any link to find out more: TechNet: http://twitter.com/AskTechNetUK Internet Explorer: http://twitter.com/IE_UK Microsoft Education: http://twitter.com/Microsoft_Ed_UK Microsoft Business: http://twitter.com/MicrosoftBizUK Microsoft Small Business: http://twitter.com/MicrosoftSB Microsoft Wave: http://twitter.com/MicrosoftWave Microsoft Hosting: http://twitter.com/MSHosting Microsoft Partners: http://twitter.com/mspartnersuk…

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    Data Privacy Day 2011 – are you location-savvy?

    Today is Data Privacy Day, a day designed to raise public awareness of privacy and data protection issues. Microsoft is a leading supporter of the campaign and recently commissioned research to gauge public awareness of how location-based services work and how the data collected is used. The vast majority (94%) of people who are aware…

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    Free e-book: Internet Safety

    The roads are getting congested, which can mean only one thing: the new school term has just begun. And with the start of a fresh academic year comes a new season of evening presentations that I’ll be giving to parents at schools across Surrey, Kent, and Berkshire to help them understand the importance of internet…