Pulse 2 – Microsoft Corporation is planning on launching a new service that will place several customer service representatives in stores like Best Buy and Circuit City. These customer service reps will answer any technical questions about Windows Vista or any other PC-related questions.
“Think of that as borrowing a page from Nordstrom with that [...] read more

Jason’s ASP.NET Blog – After many technology professionals and marketing organizations questioned the first in a series of advertisements involving Bill Gates, Jerry Seinfeld, and Microsoft, an explanation was delivered. Earlier today, Microsoft published a response to several questions regarding the first advertisement first by sending an internal message to employees of Microsoft, then [...] read more

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The AppGap – I’ve been talking to a couple of software vendors about “socializing” their applications. As part of those conversations I started clarifying the difference between the vendors like IBM and Microsoft that have collaboration platforms (Lotus, SharePoint) and the vendors that are offering unique “suites” (Jive, Awareness, and others). This month there is a great article [...] read more