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Skype: what is this strange human concept of "conversation"? Paid Members Public
Andrew Grill, talking about Skype’s plans for in-call advertising [http://londoncalling.co/2012/06/skype-will-fail-when-conversation-ads-launch-and-disrupt-your-calls/] : > “highlight unique and local brand experiences”- what?? Humans don’t speak like this to to other humans. This is ad speak. There is a clear phenomenon where people get so embedded in
#futureofmobile - five observations so far Paid Members Public
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2011/09/b3e9e52d69094871b827f770d86055eb_7-2088.html] A few lunchtime notes:- Apple’s mindshare at conferences like this is truly terrifying – I’ve seem maybe three non-Apple laptops, and one non-Apple tablet. Otherwise, it’s wall-to-wall MacBook Pros, MacBook Airs and iPads. - There’
#next11 - Socialising Search with Bing Paid Members Public
Can search get more social? Bing's Ralf Herbrich thinks so.
Photosynth on iPhone: panoramic reporting Paid Members Public
I have a new app on my iPhone: [Photosynth](http://gigaom.com/mobile/microsofts-immersive-photosynth-camera-app-lands-on-ios/). Yes, a Microsoft app. Cognitive dissonance ahoy. 😉But it’s a great tool, on that allows you to quickly and simply build rich panoramas of your environment. Hence, it’s one I expect to see journalists
LeWeb: How Microsoft Cut Its Own Arm Off Paid Members Public
WARNING: Liveblogging. post will update and change over the next half hour. Prone to error, typos and horrible grammar. Ah, the cat and mouse game. Loïc is trying to chase down some hard information from Charlie Kindel, the GM of the Windows Phone 7 Developer Ecosystem at Microsoft. Loïc keeps
#likeminds - Delighting Users Immersive liveblog Paid Members Public
(Liveblogging – prone to error, typos and inaccuracy. And possible bias in this session…) Starting the second day of Like Minds in the Delighting Users session, and feeling slightly suspicious, because I’ve just realised that it’s essentially a Windows Phone 7-derived session. That said, the new mobile OS has
news:rewired: Peter Bale of Microsoft UK Paid Members Public
Liveblogging: errors and typos likely Peter Bale of Microsoft UK, whose building we’re sitting in is kicking off the conference, and he’s promised us it won’t just be a product pitch. Why are we doing this? For the audience. Within the UK audience there are many niches,
Morning Coffee Reading - Lingering Tabs Edition Paid Members Public
Stuff I’ve had in tabs for ages: - [A lesson in statistics for journalists](http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1271) – linked for truth - [Stop Selling Scarcity](http://www.buzzmachine.com/2010/02/08/stop-selling-scarcity-2/) – Jeff Jarvis has another pick at the fundemental truth that people in
