Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’
So, there’s two ways to look at this. One would be to gawk at the fact that ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports broadcasting, is using iPads and Xbox 360 consoles — common devices that are widely available to mere mortals — to drive content to millions of consumers. Another would be to gawk at the fact that ESPN has somehow managed to keep its finger on the pulse of innovation, despite being swallowed by Disney and being a part of one of the planet’s most monolithic corporations. Thankfully for you, we’re going to cover both angles here.
The New York Times reports that European Union officials have accused major search engine providers such as Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft of violating user’s personal rights by storing private data for too long. The Article 29 Working Party, an EU advisory board made up of 27 European national privacy chiefs issued a letter to the three companies on Wednesday urging them to appoint outside auditors to ensure that practices used to render data collected from individuals anonymously truly removes all links to a person.
CNET reported on Thursday that Microsoft has launched Bing Social, a new offshoot of its popular search engine. Bing Social is designed for people interested in search results from social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. Searches on Bing Social will result in real-time results culled from social media postings.
Even in Microsoft’s backyard, Google still reigns as the top search engine. The Seattle Press-Intelligencer reports that recent findings by ad network Chitka suggest, as they found that Google represents 79 percent of all search engine usage in Redmond, Washington, home to the corporate headquarters of Microsoft. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s Bing search engine accounted for 16 percent of all search engine usage – almost four times more than the national average but still far below that of Google.
Steve Jobs wants to save us from Adobe Flash, our PC’s and Now Porn
Steve Jobs has gone crazy. Taking the bait on a late-night e-mail from Valleywag Editor Ryan Tate, Jobs defended Apple’s App Store for offering “freedom from porn,” among other things.