March 11th, 2010



Within the past 24 hours, Google has implemented significant changes to its Street View service which ties in to the now mature Google Maps. Street View will now cover over 95% of Britain’s roads; a huge increase on the coverage available when Street View went live back in March 2009.
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March 8th, 2010

Microsoft’s ‘Bing and decide’ campaign, starting on television this week, attacks ‘information overload’ of rival’s results. Microsoft is to launch a multimillion-pound TV ad campaign for its search engine Bing, as part of a major marketing push designed to challenge Google’s dominance of the UK search market, MediaGuardian.co.uk can reveal.
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March 8th, 2010

Microsoft says sales of its latest operating system have hit 90 million in less than six months. Microsoft has announced that it has sold over 90 million copies of Windows 7 since its launch to manufacturers in July. The operating system, which went on sale to consumers in October, had sold 60 million copies by the end of January.
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March 8th, 2010
Google today introduced yet another way it is personalizing search results (we talked about social search with the company at SMX). Now Google is letting users “star” search results that they like, just like the star feature in other Google products like Gmail, Reader, and Google News.
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March 8th, 2010

The Queen is warning that internet use has become an ‘unaffordable option’ for many people living in Commonwealth countries. In her annual Commonwealth Day message, she will say that telecommunications advances have the potential to transform the lives of millions.
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March 5th, 2010
Called Tag, the free software uses a handset’s camera to turn it into a mobile barcode reader.
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March 2nd, 2010
More than ever before, people are sharing and storing their photos online. But until recently, you had to edit your photos using client software on your computer. Today, we’re excited to announce that Google has acquired Picnik, one of the first sites to bring photo editing to the cloud. Using Picnik, you can crop, do touch-ups and add cool effects to your photos, all without leaving your web browser.
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March 1st, 2010

Microsoft is to ask millions of users across Europe if they want to use a web browser other than its own.
Windows users will be offered the choice as part of a deal Microsoft struck with the European Commission.
The agreement resolves a long-running case in which the software giant was accused of abusing its market position.
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February 25th, 2010

Microsoft has knocked Google off the top spot to claim the title of the UK brand with the best reputation. The computer giant was crowned number one in the annual Business Superbrand Top 500 survey.
Votes were cast by a panel of 35 experts and more than 1,700 British business professionals.
Rolls-Royce Group retained its second place position while Blackberry rose from 42nd to third.
Virgin Atlantic came in fourth with search engine Googledropping down to fifth position.
The survey was carried out by the Centre for Brand Analysis.
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