Link Removed, founded in 2009 by Franz Gastler, uses girls’ team sports as a platform for educational opportunities in rural India. Yuwa works with hundreds of girls in a disadvantaged region of Jharkhand, India – one of the poorest and least literate regions of India – to develop the skills...
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We live in an era where existing business models are being disrupted faster than ever before, fueled in large part by rapid changes in digital innovation. More distributed and digitally savvy employees expect companies to deliver the same choice and access to technical advancements in the...
Ever wish there were a way to condense the entire CppCon 2015 into less than an hour? Well, realistically speaking, there may not be a way to really do that, but we hope this month's episode comes close! CppCon 2015 was packed to the brim with all sorts of great content, great people, and great...
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Congratulations to my friend, Ross Cameron, once again, for his sixth year in a row receiving the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award. The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award is given to "exceptional, independent community leaders who share their passion, technical expertise...
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http://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/overview.aspx
One of our regular contributors and valued colleague, Davehc, was recently re-awarded his MVP title from Microsoft. David has been posting and helping others in this forum since he joined in 2008. As well as helping many other people in previous...
Microsoft's 13-year CEO announced today his plans to retire within the next year, which surely brings closure to many people who were always skeptical of his behaviour as a person and strategies for the company itself.
It's been announced Microsoft is working with both founder Bill Gates and...
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Andy Lees, head of Microsoft’s Windows Phone division for more than three years, has been moved by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer into a new “time-critical” role that somehow combines Windows Phone and Windows 8. Terry Myerson, who led Windows Phone’s engineering efforts, will take over the...
The following message was written for our administrative team, but when analyzed, I believe it can be applied to forum members as a whole. I hope that you will agree, as in many cases, there can be no room for error:
I have spoken to whoosh and we are ready to go. As long as we don't get under...
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Office 365 politics Radio Reg Steve Ballmer is feeling the heat. Last month, he was so concerned with criticism of his leadership skills, he spilled some Redmond financial results he probably shouldn't have spilled.…
Source: Yahoo! News
I had a chance to sit down and talk to Microsoft board member Link Removed recently. I asked Charles what it's like inside the Microsoft board, what the function of the board is, and what preparation he does before meetings. You can also see my previous interview with Microsoft board member...
Mexico City (CNN) -- Mexican authorities captured the top leader of one of the country's most violent drug cartels Tuesday, officials said.
There's been a lot of bloodshed over the various drug cartels. At least they've got one.
Read Full Story: Mexican authorities: Top cartel leader...
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Open source media reports that Al Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is currently engaging in an internal debate about formally appointing Anwar al-Awlaki as its leader. This debate is likely to have only one conclusion.
The timing of this debate is largely and deliberately...
Militant group says blood of leader killed in U.S. military raid "will not be wasted," calls for more attacks
(CBS/AP) CAIRO - Al Qaeda on Friday confirmed the killing of Osama bin Laden and warned of retaliation, saying Americans' "happiness will turn to sadness."
The confirmation came...
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By now, you probably know that a small team of American operatives found and killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
We’ll know more over the coming days and weeks, but for now, here are five questions Americans should ask of our leaders.
1. How have our objectives changed in Iraq and...
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The former president and chairman of Sony, Norio Ohga, who was credited with developing the compact disc, has died aged 81, the company has said.
Ohga, who led the company from 1982 to 1995, died of multiple organ failure in the Japanese capital, Tokyo.
Sony's...
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Japan's cabinet approved on Friday almost $50 billion of spending for post-earthquake rebuilding, a downpayment on the country's biggest public works effort in six decades.
The emergency budget of 4 trillion yen ($48.5 billion), which is likely be followed by more...
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