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Google Latitude, the search giant's location-sharing mobile app, is launching checkin offers nationwide, giving users the ability to unlock discounts with a handful of launch partners. Much like Foursquare and Facebook, Latitude now reveals different offers if a user checks in to locations...

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AHHHA, a new social ideation platform, today formally unveiled its free service that blends the efficiencies of the Internet with the wisdom of the crowd to make it easier for everyday people to bring their great ideas to life. AHHHA brings social ideation to...

Link Removed joins the show today to talk about his job as the web guru for the Link Removed (Oh, the pressure!). From the front-end marketing site to the back-end tooling, and of course we haven’t forgotten about that oh so awesome Odata feed, Mark describes his role as the person who is always...

Link Removed due to 404 Error YouTube announced that it bought Internet television company Next New Networks to improve content for the Google-owned video-sharing website. The New York City-based startup was launched four years ago and is home to popular networks, such as "Barely...

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The back-and-forth between AT&T and Verizon over the quality of their wireless services ended up making its way into some high-profile primetime commercials. But it's not the only fight that Verizon has been waging with competitors. The company also took issue with advertising run by Time...

Details on the next version of Windows are mostly nonexistent, but that doesn't mean we can't speculate about what it may offer. Brien Posey shares his ideas about possible features, changes, and Microsoft marketing strategies. Link Removed

Link Removed due to 404 Error Microsoft released Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online worldwide Monday in 40 markets and 41 languages. The updated customer relationship management product aims to deliver customers a familiar, intelligent and connected experience, the company said. REDMOND...

Microsoft VP Thinks Money-Scented Perfume Can Make You Stinking Rich A Chicago man has dreams of being stinking rich -- and thinks a line of fragrances with the smell of money is just the ticket for combining dollars with scents. Patrick McCarthy, a vice president of sales at Microsoft, took...

Mini Moos: Miniature Cattle Are Cash Cows for Breeder Yes, good things often come in small packages. We brought you a lot of animal stories in 2010, but the year ended in a bang on a Colorado farm with the birth of a rare miniature panda cow. The calf, named Ben, arrived at the farm of...

David Ragones, Director of Marketing at NVIDIA, took me through their booth to show all of the amazing things that you can do with NVIDIA’s new GPU lineup. Not only did he show me the 3D video wall that was playing 500 Windows-only 3D games, but he also poured me a cold one off of the liquid...

'I'm a PC' ads not misleading, says regulator The ASA has ruled that it's perfectly plausible to claim that Windows 7 was developed by a bunch of rugby players' girlfriends, "private-browsing" dads, and spud-faced kids in Spanish cafes rather than a bunch of highly trained, generously paid...

Regular readers may remember the much ballyhoed LG tablet. LG's VP of Marketing famously bragged that his company's tablet would be "better than the iPad". The tablet was said to have a focus on... More...

IRVINGTON, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--House Party, a leading consumer activation and experiential marketing company, was named the winner of the Energizing category within the B2C International Division of the 2010 Forrester Groundswell Awards, for its Microsoft Windows 7 Global Launch Party event...

A new Microsoft ad for Windows 7 and Windows Live seems like an ingenious message of hope for the future. Unfortunately, it's also very similar to two previous messages of hope for the future. Link Removed

Microsoft is continuing its Windows 7 marketing push with a recommendation that all customers examine desktop virtualization before moving users to the new operating system. More...

Microsoft is continuing its Windows 7 marketing push with a recommendation that all customers examine desktop virtualization before moving users to the new operating system. More...

Link Removed - Invalid URL Open-source office suite OpenOffice.org is apparently getting under software giant Microsoft's skin - so much so, in fact, that it appears to be starting a propaganda campaign to protect its revenue stream. Microsoft Officeis one of the company's biggest selling...

An interesting article on CrunchGear blows the lid off of some interesting new marketing gimmick that, if continues, may place the Internet and Intel processor purchasers into an uproar: Intel Selling Scratch-Off “Upgrade” Cards To Unlock Processor Power by John Biggs on September 19, 2010...