comScore Releases June 2010 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

By Guest PostJuly 14, 20102 commentsTechnologyComscore, Facebook, fox interactive media, Google, june 2010, Microsoft, qsearch, search queries, searh engine rankings, US, Yahoo

RESTON, VA – comScore, Inc. a leader in measuring the digital world, released (July 13) its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace.

In June 2010, Americans conducted 16.4 billion core searches, up 3 percent vs. May.

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Microsoft and NASA Bring Mars Down to Earth Through the WorldWide Telescope

By Guest PostJuly 13, 20102 commentsScience, Technologyames research center, Baltimore, california, california institute of technology, earth, energy, Environment, fay, high resolution imaging science experiment, hirise, hubble, intelligent robotics group, irg, mars, mars orbiter laser altimeter, martian surface, michael broxton, Microsoft, mola, NASA, nebula, pasadena, red planet, san josé, WorldWide Telescope

*Dramatic imagery from NASA Mars missions creates new user experiences in the Microsoft Research WorldWide Telescope.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Research and NASA are providing an entirely new experience to users of the WorldWide Telescope, which will allow visitors to interact with and explore our solar system like never before.

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Google Sites Has Largest Audience in Asia Pacific Region While Tencent Captures Highest Share of Online Minutes

By Guest PostJuly 12, 20101 commentTechnologyasia-pacific, baidu, Comscore, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, nhn corporation, tencent, top online properties, webinar, will hodgman, yahoo! Sites

*comScore to Host Webinar: State of the Internet with a Focus on Asia Pacific on July 13*

Singapore, July 12, 2010 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its May 2010 ranking of the top online properties in the Asia-Pacific region based on data from its comScore Media Metrix service.

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Students Get First Preview of Windows Phone 7 Devices

By Guest PostJuly 9, 2010Education, Technologyadvanced technologies academy, anand Iyer, barbara kudrycka, christian hood, eric lo, hypo team, imagine cup, indonesia, jon perera, las vegas, malaysia, Microsoft, microsoft education, rock star, silverlight, tar college, team beastware, tselina, windows phone 7, windows phone developer, xbox, xna frameworks, zune

WARSAW, Poland – July 9, 2010 – Christian Hood and Eric Lo already knew that they had won the contest to see who had built the best application for the new Windows Phone 7, so they didn’t think it would be any big deal when they walked on stage to get their prize.

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NASDAQ MarketSite Evolves Stock Ticker With Microsoft’s Silverlight Technology

By Guest PostJuly 2, 20101 commentTechnology43rd street, bob sues, broadway, east region developer and platform evangelism, expression engine 4, marketsite, Microsoft, microsoft silverlight, microsoft silverlight 4, nasdaq, nasdaq omx, new york, silverlight, Technology, times square

REDMOND, Wash., and NEW YORK — NASDAQ’s popular stock ticker display — seen by hundreds of thousands of investors daily at the NASDAQ MarketSite^® in Times Square and used as the backdrop for its television broadcast to a variety of broadcast outlets worldwide — is getting a hi-definition redesign with Microsoft Silverlight.

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Imagine Cup Alums Start Hot Social Gaming Company

By Guest PostJune 28, 20102 commentsTechnology2004 imagine cup victory, bizspark, bizspark summit, Europe, france, francois beaussier, guillaume belmas, imagine cup, kobojo, Microsoft, vincent, vincent vergonjeanne, walid abu-hadba

*After competing in the 2004 Imagine Cup, a team from France started what would turn into one of Europe’s most popular social gaming sites.*

Redmond, Wash., June 28, 2010 – Six years ago, Vincent Vergonjeanne and a few college friends represented France at the Imagine Cup, the world’s largest student technology competition. After several days of presentations, they captured the top prize in the software design competition.

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Microsoft Announces 2010 Partner of the Year Awards Finalists and Winners

By Guest PostJune 23, 2010TechnologyMicrosoft, microsoft worldwide partner conference

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. today announced the winners and finalists of its 2010 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards. The annual awards honor Microsoft Registered, Certified and Gold Certified partners for delivering exemplary solutions for their customers during the past year. Award winners and finalists were chosen from nominations from around the world. Winners and finalists will be recognized at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010, the company’s premier annual event for industry partners, July 12–15 in Washington, D.C.

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Chevrolet and Microsoft Advertising Rev Up the Test-Drive Experience for New Chevrolet Volt

By Guest PostJune 22, 2010Technologychevrolet, chevrolet volt, kinect, Microsoft, microsoft advertising, microsoft pivot technology, msn, msn autos, multiscreen, multiscreen ad campaign, starcom, windows phone 7, xbox 360, xbox live

Chevrolet is the first automaker to launch a multiscreen ad campaign that allows consumers to “kick the tires” virtually using Kinect for Xbox 360.

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*Chevrolet is the first automaker to launch a multiscreen ad campaign that allows consumers to “kick the tires” virtually using Kinect for Xbox 360.*

Chevrolet is the first automaker to launch a multiscreen ad campaign that allows consumers to “kick the tires” virtually using Kinect for Xbox 360.