Microsoft's So.cl: a brief tour

Source: ITWorld.com

May 26, 2012, 7:55 AM — Microsoft's social networking experiment, So.cl, a site designed around sharing Web content pulled from Bing searches, is now available for all users. Launched in December and aimed at students, So.cl is not meant to compete with ...
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From the brink of suicide to a two million hit website

Source: Rediff

From fainting during a Class 12 exam to failing the NDA thrice, Arun Pandit would easily have succumbed to his suicidal urges, had it not been for a friend whose motivational SMS changed his life forever. Arun Pan ...
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Two Members on WEST’s Advisory Board – Finalists for the New England Region Ernst and Young Entrepreneurial of the Year Award

Source: Send2Press Newswire

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 25, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Out of its commitment to having women leaders be visible, WEST: Advancing Women in Science and Technology, nominated two members of their Advisory Board – Kip Hollis ...
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Inside Microsoft Research: Acclaimed Director Puts Researcher Centre Stage in London

Source: Microsoft Research

This spring, London’s Royal Court Theatre issued a most peculiar press release, announcing the forthcoming production of Ten Billion: An Exploration of the Future of Life on Earth, to debut July 12. “Scientist Stephen Emmott and director Katie Mitch ...
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Bringing Farmville to Life: Social Media Empowers Farmers

Source: Economic Times

Farming has, as always, been a sociable sort of business. Farmers chat with other farmers to pick up cultivation tips and news about the outside world. Till now, the chats were face to face under the village banyan tree. Now, farmers are spre ...
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Microsoft Latin American Faculty Summit: a Walk on the Intellectual Beach

Source: Microsoft Research

The weather is warm and balmy along Mexico’s renowned Riviera Maya, the venue for the 2012 Microsoft Research Latin American Faculty Summit. I’m sure my friends would tell me to get outside, walk along the beach, and think peaceful thoughts. Great sug ...
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Your Next Tech Career: Big Data

Source: The Glass Hammer

“There are a couple of big trends that happen every ten years or so in technology,” said Nancy Cooper, member of the Board of Trustees of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology and retired Executive Vice President ...
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Microsoft Research Introduces Record-Beating MinuteSort Tech

Source: Slashdot

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Napkkin: These Married Cofounders Think Business Cards Need a Makeover

Source: Tech Cocktail

Jim Huang, PhD, is a former researcher at Microsoft Research and published over 20 technical papers. But he recently went from doing a lot of thinking to doing a lot of doing – i.e., starting a company – because he wanted to solve real pr ...
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