Having just got the latest HTC Touch Pro 2 phone that runs Windows Mobile 6.5, I’ve been looking around at apps and games and stuff.
Found this video outlining 13 of them!
Will write up my thoughts on the new phone soon, now I’ve had a it a week!
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SES London & New York 2010 – Hear Me Speak!
The lovely Jackie Ortez, who helps organise the Search Engine Strategies conferences around the world, has sent me this tiny button to stick on my site.
I will indeed be speaking/moderating a couple of panels – mainly social media – both here in London in February, and in NYC in March.
Bing & Microsoft Advertising will be out in force at both events as well, and I’ll be on Twitter, our Facebook Page and blogging on the adCenter Blog to bring you all the news and views.
Nice to see the latest comScore 2009 Search Growth numbers look very good, not just for adCenter and Bing, but for the industry as a whole!
Hope to see you all on either side of the pond!
Arc Keyboard – Microsoft at CES 2010 Video
I first wrote about the Arc Mouse a year or so ago. They’re my favourite gift for friends and family!
Now at CES, the team launched the wireless Arc Keyboard!
Just as beautiful. Just as functional.
“Available in BestBuy at $59.95 in Feb and more broadly in April!”
Microsoft Media Network Grows 31% in the US
Just wrote a post on the MSA Blog about the Microsoft Ad Network growing by a third between December 08 and December 09.
Pretty awesome numbers too from comScore.
The UK has a load of info on the offering here – Microsoft Media Network
MSN Users Snow Pictures of Freezing Britain on Sliverlight Deep Zoom
Now, if you live in the UK you’ll have noticed it’s been a tad parky! Snow and ice everywhere, people getting stranded, airports closing, trains delayed…..a veritable Snowpocolypse!
Well the guys at MSN have been doing sterling work keeping their bazzilion readers informed of what the heck is going on through their regular weather updates and features, one of which caught my eye today.
This looks like a photo of a boat on a chilly lake right? Well it’s a bit more than that!
Using Deep Zoom technology from Microsoft, they’ve taken hundreds of photos submitted by readers and rendered them using Silverlight in a Deep Zoom experience.
If you start scrolling in towards the boat you start to see small squares:
Those tiny squares are the submitted images all rendering with Silverlight Deep Zoom technology across the web:
Pretty cool eh?!
Check it our for yourself: Winter Storms Deep Zoom or you can compose your own here!
Running 1/2 Marathon for National Association for Children of Alcoholics
This was me this morning – photo taken by a very sleepy Ashley!
This is what I went out running in at 6.30am
Why??
Because I’m training for a 1/2 Marathon in aid of The National Association for Children of Alcoholics
2 years ago I ran the London Marathon. I’ve now just about recovered, so decided to try a 1/2 Marathon to get back into shape after the best year of my life – 2009 – when I got married to the lovely Ashley and celebrated hard (!) on both sides of the Atlantic.
I’m trying to raise £2,000 this time by running the Lucozade Sport Race Your Pace 1/2 Marathon in Windsor on 28th March.
That’s less than 3 months away……gulp!
The charity I’ve chosen is The National Association for Children of Alcoholics who do really fabulous work in an area of much taboo.
Do visit their website to read some of the children’s stories to understand there are 1000′s of young people out there suffering through no fault of their own.
I work for Microsoft and they guarantee to match any donation, so anything you give will effectively be doubled!
Check out my charity page to donate & thanks in advance:
CES 2010 & Digital Hollywood – Gambling on Mobile & Social Media
All manner of gadgets and gizmos here at CES in Vegas. Specialling liked getting my hands on the HTC Touch Pro 2 which will be delivered to me in the UK shortly.
Windows Mobile 6.5 looks a great improvement on 6.1 although no one was saying what 7 might bring!
I’m about to rush out the door to catch the last few sessions, so am cheekily linking to a couple of posts I’ve done on the discussions around social media and mobile and one my colleague Ginny has written about gaming.
Social Media Discussed at CES 2010 Digital Hollywood
Getting Connected at CES 2010 & Digital Hollywood – Day 2
Game Power – New Year’s Predictions from Digital Hollywood at CES 2010
Steve Ballmer at CES 2010 plus Digital Hollywood
Check out our Facebook Page and some photos too!
CES 2010 in Vegas Baby!
Just got time to post this while in Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show – wrote a post last night on Steve Ballmer’s CES 2010 Keynote
Check out the Facebook Page for a load of photos!
Will post back soon!
BTW the guy in the photo is Ryan Asadorian who not only got inducted to Microsoft with me but is also the Seahawks mascot Blitz!
Dropping Post-Xmas Poundage & The MSN Diet Blog
Well the bows of holly have been de-decked, tree needles are clogging up the vacuum cleaner and what’s left of the brandy butter is going mouldy in the fridge.
We’ve had a fabulous first Christmas as a married couple traipsing about 5,000 miles to see family and friends in the SW of England and then in Seattle.
Highlights were being rescued from an icy ditch near Taunton, being in the BA lounge for 2 hours while others, without such lofty access, queued to be searched before boarding our Boxing Day flight, the overwhelming reception from 30 of Ashley’s close family when we arrived States-side, and spending quality-time with Ashley at the Seahawks game – that Hasslebladder really has to go?!
Now I’m on a New Year Mission to lose some weight and get fit for a 1/2 marathon in Windsor at the end of March. We’re not drinking in January again which is going to be tough as I fly to Las Vegas today for the Consumer Electronics Show…..so we’ll see well how I get on!
I’m aiming to lose 20lbs or one and a half stone, but our friend Nicole Thomas has just started a Diet Blog for MSN UK and she’s aiming to shed FOUR Stone!!!
You really should follow her stuff – she’s a great writer, very funny and acerbic when she wants to be!
You can follow her on Twitter here: http://twitter.com/treefroggirl
Happy New Year to you all and wish me and Nicole luck in becoming half the people we used to be!
