Technology Archive

I’ve written about Photosynth a number of times and about Blaise Aguera y Arcas too.

In this video, the Photosynth guys introduce the iPhone App they’ve developed and show some really compelling demos.

I just love the constant revisiting of the verb “share”. As last week’s announcement by the Bing team shows, we’re accelerating towards a world where social integration in search will help us make decisions even faster.

With the world going more mobile, finding that restaurant, art gallery or park more quickly, means more time to take more photos and share the experience via technology like this.

Photosynth has come so far in the last 4 years, I can’t wait to see what guys come up with next….

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Been very busy over the last few months tracking down and speaking to some of the best in the business advertising and digital marketing thought leaders and luminaries.

Above is 6 minutes of awesome conversation with David Sable, CEO of Y&R.

You can see more below.

This is all part of our Ad Vision series of interviews leading up to the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity in Cannes (lucky for some) next month!

Ad Vision – Trevor Kaufman, CEO Possible Worldwide on the Future of Digital Creativity – Cannes Lions 2011

Ad Vision – Lili Cheng, Microsoft Fuse Labs on Social Media – Cannes Lions 2011

Ad Vision – Jeffrey Cole, Director at the Annenberg School Center on Mobile and Social Media–Cannes Lions 2011

Ad Vision – Paul Armstrong, Head of Social Media at Mindshare UK – Cannes Lions 2011

Ad Vision – Linda Sawyer, CEO Deutsch – Cannes Lions 2011

Ad Vision – Jeff Hayzlett, Celebrity CMO – Cannes Lions 2011

You can see more on our Microsoft Advertising YouTube Channel too!

Took this photo of the lagoon at Purdy near Gig Harbor on Sunday and posted to my Twitter account.

Got some nice comments from people as far afield as Turkey, and a chap called Srinivas from India asking what camera I took it with.

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My contact form gets a number of workouts every week from people pitching me stuff to write about.

They’re mostly untargeted and often quite dry, but this one caught my eye!

It was sent on the 4th of April so I’m assuming I’m no fool in writing about it.

Apparently 223 homeowners have contacted them as well as 12 businesses, 7 restaurants and 1 church.

Read more here if you want your mortgage paid by Adzookie.

I expect the Queen could recoup the cost of the Royal Wedding in just a few weeks if she signed up.

Whose house would you suggest and why?

Just finished polishing off all our blog posts and videos from this fabulous event.

For more coverage, check out:

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer Remind Imagine 2011 – It’s All About the Story

Jaron Lanier – Frontiers of Augmented Reality and Human Potential – Imagine 2011

Imagine 2011: Jessica Greenwood on Brand Magic

Imagine 2011: Emerging Markets and the Next Billion Consumers – Advertisers Get Ready!

Delivering on the Digital Promise – Qi Lu at Imagine 2011

Imagine 2011: Jeffrey Cole on Screen Time and Digital Future

Mobile Social Next Big Teen Trend – Mimi Ito at Imagine 2011

Imagine 2011: Think Big! Digital Design: Its Delights and Discontents

Imagine 2011: Ivan Pollard Calculates Media + Technology = Meaningful Experiences

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: Connecting Consumer Experiences, Imagine 2011

I’m in New York right now and met up with Bing colleague Stefan Weitz to discuss in this video the latest and greatest with the search (decision) engine that, with integration with Yahoo!, means we now have 30% market share in the US.

He has some great things to say about the social signal integration Bing is doing, plus some stuff around mobile and local.

Other coverage from SES NYC:

Is the Search Alliance Paying Off for Search Marketers?

Video: Small Business PPC 101 Tips at SES NYC 2011

SES NY: Re-Thinking Success in Social Media

Video: Bing Webmaster Community & SMB SEO with Duane Forrester at SES NYC

SES Kicking off Strong! Search: Where to Next?

Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance State of the Union

Please share…..more soon!

My boss and close colleague, Jenny and Kaila, have been Tweeting it up in Austin Texas at the 4 A’s and have captured an incredible amount of coverage from the conference.

Take your pick from this extensive list of advertising insight and delight:

ANA President and CEO, Bob Liodice, on FTC’s Do Not Track Proposal

The War for the Living Room is On at Transformation 2011

Social Media Fanatics Share Social Marketing Tips at Transformation 2011

Boomers Game as Much as Teens – Jeffery Cole on Boomer Insights at Transformation 2011

Transformation 2011: Fareed Zakaria, TIME Editor and CNN Host, on Globalization

Transformation 2011: Brand Building with Killer Content

Interview: Keith Lorizio on Agency Relationships at Transformation 2011

They even found the time to throw some photos up on Flickr: Transformation 2011

Looking forward to being on the ground at this fab event next year!

Very cool video showcasing this new ad format that has won one of the IAB Rising Star Awards.

Who said advertising couldn’t be useful, entertaining, engaging and spectacular?

Fingers were rubbed raw last week at SES London demoing my HTC Mozart 7.

Consensus?

“Very cool! Love the seamless integration. Is Microsoft Office really free on it though?”

Oh yes……..and so much more!

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Had the honour of interviewing Jeffrey Hayzlett yesterday at SES London.

Here, the ex-CMO of Kodak, talks about storytelling in marketing, the “4 Es” of social media and how no-one ever died because an advertising campaign went wrong!

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