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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

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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Our friends over at Microsoft Tag have helped Sports Illustrated take the plunge into mobile marketing-land with their revealing Swimsuit Edition.

When readers scan the tag they can:

· Vote for their favourite of the eight models competing for the chance to be a SI Swimsuit rookie in the 2012 issue. They can view photos and video of each model.

· Watch behind-the-scenes video of all 17 models in the 2011 issue.

· Share videos via Facebook, Twitter or e-mail.

· See their favourite 2011 models in “Model vs. Model,” featuring swimsuit models matched with a Nissan car.

· Download Sports Illustrated’s new Swimsuit Mobile App.

Great stuff from a team who’ve been covering a lot of ground recently like the new USA Today execution and 3M.

To time-pressed to read?

Spend 90 seconds watching the below video to see what Tag has to offer.

Saw this huge outdoor ad at London Bridge station at the weekend.

All part of Microsoft UK’s push to get businesses enthused about the future of productivity and raise awareness of our cloud computing solutions.

If you haven’t see Office Web Apps, take a peek at the video below and more demos from Windows Videos.

Well! If we’d known what we know today on Wednesday, I’m sure there’d have been a much different conversation between me and Ash Choudhury from Nokia as we waited for the social media for big brands panel to start.

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A couple of years ago I blogged about the original Arc Mouse and couldn’t contain my excitement back then.

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Training some teams here at Microsoft UK today on the beauty of social media, I asked some of my Twitter followers to tell me why they use the micro-blogging service so I could pass the wisdom on.

One of the first questions I always get asked when training is “Why should I be using Twitter?”

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Terrific stuff from two British comedy legends poking fun at Apple, Orange, Blackberry and Microsoft in this Christmas Special video.

Can’t help noticing the glaring omission in that line up though!

At Microsoft Advertising, we sure know how to party and last Thursday’s Christmas/MSN 15th Birthday shindig was the best I’ve been to.

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