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Windows Phone 7 has RTM’d!

The Windows Phone 7 team has announced their product has been released to manufacturing. That means it's complete. Read the details here; Windows Team Blog And if you haven't checked out the awesomeness that is Windows Phone 7, check out the website here – http://www.windowsphone7.com Can't wait to get one! <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz&partnerID=167&key=segment" /> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29715.rss.TechBiz.9425,cat.TechBiz.rss" /> Microsoft Windows - Windows Phone 7 - Software release life cycle - Windows Mobile - Operating system
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Windows Phone 7 Officially Launches–Updated!

Windows Phone 7 officially launched today at a press event in NYC this morning. You can check out more here – http://www.windowsphone7.com By the way, if you have any doubts about the platform or it's responsiveness, you should really watch this video here - http://www.microsoft.com:80/presspass/presskits/windowsphone/videoGallery.aspx?contentID=wp7_unveil03&WT.z_convert=Share Seriously, watch the video. The responsiveness of the device is just flat out amazing. No lag whatsoever. If you've been a Windows Mobile user, this is a VERY, VERY good thing to see. I currently have a HTC Touch Pro 2 and the delay is soooo irritating. It's even faster than my ZuneHD. Wait until you see the Bing Maps responsiveness, or the Bing Search (using Voice) feature. So keep an open mind, ignore the BS you've heard and take a look for yourself. I personally can't wait to get my hands on one but unfortunately I'll be waiting until next year since I am a very loyal Sprint customer. Update – Microsoft has already promised a 1.1 update in 'early 2011' that will add the missing copy/cut/paste features among other unannounced things. This is fantastic. Read more here - http://www.reghardware.com/2010/10/11/microsoft_windows_phone_7_update/ <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz&partnerID=167&key=segment" /> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29715.rss.TechBiz.9425,cat.TechBiz.rss" />
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Another ‘elitist’ trying to downplay Windows Phone 7 before it even launches…

Elitists are like lemmings (which is hilarious because they pride themselves on not being lemmings) and once one of them has gained attention from something they all have to do it. The only problem is that they have to hide their lemming status by coming up with a new tact to disparage Windows Phone 7. The latest comes from Adrian Kingsley-Hughes from ZDNet with his pathetic post called; 5 reasons NOT to be a Windows Phone 7 early adopter And what are your brilliant reasons?; 'First generation anything is ropey.' Ropey? Apparently this is an informal British word. Apparently it means inferior or inadequate. Interesting. I would just have to ask Mr. Kingsley-Hughes, did you say the same thing when the iPhone and Android devices first came out? Since, according to your statement, ALL first generation devices are 'ropey.' Hmmm I think your hypocrisy is showing… 'Wait for the app store to mature' – Again, was the iPhone apps store and Android apps store 'mature' at launch? (Isn't launch and mature an oxymoron?) Do you really think the main drive for early adopters is the apps store? If that was the case, we would never be early adopters. Early adopters don't wait for 'mature' otherwise they wouldn't be defined as early adopters now would they? Seriously, the apps store? hahahahaha 'Wait for the herd to thin down' – This argument is that there are TOO MANY handset makers and may of them will decide to stop selling handsets and therefore we should wait. Hmmm again I'm pretty sure that there are 'far too many' Android handset makers yet I haven't seen you make this argument there. Again sir your hypocrisy is showing. 'WP7 could still flop' – Now this is an interesting concept since it HASN'T EVEN LAUNCHED YET. Did you say the same about the iPhone or Android? Oh wait, you wouldn't want to offend your masters. I'm surprised that you were able to draw yourself away from your Apple and Google idol worship to write this post. 'There's still the question of Microsoft's commitment to the platform' – Seriously? You really want to try this card? This card that countless tech 'journalists' have used with Microsoft in the past on Office (against Word Perfect), Xbox (against PS2), etc? Even if Windows Phone 7 stayed at 5% market share Microsoft will release a Windows Phone 8, of that there is no doubt. And the lame 'cut/copy/paste' argument again? I guess you ran out of your own sucky ideas so you had to use the corpse of this thoroughly beaten horse. Guess what, your other platform didn't either at launch, but MS is rectifying this within 1 quarter. How long did it take your beloved Apple to rectify this situation? So Mr. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, might I recommend that you come up with a far more logical approach next time you want to look down your nose at something for the sake of looking down your nose at something? Truly, I'm embarrassed for you. <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz&partnerID=167&key=segment" /> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29715.rss.TechBiz.9425,cat.TechBiz.rss" />
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Microsoft officially launches Lync today!

I personally have been looking forward to this day for a very long time, and I will be posting a LOT of great content and reviews on this PBX killing software here shortly. In the mean time, check out Mary Jo Foley's post over at ZDNet about the launch. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-touts-next-generation-voip-as-its-unified-communications-secret-sauce/8010 Yes, that's me being quoted. If you would like to learn more about Prometheus Networks hosted Enterprise Voice solution, check out the site here – http://gopronetworks.com Expect more content soon! <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz&partnerID=167&key=segment" /> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29715.rss.TechBiz.9425,cat.TechBiz.rss" />
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Digital Vidya to expand its workshops across SE Asia, Middle East, Europe, North America

Digital Vidya, which provides social media marketing training across India and Singapore to CXOs, sales and marketing professionals to leverage digital marketing for their organizations, has planned to offer its trainings in formats beyond classroom workshops to newer geographies across South East Asia, Middle East, Europe and North America. The company is close to organizing its 100th workshop in the country in July 2012. Speaking about the learnings gathered from Digital Vidya's 99 odd workshops, CEO Pradeep Chopra has said, "We've observed a significant shift in terms of both understanding and interest about Social Media among our participants over last 99 workshops. In our earlier workshops, we needed to spend a good amount of time educating the participants about basics of Social Media such as 'What is a Facebook Page?', 'How to Tweet'?." According to Chopra, earlier, they rarely used to get time to share insights about advanced topics on Social Media such as leveraging Facebook Applications for Fan Growth and Engagement. "Thanks to the shift in their understanding about Social Media, we are able to spend valuable time with our participants in helping them understand and leverage Facebook Ads for Lead Generation. 'How to measure ROI of Social Media?' is the most common question everyone is trying to get an answer for today," added Chopra. In addition, 'whether they should outsource Social Media or not?', 'which tools to use to measure performance of a Social Media campaign?', 'how to use Social Media for B2B?', 'how to integrate Social Media into overall Marketing strategy?' are other common concerns shared by our workshops participants. Speaking of the profile of its participants, Chopra informed that the 2000+ participants of the workshops would primarily fall under two categories: Marketers and Business Owners. Marketers would include CMOs or Head of Marketing, Head of Sales or Business Development, Sales and Marketing Managers, PR & Communication Teams, Media Planners and Buyers, CRM Professionals, Product Managers, Digital Marketing (SEO, SEM, SMM) professionals. "We've thoroughly enjoyed our journey of 99 workshops since Jan 2010. Going forward, we are looking at strengthening our association with our existing workshop participants by providing them further support through advanced workshops. We are also looking at offering our trainings in formats beyond classroom workshops to newer geographies across South East Asia, Middle East, Europe and North America," Pradeep Chopra said about his plans for Digital Vidya
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Google I/O Keynote Day 2: Faster Chromebooks, Google Drive for iPhone and iPad

New, faster Google Chromebooks coming to Best Buy and other stores. Also: Google Drive for iOS arrives today.
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Secunia PSI 3.0 Can Silently Deploy Security Patches for Windows Software

Danish vulnerability intelligence and research firm Secunia has launched version 3.0 of its Personal Software Inspector (PSI) patch management program, which can...
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