Xbox 360 Sets the Stage for Beatlemania with Fab Exclusives ahead of 09.09.09 Launch
“All You Need Is Love” and more coming exclusively to Xbox 360 and “The Beatles: Rock Band”
Xbox 360, Apple Corp, MTV Games and Harmonix are giving the world new ways to relive the magic of Beatlemania with the launch of “The Beatles™: Rock Band™” (Harmonix/MTV Games) on 09.09.09. Beginning at launch, Xbox 360 will give Beatles fans, rockers and gamers alike the chance to download an exclusive Beatles track to benefit Doctors Without Borders and test their Beatles knowledge with a unique “1 vs 100” experience – only on Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE.
All You Need is LIVE
This autumn, Xbox 360 will harness the passion of its more than 20 million Xbox LIVE members for charity. “All You Need Is Love” will be released exclusively on Xbox®360 video game and entertainment system as a downloadable song for “The Beatles: Rock Band” through Xbox LIVE on September 9, 2009 with Apple Corps Ltd, MTV Games, Harmonix and Microsoft proceeds benefitting Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, along with Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison personally selected the international emergency medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971 as the beneficiary of the proceeds. The track will be available for 160 Microsoft Points.
As if that wasn’t enough, you’ll also be able to fill even more of your entertainment time with music videos, documentaries and movies inspired by the Fab Four on Xbox LIVE. From classic tunes from band members to the best of the Mersey’s music from today and the critically acclaimed documentary, “Imagine: John Lennon,” it’s all there for you at the touch of a button.
In addition, “The Beatles: Rock Band” owners will be able to download the full “Abbey Road” album beginning on October 20, along with “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and “Rubber Soul” following in November and December respectively. The albums will be available for 1360 Microsoft Points, with individual tracks at 160 Microsoft Points each.
Beatles-Inspired “1 vs 100 LIVE”
Need more ways to prove your love for The Beatles? Then challenge the depths of your knowledge of The Beatles in a unique “1 vs 100 LIVE” episode. Coming on August 29, as an Xbox LIVE Gold member, you’ll get the chance to not only chat live with some of the creative minds behind ”The Beatles: Rock Band,” but also call in to test your knowledge of the band and their music and even win some Microsoft Points for your efforts. Immediately following, fans who can’t get enough can continue the fun with two back-to-back “1 vs 100 Extended Play” episodes full of Beatles trivia.
More to come
Coming soon, music fans and gamers will also get the chance join the “Fab Four Mystery Tour” – an interactive look at the Beatles and the many twists and turns of their career. The website was created using artwork and animations from the eye-popping intro cinematic for “The Beatles: Rock Band” created by Passion Pictures, that debuted at E3 this year.
Looking for developers in desperate need of a Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone!!!
We’re looking for feedback from Belgian developers on the use of their tools, languages and platform they target. NO YOU DON’T need to be a Microsoft addict or even developing on the Microsoft platform, all developers are equal (at least for this survey ). So thank you for taking the time to fill in our short developer survey. The survey is anonymous and no personal data will be stored. If you would like to take part in the give-away of the Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone, please answer the contest …
8 Criteria for Facebook Page Marketing
8 criteria for Facebook page success as part of a larger report by the research gods over at Altimeter
Twitter in Numbers – Infographic (circa 2011)
If you are one of those still wondering who uses twitter, why they do it and how they find the time, then this BuySellAds infographic is for you. BTW you can follow me on twitter @MichelTriana (http://twitter.com/MichelTriana) and @NinutInc (http://twitter.com/NinutInc)
Make Your Blog Posts Go Viral With This Cheat Sheet
Make Your Blog Posts Go Viral With This Cheat Sheet, an infographic. What is viral marketing and how to make your post go viral is one of the most asked question by bloggers and internet marketers
Source : http://blog.kissmetrics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/viral-marketing-cheat-sheet-sm.jpg
3 Top Benefits Of A Planogram Blueprint
If you saw a $20 bill on the street, you’d most likely pick it up. Of course you would – easy money like that is hard to pass up. Unfortunately, that scenario doesn’t happen as often as we’d like it to, most likely because we can’t control when money will fall in front of us. But never fear retailer, there are other ways you can make extra money with minimal effort. One such way is by implementing or refreshing your store’s planogram – it’s as simple as maximizing what you already have to …
My Three Choices for the Top XBOX 360 Games for 2012
Would it be too soon to create a list of the top Xbox 360 games for 2012? I don’t think so! We’re practically in the middle of January at the moment, the earliest month of 2012, and this is a great time as any to discuss the games that will empty our wallets and fill up our rising hours for this year. There’s a ton to count on, and despite the fact that I am aware that it’s still a bit premature to pick the finest from the heap, I’m gonna go out on a limb and discuss with you a few of what I think …
Thanks for having visited my BLOG in 2011 and See you next Year …
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Thanks for having visited my BLOG in 2011 and See you next Year …
My blog was a great way to meet new people and share ideas …
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
Madison Square Garden can seat 20,000 people for a concert. This blog was viewed about 63,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Madison Square Garden, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
How to influence the Social Consumer ? via @davidmerzel’s BLOG
The consumer uses social media to search for information before purchasing a product or service.
He read the opinions of other consumers, check the comments on a well or solicit its virtual network etc …
You manage a business ? Do you know that some channels are more suitable than others for social influence and this depends on the product category you sell?
That’s what I propose you to discover through the study of M Booth and Beyond, for which 1500 consumers were questioned about the products they were looking on the Internet and the channels they had chosen to find .
You will learn for example that the channels that have the most influence on the social consumer are:
- the results of search engines,
- websites,
- newspaper articles,
- sites,
- comparative online ads.
However, according to the results of this study, if you sell electronics (as I do by the way), you should focus on the following channels in descending order: the comparison sites, the sites of your company, news articles and blog entries.
The results in full via this infographic:
12 Crucial Consumer Trends for 2012, via @davidmerzel’s BLOG
Here-below, you will find 12 Crucial Consumer Trends for 2012 from trendwatching.com
Good reading and enjoy 2012 …
In 2012, department stores, airlines, hotels, theme parks, museums, if not entire cities and nations around the world will roll out the red carpet for the new emperors, showering Chinese visitors and customers with tailored services and perks, and in general, lavish attention and respect.
Expect to see consumers take advantage of new technologies and apps to discreetly and continuously track, manage and be alerted to, any changes in their personal health.
In 2012, not only will consumers continue to hunt for deals and discounts, but they will do so with relish if not pride. Deals are now about more than just saving money: it’s the thrill, the pursuit, the control, and the perceived smartness, and thus a source of status too.
Brands will increasingly take back all of their products for recycling (sometimes forced by new legislation), and recycle them responsibly and innovatively.
Will coins and notes completely disappear in 2012? No. But a cashless future is (finally) upon us, as major players such as MasterCard and Google work to build a whole new eco-system of payments, rewards and offers around new mobile technologies.
The majority of consumers live in cities, yet in much of the world city life is chaotic, cramped and often none too pleasant. However at the same time, the creativity and vibrancy of these aspiring consumers, means that the global opportunities for brands which cater to the hundreds of millions of lower-income CITYSUMERS are unprecedented.
Anything that makes it downright simple- if not completely effortless- for consumers to contribute to something will be more popular than ever in 2012. Unlocked by the spread of ever smarter sensors in mobile phones, people will not only be able but increasingly willing, to broadcast information about where and what they are doing, to help improve products and services.
Why to consumers, brands that behave more humanly, including exposing their flaws, will be awesome.
Thanks to the continued explosion of touchscreen smartphones, tablets, and the ‘cloud’, 2012 will see a SCREEN CULTURE that is not only more pervasive, but more personal, more immersive and more interactive than ever.
It’s never been easier for savvy consumers to resell or trade in past purchases, and unlock the value in their current possessions. In 2012, ‘trading in’ is the new buying.
While cultural differences will continue to shape consumer desires, middle-class and/or younger consumers in almost every market will embrace brands that push the boundaries. Expect frank, risqué or non-corporate products, services and campaigns from emerging markets to be on the rise in 2012.
Read EMERGING MATURIALISM in full
Consumers are used to being able to find out just about anything that’s online or text-based, but 2012 will see instant visual information gratification brought into the real and visual world with objects and even people.
What are the 25 best Social Media Books to read in 2012 ? via @davidmerzel’s BLOG
Here are 25 books that have been published in 2011 that I are recommended by Neal Schaffer
The below list is in no particular order but these social media books have been classified according to convenient categories.
Good reading and enjoy 2012.
SOCIAL MEDIA IN CONTEXT
The NOW Revolution: 7 Shifts to Make Your Business Faster, Smarter and More Social by Jay Baer and Amber Naslund With the publication of The NOW Revolution, Jay Baer has emerged as a thought leader in the social media space and one of the most popular speakers on social business. Combining his expertise with Amber Naslund, former Vice President of Social Strategies for the leading social media monitoring software Radian6, and you have a book that defined for all of us how social media and the real-time revolution impact business in far greater ways than we had imagined. Follow Jay and Amber’s advice and you too will learn how to adapt and thrive in the social business environment of today. (Note: Thanks to the comment from Lisa Loeffler I realized that I thought this was a 2010 book – and have now added it to the list, making it a best 26 books list!)
Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions by Guy Kawasaki While it’s never a guarantee that every book Guy publishes will make this list, Enchantment continues to showcase the fact that Guy Kawasaki is one of the rock stars of modern-day marketing. In this book, Guy sets out to make believers out of naysayers; the undecided into loyal followers. For him, it’s not so much about manipulating people, whether they be your potential customers or employees, but more about transforming minds, situations, relationships and hearts through “enchantment.” While this book is not specifically about social media per se, you can begin to see how reading this puts social media in context – and provides the reader invaluable insight.
The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk Two years after the successful publication of Crush It!, Gary Vaynerchuk is back with The Thank You Economy, where he shares with us a more human and personal side to technology & social media by showing us that at the very core, it is really about personal relationships and honest, open communication. It’s not about merely connecting and reaching out, but also about listening and keeping our customers happy. A good read to understand how social media can make the Thank You Economy a reality.
The End of Business As Usual: Rewire the Way You Work to Succeed in the Consumer Revolution by Brian Solis Brian Solis has been busy in 2011, revising his best-selling social media book Engagewhile also releasing another noteworthy book. This time around, he peels off the many layers that comprise the complex consumer revolution that is changing the future of business, media and culture. He sets out to change the way view the world of business through critical insights into brands and growing consumer influence in the marketplace. The title of the book is a bit sensational, but social is increasingly changing the way businesses operate, whether they realize it or not.
GENERAL SOCIAL MARKETING
Likeable Social Media: How to Delight Your Customers, Create an Irresistible Brand, and Be Generally Amazing on Facebook (And Other Social Networks) by Dave Kerpen If you need your business to be “likeable”, Dave Kerpen will teach you how. Through his experience and work as the CEO of the social media agency Likeable Media, he teaches us how to engage fans and followers alike, offering up actionable tips that will greatly improve your company’s social media presence. What I like about the author is that he really talks the talk: whatever he teaches in the book, he also applies in real life to grow his own social media following.
No Bullshit Social Media: The All-Business, No-Hype Guide to Social Media Marketing by Jason Falls and Erik Deckers Jason Falls might not be a household name yet, but his blog Social Media Exploreris recognized as a leading source for social media advice. If you have never heard of his blog, then this book is the wake-up call you need to go out and start using social media for your business. It’s the perfect book to buy for that boss that just doesn’t get how social media fits into the company’s priorities. And while it leans more on the conceptual side rather than a practical how-to book, it still delivers the kick in the backside that most companies need to break out and charge head on into social media.
The New Relationship Marketing: How to Build a Large, Loyal, Profitable Network Using the Social Web by Mari Smith Mari Smith is the most loved figure, and potentially the most genuine and nicest person, in social media. She also knows a thing or two about Facebook. Her new book, however, focuses on relationship marketing and serves as an easy to follow guide to growing your business through social media. It presents 9 steps that will help you build relationships with your contacts, increase your authority online and optimize your offline marketing efforts. It’s written in a personal, friendly manner that appeals to both newbies and veterans alike, something that every social media practitioner should emulate as well. Mari is for real, and so is this book!
Social BOOM!: How to Master Business Social Media to Brand Yourself, Sell Yourself, Sell Your Product, Dominate Your Industry Market, Save Your Butt, … and Grind Your Competition into the Dirt by Jeffrey GitomerJeffrey Gitomer, a best-selling Amazon author as well as an avid salesman, shares with us his knowledge (as well as those of a few guest authors) on how to make social business work. He stresses that the path to success is through, “creating value that others will perceive as important to fulfilling their needs.” Be prepared to be on the receiving end of each Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn “BOOM!” he’s got in store for you.
SOCIAL MEDIA FOR MANAGEMENT
The Executive’s Guide to Enterprise Social Media Strategy: How Social Networks Are Radically Transforming Your Business by Mike Barlow and David B. Thomas Targeted more towards the corporate executive, this book by two highly experienced communication strategists provides us with actionable frameworks for developing successful social strategies as well as how they can be best implemented in the enterprise. An executive’s primer on social media strategy, which includes in-depth interviews with corporate executives that provide further insight and validation.
Smart Business, Social Business: a Playbook for Social Media in your Organization by Michael Brito This is a step-by-step social playbook that delivers proven, real-time solutions for improving organizational dynamics and workflow vis a vis social media, covering such topics as change management, internal communications, governance and employee activation. And because the author Michael Brito is well entrenched in Silicon Valley, having worked for such firms as HP and Yahoo, he draws on his own personal experiences to deliver concrete examples and insightful case studies to help businesses be social even behind a firewall.
The Social Organization: How to Use Social Media to Tap the Collective Genius of Your Customers and Employees by Anthony J. Bradley The mark of an effective leader is one who can bring out the very best from his employees by bringing out their skills, talents, knowledge and expertise. In the Social Organization, Anthony J. Bradley teaches us how to make use of social media in nurturing employees and customers, by fostering an environment of collaboration that is guided by a clear cut vision and a singular purpose.
The Social Media Management Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Get Social Media Working in your Business by Nick Smith, Robert Wollan with Catherine ZhouSo you already have a social strategy in place in your company, but do you know if it’s actually being implemented effectively? Is your organization taking the right steps? The Social Media Management Handbook might just be the guide you need in implementing your key social media strategies. It is a comprehensive resource on how to consolidate the various departments in your company, each with their own specific responsibilities, into a cohesive unit that’s working together to meet your company’s social business goals.
B2B SOCIAL
Social Marketing to the Business Customer: Listen to Your B2B Market, Generate Major Account Leads, and Build Client Relationships by Paul Gillin and Eric SchwartzmanB2B (business to business) social marketing is an area ignored by many because it is simply not as intuitive as the B2C (business to consumer) side is. This book, arguably the first of its kind devoted to the subject, is a hands-on guide that delves into subjects that are unique to this segment, especially those engaged in marketing and sales to other businesses.
SOCIAL CRM
The Social Customer: How Brands Can Use Social CRM to Acquire, Monetize, and Retain Fans, Friends, and Followers by Adam MetzThe Social Customer sets out to change the way we look at social media users, by helping us understand how they think and how they work, in order to establish long-term customer relationships and repeat business. It introduces us to social customer relations management, social marketing, as well as social topics in general. Written by social CRM guru Adam Metz, this book is a must add to any CMO’s library.
SOCIAL MEDIA ROI/METRICS/ANALYTICS
Social Media ROI: Managing and Measuring Social Media Efforts in Your Organization by Olivier Blanchard As a brand strategist with 15 years worth of experience under his belt (he’s not called @TheBrandBuilder on Twitter for nothing!), Olivier Blanchard brings to the fore his best practices not only for planning and implementing, but also for measuring and analyzing your social program. He teaches us to get serious, to buckle down in business, and how to gain the most returns from your social media investments. 
Measure What Matters: Online Tools for Understanding Customers, Social Media, Engagement, and Key Relationships by Katie Delahaye Paine Measuring the success of your social presence is crucial for any company that is investing any amount of budget into social. Rather than relying on mere guesswork, Measure What Matters explains in simple terms the procedures that you need to undertake to accurately gather the data needed to assess the impact your company is making in the social media sphere. What do people think of your brand? How will this affect sales and profits? Through measuring what matters, you will get answers to these and many other pertinent questions so you can deliver results that matter.
Social Media Analytics: Effective Tools for Building, Interpreting, and Using Metrics by Marshall SponderIn this book, we can learn how to derive valuable information, and extract deeper meaning from, all the data and metrics we can collect in our social business activities. Featuring in-depth case studies, this book helps us in understanding the how and why certain things relating to social media need to be done and how they can affect our way of doing business.
CONTENT MARKETING
Managing Content Marketing: The Real-World Guide to Creating Passionate Customers to Your Brand by Robert Rose and Joe Pulizzi Blogs, guest posts, storylines: it seems content is the next big frontier in marketing online these days. Experts Robert Rose and Joe Pulizzi, who many consider to be the “Godfather of Content Marketing,” have come together to provide a definitive guide on how to create and execute a successful content marketing program. If you have been looking for a playbook to help you create a content marketing strategy, this is the one for you. You can even visit the authors’ website to grab a great companion document that is full of helpful case studies you can learn from. 
Accelerate!: Move Your Business Forward Through the Convergence of Search, Social & Content Marketing by Arnie Kuenn Did you know that once you put up a website, you are automatically seen as a publisher? That means you need to have great content for your site to attract the right people and to stay relevant. Being an expert online marketer himself as the Founder of the Internet Marketing firm Vertical Measures, Arnie Kuenn has first hand experience when it comes to crafting content marketing plans that work. This book is chockful of the essentials you need: 8 steps for creating a great content marketing plan, 16 content examples you can use as a pattern for your business, real case studies and even contributions from other content marketing experts.
Launch: How to Quickly Propel Your Business Beyond the Competition by Michael A. StelznerIf you are familiar with the tiny explorer from the Social Media Examiner blog and subscribe to their posts, then you already know about Michael Stelzner’s approach to marketing on the web. His goal is to help people, believing that if you put other people first, they will eventually help you in return, growing your business in the process. All of this is summed up by this neat equation: great content + other people – marketing messages = growth. Simple, elegant and something that just works. Read and learn from the master.
Facebook Marketing All-in-One For Dummies by Amy Porterfield, Phyllis Khare and Andrea Vahl Sure you’re good at using Facebook as a user but have your really dug into it as a marketing channel for your business? Since Facebook is now the de facto standard for online communication, it’s high time that you learned more than just the basics. Find out how to create your own company Facebook Page, create helpful and viral content, link your page to your existing online store, and much much more in this huge bible of Facebook marketing. Backed by three industry veterans, including Facebook expert Amy Porterfield, this 9-in-1 Dummies book will create a Facebook genius out of you in no time. 
Facebook Application Development For Dummies by Jesse Stay Facebook isn’t just about posting and sharing; it’s also a the central hub for social apps on the web. If you want to start creating your own runaway hit, or maybe just want to build an app to make your business stand out, this book is definitely for you. This book covers many of the basics you need to know about developing for Facebook, from APIs to SDKs, and it even helps you create an app in just 5 minutes. Written by the co-author of “I’m on Facebook — Now What???” Jesse Stay, this book is the long-awaited book on Facebook apps that the market has been waiting for.
The Tao of Twitter: Changing your life and business 140 characters at a time by Mark W. SchaeferTwitter is an excellent communications tool but despite each tweet only having 140 characters maximum, it still can get quite confusing to use. In this book, Mark Schaefer (no relation, obviously, but we do call each other “social media cousins”) demystifies the secrets of using Twitter effectively. In an hour, you will learn enough tricks and tactics that you can use to improve your Twitter presence and communicate better with your customers and followers.
Maximizing LinkedIn for Sales and Social Media Marketing: An Unofficial, Practical Guide to Selling & Developing B2B Business on LinkedIn by Neal SchafferFirst, an obvious disclaimer: As you might have noticed, I’m actually the author of this book. And I wouldn’t add my own book to this list if I didn’t have the confidence to tell you that it unlocks the mysteries of how to generate business from LinkedIn that no other book does. If you think LinkedIn is only for professionals and job seekers, think again. If your business markets and sells to other businesses, LinkedIn should be your top social media marketing priority, even above Facebook. Attract more leads, become an industry leader and improve your online reputation: you can accomplish all these things and more through this book. Includes more than 15 case studies to help you see exactly what others have done to see positive ROI from their LinkedIn investment.
JOB SEARCH
HeadStrong: The Keys To A Confident And Positive Attitude During Job Search by Tim Tyrell-Smith Looking for a new job can become frustrating and stressful, often shaking a person’s confidence and putting a damper in one’s spirits. Ironically enough, if you don’t have the confidence and positive attitude most employers are looking for, you probably won’t even be able to get past the first interview. This book will help you keep up your morale high during your job search and at the same time provide you with a step-by-step guide you can follow to nab that job you’ve always wanted. Although not specifically written for social media, personal friend and founder of Tim’s Strategy and Fix, Build & DriveTim Tyrell Smith’s advice in this book can be universally applied to social, job search, your career, and your life.
Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies by Joshua Waldman Needless to say, social networking, both offline and online, is a critical tool that can definitely help your job search. More and more employers are turning to social websites to fill key positions as well as find out more about you, the potential applicant. That means to get ahead of the race, you really need to know how to use social networks to your advantage. This book will teach you how to create an online personal brand, find opportunities in the “hidden” job market and how to sell your strengths using your social media profiles. I’ve met the author, Joshua Waldman, in person, and I can tell you that he’s the real deal.
Inspiring Books for 2012 : What corporate America is reading (Top 25), via @davidmerzel’s BLOG
I wish you all Merry XMas / Happy Hanucca and great readings for 2012.
Here-below, some inspiring books for your shopping list
Inc. Magazine compile a monthly list of best-selling business booksbased on purchases by its corporate customers nationwide. Here are the best sellers for November 2011… Anything you’ve already bought ?
What is the future of Gaming & Entertainment ? [SlideShare]
Yesterady, I had the pleasure to give a presentation on the Future of Entertainment in Luxembourg, for LU-CIX, http://www.lu-cix.lu/speakers-list.html
LU-CIX stands for Luxembourg Commercial Internet exchange. LU-CIX was founded in 2009 based on a cross-industries initiative set up by major national and international Internet players, with the aim of developing the Internet in Luxembourg.
And the marketeer of the year is … [video], @davidmerzel’s BLOG
Once again, congrats to Nils van Dam (CEO Unilever Belgium)
From my side, no regret. I’m really happy to be on the short finalists list.
If you’ve voted for me, thanks a LOT for your support.
This is already a great achievement for my TEAM and Microsoft being for the first time on this list.
How to Control Your Xbox with your Windows Phone ? via @davidmerzel’s BLOG
We have fantastic news for you. The Xbox Companion application for Windows Phone 7 is available for download today. Basically, it will connect your Windows Phone to your TV. Don’t forget checking out the killer video that shows all of the new things that will be possible with an Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE and Kinect in your living room.
This utility lets you find, learn more about and control content from Xbox LIVE Marketplace on your Xbox 360 straight from your Windows Phone.
- Find Content: Just like on your Xbox, the Xbox Companion gives you instant access to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace catalog of games, movies, music and TV shows.
- Learn more about what you’re watching, listening to, or playing: Once I found the movie and touched the movie tile, the Xbox companion app took me to an info page that has all the related details about.
- Control & Play: Once I selected the content and hit play, the Xbox Companion flips into “controller mode” in which I could navigate my Xbox, or control video playback of your video. The best part here is that controls are virtually instantaneous – easily as fast as using my controller or a TV remote.
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This app is free. How it works? Fire-up your Xbox 360s. The Xbox Companion app for Windows Phone connects your Windows Phone and Xbox LIVE experiences. Conduct searches with Bing, learn more about and control content from Xbox LIVE Marketplace on your Xbox 360 straight from your Windows Phone. Once you launch a movie, show or song, your phone becomes a remote control to play and control videos and music on your Xbox 360. Check out a demo of the Companion app
Don’t wait, try this new experience. Download Xbox Companion App here, it’s free
Remember that you can keep up on all the latest stuff from Windows Phone through the The Birdsflok website and @WP7BE Twitter handle.
Nokia Lumia Windows Phone lights up London …
On Monday 28th November Nokia Lumia 800 with Windows phone http://nokia.ly/uBVXxw brought deadmau5 and the world’s most advanced 4D technology together and created an amazing free light show at Millbank Tower, London.
Millbank was plunged into darkness with the iconic tower acting as the canvas for a never-before-seen spectacular. Each of the 120 metre high building’s 800 windows were covered with vinyl as 16 powerful projectors, stationed 300 metres away on the other side of the river, beamed 3D images onto the structure. Huge butterflies flew across the London skyline and the tower was twisted, pulsated and even fell down. Billed as the “future of live events” the spectacular show was accompanied by music from super producer deadmau5, who created exclusive remixes for the performance — adding the 4th dimension.
The much-anticipated Nokia Lumia 800 is here. View all your texts and chats in one seamless conversation. Take, tag and upload photos to Facebook in seconds, and browse the web like you’re on a PC. Find your way with satnav that even works without a signal. Nokia Lumia 800 makes the everyday amazing.
What is the Future of TV ? It begins Now on Xbox 360, via @davidmerzel’s BLOG
A revolution is happening in the living room. Xbox 360 is transforming how you enjoy TV entertainment and is giving you the power to control it with your voice. The next generation of TV entertainment begins with the announcement by Microsoft Corp. of the launch of an all-new Xbox 360 experience including the first group of new, custom applications from world leading TV and entertainment content providers on Xbox LIVE.
“A new era in entertainment begins where all your entertainment is together in one place — your games, movies, TV shows, music and sports,” said Don Mattrick, president of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. “With this update, Xbox 360 system owners will experience Kinect voice control integrated with Bing search, making your TV and entertainment experiences more social and personal than ever.”
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“Microsoft has just built and delivered it: A single box that ties together all the content you want, made easily accessible through a universal, natural, voice-directed search. This is now the benchmark against which all other living room initiatives should be compared,” said James McQuivey of Forrester Research in “Engaged TV: Xbox 360 Leads The Way To A New Video Product Experience,”* Sunday, Dec. 4. “…with more than 57 million people worldwide already sitting on a box that’s about to be upgraded for free, Microsoft has not only built the right experience, it has ensured that it will spread quickly and with devastating effect.”
Read more here-below
http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2011/dec11/12-04Xbox360TV.mspx
What’s the average day on Facebook ? [infographic], via davidmerzel’s BLOG.
Here-below, a great infographic created by JESS3
You will learn that in 2011, the average user is 38 years old (so five years more than in 2008) and has 229 friends, 7% he never met .
But we also know that 26% of users like at least one status /day, or that 15% of the members update their status every day.
Need Basic Training on Linkedin ? Follow Linkedin Boot Camp [infographic), via @davidmerzel’s BLOG
Cool infographic showing how to use Linkedin.
With help from the LinkedIn guru himself, Lewis Howes, mindflash.com gives you, via basic LinkedIn boot camp training, the fundamental tools necessary to use the site for all your business and personal marketing needs.
What are people doing online ? [infographic], via @davidmerzel’s BLOG
As we all know, the world is changing.
People want to stay informed / connected everytime & everywhere and it’s interesting to see that the basics / primary needs remain the same.
This infographic shows what are people doing online.
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You will discover what are the things they do the most are basics things, meeting primary needs : Send or read a mail, Search for Info / Product / Services, Look for health / medical info, Check the weather.
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The things they do the least are : Create a personal journal / Blog, Use Twitter, Sell Stock, Use a dating website, Visit Virtual World as Second Life,
