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Microsoft to issue 89,000 Windows Phone 7 to employees
In a huge marketing campaign for Windows Phone 7, the biggest expense could be the Microsoft plan to issue its 89,000 employees Windows Phone 7 when it launches in a couple of weeks. Jon Brodkin reported early this morning, quoting Guy Gilber and referencing a leaked email that hinted that Microsoft may pick up the tab for the data plan as well. "Every Microsoft employee will be getting a Windows Phone 7 phone," says Guy Gilbert, one of two Windows Phone executives Brodkin interviewed at PDC ea…
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The popular e-commerce intermediary PayPal has been experiencing outages today. The company blog has confirmed these issues and has updated the posting further, saying the issues have been resolved and the site's API is up and running again. According to PayPal’s Wikipedia page, “PayPal operates in 190 markets, and it manages over 223 million accounts, more than 73 million of them active. PayPal allows customers to send, receive, and hold funds in 19 currencies worldwide.” Those figures indica…
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Facebook has launched new groups with new functionality. The roll-out took a little while, as I heard about this new feature a few weeks ago but didn't get it until recently. The basic concept is to limit what you share by who you share it with. Instead of writing a program, Facebook decided to give the control to the users. This is a new feature and I'm sure many of us will have suggestions on how to improve and best use it. This is a great roll-out, but we all still need to be mindful of our…
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NorthEast Equipment Association Website Launched!
Building a custom design and cutting edge functionality using XHTML, CSS, jquery, PHP and MySql, NEDA’s website provides their visitors with the ability to view content in regards to their association, while also having the ability to log in and view their member benefits securely. On the administrative side, NEDA has the ability to manage their content through a custom content management system. This gives them the control to manage the data that will need the most attention with needing no pr…