Late last week I received an invitation to try out Google Analytics' new Real Time Stats feature, which was announced a couple of weeks ago. I'm not sure when it will be available to everyone, so thought I'd give a quick preview of it. While it is very simple I can see this being very [...]

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At its recent BUILD event, Microsoft promised to quickly deliver a community test preview (CTP) build of its forthcoming ‘Roslyn' compiler as a service (CaaS) product. Today it made good...

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Here at We Are Social Sydney, we've been working with HarperCollins to launch a new Facebook App for popular Australian author Belinda Alexandra to help promote her latest novel, Golden Earrings. In order to help generate interest in Golden Earrings, we're giving readers the chance to preview 30 pages of the novel on Belinda Alexandra's [...]

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B2B marketers need to understand how social media can drive leads and sales for their businesses. Kipp Bodnar and I, the founders of SocialMediaB2B.com, have focused our efforts the past six months on creating a framework for B2B social media lead generation. This is the core of our new book, The B2B Social Media Book.While [...]

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Microsoft is betting not one but two farms on Windows 8. It was made available to the public in a preview release this week as part of activity for the Microsoft Build conference for hardware and software developers.Microsoft Reimagines Windows, Presents Windows 8 Developer PreviewIt is naturally expected that Microsoft update its Windows desktop and server platform every few years. But, with Windows 8, Microsoft is also betting on the touch screen tablet market that Apple dominates with its iPa [...]

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In a bit of app release reversal, PLAY by AOL was released for Android first a few months ago and has now made its way to the iPhone. It can access music stored on the iPhone as well as access to music on more than 47,000 SHOUTcast stations. You can follow friends using the app and share your own music experience via Facebook or Twitter.PLAY by AOL MusicYou can preview music friends share using the app and buy the song, if you like, from iTunes.Will this gain more traction than Apple's Pin [...]

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GroupMe is a popular group messaging and sharing app that has been available for iOS, Android, and Blackberry smartphones for some time. Today a preview of the Windows Phone 7 version of GroupMe was released to the Windows Phone Marketplace.


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