What next in Search? Social Networking. Can I get you better results by looking at your social network and giving better context to your search queries? Amazing thought... and that's what Bing is trying to do by looking at using your Facebook network to return you hopefully more relevant results! For example, you are searching for a restaurant in your city, and maybe one of your friends "like" it... lo and behold, Bing will notify you of it along with your search result.
Another interesting aspect here - Facebook is huge, and this partnership will definitely give Bing an edge over Google in winning over some fans.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Will Win Mobile 7 Win?
MS has taken on iPhone and Android with the Win Mobile 7, and I think it has a good chance of winning this war. Why? Android is at a clear disadvantage with respect to hardware and overall build quality. iPhone loses out on its OS being non multi-tasking, which means that you might have great graphics, but only one application at a time! And as far as applications are concerned, other than the typical social networking stuff, I sincerely believe you only need a good browser.
Add the tight controls MS puts on hardware interfaces and integrations, its OS, its marketing dollars, and its excellent understanding of what makes customers tick, I think Win Mobile 7 has a great chance of winning the mobile war.
Add the tight controls MS puts on hardware interfaces and integrations, its OS, its marketing dollars, and its excellent understanding of what makes customers tick, I think Win Mobile 7 has a great chance of winning the mobile war.
Gaming For Management
With social networking games like Farmville attracting millions of users, gaming is quickly becoming mainstream. Gaming has always been used for entertainment, and recently, games have become a critical tool for training too.
Check the awesome video at the link below (from a Ted Talk) on how games can be used constructively to drive this young generation to solve complex world problems by exploiting the social psychology of gamers.
What I am working on at Persistent is aimed at bringing the same constructive emotions and attitudes of gamers, as well as the thrill and excitement of games, into a manager's day to day life in his organization, moving beyond spreadsheets and providing an exciting user experience. From the all-important yet extremely tedious and unhappy task of appraisals, to poring over endless rows and columns in spreadsheets, from code reviews to assessment tests, games can provide you just what you needed to fall in love with your job, all over again.
Watch this space for more, as we publish our first two games by the end of the year.
Check the awesome video at the link below (from a Ted Talk) on how games can be used constructively to drive this young generation to solve complex world problems by exploiting the social psychology of gamers.
What I am working on at Persistent is aimed at bringing the same constructive emotions and attitudes of gamers, as well as the thrill and excitement of games, into a manager's day to day life in his organization, moving beyond spreadsheets and providing an exciting user experience. From the all-important yet extremely tedious and unhappy task of appraisals, to poring over endless rows and columns in spreadsheets, from code reviews to assessment tests, games can provide you just what you needed to fall in love with your job, all over again.
Watch this space for more, as we publish our first two games by the end of the year.
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