By mattr on April 29, 2010
A picture paints a thousand words – and adding one to an email can really help get your point across, making your communication clearer.
Now you can add a screenshot to your mail directly from within Outlook – by using the Insert, Screenshot dialog on the ribbon..
Clicking this allows you to select the open window you [...]
Posted in awesome, microsoft, tools
By mattr on January 19, 2010
A new feature surfaced in Bing recently – type in a marque and model of a car, and the search returns some essential data before the standard results. Very useful if you are comparing models of cars.
What new feature is your business adding to stay ahead?
Posted in bing, microsoft
By mattr on November 13, 2009
I’m really pleased to see that the product I worked with for 4 years (I was in the team that supported search advertising), has thrown off the Beta tag today and finally launched.
That means all the great features of Bing are now available in the UK – including Visual Search (previously), Instant Answers (try [...]
Posted in bing, microsoft
By mattr on October 22, 2009
By coincidence, I’m here in Seattle on the day that Windows 7 is released, its one of my quarterly visits to the mother ship to sync with my team, who are busily engaged in building a great support experience for Online Services and BPOS. I enjoy coming here and hanging with some really bright people [...]
Posted in microsoft
By mattr on October 8, 2009
Despite having two Zunes at home (a new HD and a 30), we still have three iPods on the go, and despite loads of changes – I am still not a fan of iTunes. Here are three alternatives the bloated Apple client.
DoubleTwist – available for both the PC and the Mac, DoubleTwist is a [...]
Posted in microsoft, music, tools
By mattr on September 30, 2009
You’ve decided to be awesome, your toolset is in place, your workplace is ergonomic and your productivity is up, nothing can stop you now. Can it?
Losing data is the number one fear for most information workers as they come to rely on their PC’s and mobile devices for almost everything they do. I propose [...]
Posted in microsoft
By mattr on September 23, 2009
So, like many others, you’ve started to use Bing as your search engine – maybe it’s the visual search, or the awesome maps and birds eye views.
However, it may be as simple as the beautiful pictures on the homepage – which change daily and provide great eye-candy as you make one of your many [...]
Posted in bing, microsoft
By mattr on September 22, 2009
A great chance to see Steve Ballmer in action as he answers your questions at ‘The New Efficiency’, a launch event for Windows 7, Exchange 2010 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
At The New Efficiency site you can submit your own questions, and watch the live webcast.
I like the fact that my company are engaging [...]
Posted in microsoft
By mattr on September 16, 2009
Bing continues to see a number of enhancements – and seems to be garnering attention and gaining small amounts of market share. Bing is becoming the Purple Cow, remarkable in its features.
Today, the Bing team rolled out visual search, which allows searchers to find product information from a scrollable interface (does require SilverLight), then using [...]
Posted in internet, microsoft
By mattr on September 11, 2009
To make your site absolutely the best it can be, you need to have a great search facility to allow your visitors to drill down to the content they need. Now you can add a Bing search box to your site (just like the one over to the right).
Bing is the search engine from [...]
Posted in microsoft, site news
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