Digital Collaboration Guide, a SharePoint Architect's view

A week ago the Emerging Business Team at the Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus hosted a SharePoint 2010 competition titled “SharePoint 2010 SocialFest” where seven startup companies were given one week to develop an application on SharePoint 2010. During the week long event activities such as talks from developers, SharePoint engineering and product management teams, and venture investors were done. By Friday, the contestants presented their applications to a panel of judges which included Charles Schwab & Co. and McKesson. The winner of the competition was Huddle, which was basically synching up external team sites.

The rest of the application developed are the following:

1. Calinda MindUP – presents email interactions into visual maps which help create conversations between groups enhancing collaboration.

2. Confer – is simply twitter on SharePoint 2010 for both internal and external employees.

3. Cortex Intelligence – is an intelligent RSS tools which is presented via webparts fpr discussion, sharing, etc.

4. Leverage Software – makes your email thread into on-deman social workspace for sharing with others.

One of the things that set the iPhone from blackberry and other mobile devices is it’s ability to edit office applications necessary for enterprise usage.

As per product description:

Quickoffice integrated application suite is the essential high-performance mobile Office productivity tool for anyone on the go. Experience Enterprise-Grade Microsoft® WORD and EXCEL® Office functionality with leading-edge innovation, convenience, and unparalleled ease-of-use. Edit your important files with confidence; Quickoffice maintains 100% data integrity and guarantees Microsoft compatibility with supported features listed below.

Download your copy today to find out what you’ve been missing and fall in love with your iPhone all over again.

Since 1998, Quickoffice has been trusted and used by millions of mobile users in over 180 countries, and is the world’s leading provider of mobile office productivity solutions. Now Quickoffice brings this experience to the iPhone.

The application costs $19.99 and should be a must download for business savvy users. Download the application Quickoffice.

Do you want an iPhone case that protects your gadget on any accidental flight down the stairway without sacrificing aesthetics.

Below are the iPhone cases that gives you both protection and beautiful form:

1. ZAGG’s invisibleSHIELD ($24.95) – this is a thin polyurethane film which was originally created for the military helicopter blades protection. A military-grade, patented film that doesn’t scratch. Its Nano-Memory technology™ makes ZAGG’s exclusive invisibleSHIELD™ so strong, flexible and scratch-proof.
2. Griffin Clarifi ($35) – The clarifi is a solid iPhone case that adds muscle to your camera. There is so much to desire on the iPhone camera but the built-in macro lens on the Griffin Clarifi gives you additional lens power.
3. Scosche kickBACK (#30) – this case allows you to recline or stand your iPhone via its dual backplates. The case is made of polycarbonate.

Rock Band & Guitar Hero has fueled ailing music sales by raking in $2.3 billion in the last three years. This is a needed boost where holiday revenues from conventional music sales dropped 19 percent from the previous year.

Look at Aerosmith where they have acknowledged that sales from Guitar hero: Aerosmith has exceeded any single album sales in the band’s history.

Despite of this ongoing trend, the Music industry wants more as they contend penny earnings from games. Warner music group CEO Edgar Bronfman has previously noted: “The amount being paid to the music industry, even though these games are entirely dependent on the content we own and control is far too small”.

Paging Bronfman, your earnings may be too small but consider this, you didn’t spend billions of dollars on R&D that rocketed console games to success. You are getting vertical earnings for spending nothing.

Maybe Bronfman is jealous with the NLF league who collects 30 percent of revenues from Electronic Arts Madden game.

When I bought a Zune 80GB player last year, I was disappointed with all the cases that were available because they turned my device bulky and unable to fit comfortably in my pocket pants.

I came across BodyGuardz which are clear and thin as a film but durable enough to protect your gadgets from scratches and wear and tear. Unless you drop your gadget from the second floor of a building, the protection it provides should be enough for most consumers.

As described by the BodyGuardz itself:

A funny video about a cell phone reunion from the old cellphone class to the new iPhone.

Have you ever known about iPhone? If you ask what is the new from Apple, then iPhone is the answer. Certainly, Apple has made development in the computer world. Just say Apple desktops and laptops that have set the normal of audio and video domination, in which most art school students can not live without one. Hence, it can be said that iPhone is a breakthrough gadget today.

Before launching iPhone, Apple focus on multimedia, film editing software and also song playback and graphic design. In recent years, the Apple has worked hard to make its hardware more compatible with the rest of the world. Therefore, Apple iPhone users can connect to PC users easier. 

Apple’s name becomes a status symbol as its success as the pacesetter of mp3 player, iPod, and it was just before the business decided to branch out even further. Then, in June of 2007, Apple launched the concept of the iPhone, given that there is really no place that Apple can’t go.

All-in-One for Everyone

The iPhone is one of the most multipurpose cell phone gadgets available anywhere in the market today. A cell phone and an iPod all-in-one, the gadget provides a touch screen, virtual keyboard and shortcut buttons. It functions as an mp3 player, a camera and an internet browser with the use of Wi-Fi connectivity. And similar to all cell phones, it offers text messaging as well as voicemail.

The Apple iPhone is much better than oldest iPods. Users can play videos, watch television and full movies and even download music directly from iTunes right unto the gadget via the Wi-Fi feature. Users can sort music and videos in accordance to songs, artists, albums and genres, and they can even watch the album art for most of their mp3s. The device is available with multiple hard drive sizes, from 4gb to 16gb, though the 4gb model is being discontinued.

Actually with so much space, it is no doubt that so many software programs have been increased for use with the iPhone. The iPhone uses a version of the OS X operating system, the same that is used on Apple’s standard computers. This makes programs like Safari and iTunes to run well.

The regular OS X versions will not work with the iPhone programs as the processor used is diverse though these programs have to be developed specially for the gadget. Even so, many of third-party companies have already begun developing new and better programs for use with the device, hoping to trade in on the phenomenon as well as broaden the usage of their software.

Have you ever know about iPhone secret code? Just explore this advantageous site that will guide you into any information about Apple iPhone secret code.

Microsoft lands IPTV deal in China (CNET)

Accenture, Avanade and Microsoft Announce Multi-Channel Retail Initiative (FoxBusiness)

Microsoft wants Windows Mobile on fewer devices (fiercedeveloper)

Microsoft Funds Multi-touch with N-trig Investment (PCmag)

Microsoft, Verizon and Dell (Techticles)

Hacker leaves message for Microsoft in Trojan code (ITWorld)

Why XP owners won’t love Windows 7 (ComputerWorld)

How Much Microsoft Tax Do You Pay? (Microsoft Watch)

Microsoft in no hurry to upgrade Xbox (MercuryNews)

Microsoft announces new Windows for point-of-sale (VNUNET)

Microsoft Songsmith gets its own horrible infomercial (thegreenroomblog)

Ford, Microsoft Roll Out New SYNC Features (Autotrends)

Apple iPhone News – Microsoft offers second app for iPhone (iFones)

Microsoft starts new ad campaign (develop-one)

Microsoft Snatches Dell Deal from Google for Default Search Engines, At Last, At least Something! (Taragana)

This email was sent to me by Jenna Young; unfortunately, I told her I could not post this over at Windows Vista Weblog which was Windows Vista focused only. Anyways, I’d post this here since I know of a lot of colleagues who are Microsoft hardcore but still use iPhone, maybe until Zune Phone comes out. Below is Jenna’s email on an iPhone download.

Here is the email.

The latest application available for your iPhone and iPod Touch could very well save your life!

ICOON, Europe’s most popular language dictionary, has made travelling easier than ever before.
And now ICOON digital edition is conveniently available for download to your iPhone and iPod Touch
for only 99 cents. Soon also available for Blackberry.

Using ICOON for iPhone is as easy as calling your mom! No matter where you are in the world —
Bejing, Bali, Berlin, or Boise, Idaho — ICOON translates any language into recognizable symbols.
So whether you’re in an emergency, looking for a wifi hotspot, or just very hungry, turn on your iPhone
and ICOON to the rescue!

With ICOON you get what you need. An essential language tool for any leisure or business traveller,
this uniquely-designed collection offers more than 500 useful symbols structured into twelve common
categories — from hygiene to hair styles, money to measurements, health to accommodations.

Traipse the globe without stammering, stuttering or blushing in embarrassment. With ICOON,
you’ll never be at a loss for words. Just download ICOON to your iPhone and let icons speak for you!

ICOON is now available in the iTunes App Store (http://linktoapp.com/ICOON) and on the fly
on your iPhone and iPod Touch.
Also available in stores worldwide and on Amazon in the original beautiful book edition. 

Downloadable pictures available here: www.icoon.eu/presse

Chosen by the San Jose Mercury News as one of the best new products for 2009 for globe-trotters,
adventurers and armchair travellers!
We sincerely appreciate your review consideration.

All the best from Berlin,
Jenna Young

A M B E R P R E S S 

Muenzstr. 18
D-10178 Berlin (Germany)
Fon: +49 (0) 30 288 84 85 – 90
Fax: +49 (0) 30 288 84 85 – 99
E-Mail: jyoung@amberpress.eu
www.amberpress.eu

What the world is saying about ICOON:

"Europe is impressed!" (ELLE)

"The wordless phrase book!" (COSMOPOLITAN)

"The Little Book of Helpfulness" (GQ)

"The perfect travel companion" (MOLESKINE City)

"ICOON offers every possible item, destination, situation or person a traveller anywhere on Earth
could possibly need." (TORONTO STAR)

"Gorgeously designed…like some provocative cyber-project from William Pope L. (AUSTIN CHRONICLE)

This should make your Windows Vista box open up faster.

Video description: tips to make vista faster at start up and everywhere else, defrag and do virus and spyware checks as well as these tips to have a speedy computer.——-PAUSE to read everything——-, i didnt want to guess how fast people can read and also i figured you would pause to do these steps anyways so it wouldve been pointless me making this video 5 minutes long and for you to skip around. have fun!!

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