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Microsoft’s headquarters in Seattle, University Village Microsoft direct store opens soon, time is October 20, the company said, according to Microsoft’s tradition, when the store opened free concerts will be held inviting all stars come to entertain, but opening concerts until the next day. It is worth noting is that Microsoft’s own stores located in the vicinity of the Apple store, both across a parking lot.

Open shop in Seattle is one of Microsoft’s remedial measures, Apple has been here as early as September 2003 shop, from iPod to Mac, to iOS devices, benefited a lot, while Microsoft retail store has been lacking to improve its image, did not start until 2006 copy Apple starts the Microsoft store.

Microsoft has recently again attacked Google products and product management processes, Microsoft Online Services Senior Director Tom Rizzo had previously claimed that Google Enterprise products market is a loser this week, he again attacked on Why Microsoft blog Google product is like the garden of a grave .

Rizzo said, “Google users find the products they used many years ago could not, because those tools had died, I do not know to return . It is clear that Google does not follow the market demand, for their business customers without a roadmap or a clear vision for the future. ”

Rizzo laugh at Google Labs lab, he said: “I think the most ironic was recently stopped in Google Labs,Google always released some experimental product, then followed it to decide whether to continue to develop them. Google is the product of Italy noodle, he threw them on the wall, and see if they could stick . ”

Google+ was released in July of this year, enter the field of social, Rizzo are not optimistic about, he believes that in view of the Google family of products before the short-lived history, Google+ it’s hard to get people have high hopes. Rizzo cites three examples:

-Google Wave survival for 15 months, from May 2009 to August 2010;

-Google survival of Aardvark for 19 months, 201 year between February and September;

-Google Buzz alive for 20 months, from February 2010.

Rizzo believes thatsuch free to announce a Google product to death’s approach is very convenient for Google itself, but for the user, is very tragic . “It is clear that Google’s product management practice is random and irresponsible. ”

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Microsoft today launched The Doodle of an HTML5-based Web site Art of Touch, it allows users with different widths and different styles of brush with a traditional mouse or touch screen to draw soft curves, such as colour of stars and waving ribbons, this site supports a variety of devices, in order to attract consumers to increase the company’s product knowledge. Employ three artists to create the Web site, users can be printed after completing their own graffiti, or even a t-shirt, coffee cup.

访问: The Art of Touch

United States Eastern time on October 5, according to Reuters, insiders, Microsoft combined will be combined with other buyers to buy Yahoo. The sources said, including Providence capital (Providence Equity Partners), Hellman&Friedman (haimanfulaiman), partner at Silver Lake (Silver Lake Partners), Russia DST Global investment group and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba also intends to acquire Yahoo.

Microsoft announced on February 1, 2008 to submit to the Yahoo Board offer, $ 31 a share plan to acquire all of the issued common shares of the latter, deals worth about US $ 44.6 billion, but eventually the takeover proposal was rejected by Yahoo. Yahoo is worth less than $ 20 billion.

Microsoft and other potential buyers declined to comment.

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International speech communication Association annual meeting, held on August 29, Microsoft researchers Dong Yu and Frank Seide papers, announced on the large vocabulary speech recognition using artificial neural network achieved a major breakthrough. Existing technologies require training for speech recognition software, understanding the user’s language mode.

The ultimate goal is to provide instant use of speech recognition technology, automatic identification of a specific speaker service–free an unlimited does not need to be trained, and applies to all conditions.

Researchers noted that the growing importance of speech recognition for mobile, because the sound is a basic smartphone interface modes. Study on application of artificial neural networks for speech recognition has started as early as the end of 1980, but has not been commercial speech recognition systems use, mainly because of poor performance. Microsoft Neural network researchers in depth (deep neural network) achieving breakthroughs so that it can catch up with the most advanced on the performance of speech recognition technology.

United States Science and technology news site CNET reporter geleige·sangduowaer (Greg Sandoval) on Tuesday for the first time to visit Microsoft retail stores close range attempt to experience the software giant in the field of retail business. In his view, although Microsoft retail store service first rate, but prior to challenge Apple’s strength, there is still a long way to go. Following is the text of the article:

Microsoft retail store style similar to Apple retail stores
Compare with Apple, Microsoft’s storefront and apparent lack of popularity.

Retail business strategy

Yesterday, I first entered the Microsoft retail stores, Microsoft retail business strategy has a deeper experience. Yes, I am responsible for reporting of science and technology industry news, Microsoft is the world’s most influential software company in the test water entities of retail business two years ago, but until now I only visited one. It is not all my fault.

On the East Bank of the Mississippi River, so far none of Microsoft retail store. I’m currently living in New York, was moved to October 2009, at the earliest two months Microsoft retail store open for business – a House is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, another is located in Mission Viejo, California, the two places are hotspots area of technology.

Two years later, Microsoft still does not have a retail store in Manhattan, where competitors Sony and Apple in the retail business is booming. However, Microsoft has started. The software giant will take place next week in Virginia, Tyson corner (Tyson’s Corner) opened in the United States’s first retail store on the East Coast.

This will be the Microsoft retail store at this year’s 7th House, as well as Microsoft’s 14th retail stores. It is learnt that the Sony in the United States has 27 retail stores, Apple is up to 245. It is clear that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (Steve Ballmer) does not intend to stop the pace of retail business expansion. Microsoft retail store will debut in New York in the near future. New York is the center stage for large retailers, into the metropolis of great significance.

Very different from the service

Meanwhile, Microsoft not only has five stores in California, and four locations adjacent to Sony and Apple’s retail stores, one of outdoor shopping mall located in century city, near right next to the name “Avenue of stars” (Avenue of the Stars) Street. Yesterday afternoon, Microsoft retail stores not much passenger flow, and Sony retail stores in the vicinity is desolate, the only Apple retail stores within the crowded.

Often we hear criticism about Microsoft on retail investment, and Apple retail store services are the praise: wooden table, enthusiastic salesmen and stylish glass walls, and so on. May be it, but yesterday I experience at Apple retail stores are not pleasant. When I started to take pictures inside the store, and one Apple girl even tried to kick me out.

I reminded her that should allow me to take pictures in it, YouTube is full of customers holding goat in the Apple retail store or dance video clips. This girl is not struck, just smiled. Microsoft retail stores, but I have totally different shopping experience. Product recommender shidifu·pajinsi (Steve Perkins) is very enthusiastic, told me to shoot while walking, and he was saying these words still did not know before my CNET reporter.

Questions I asked Perkins for a Windows Mobile phone, so he started on a giant screen above the finger painting, showing the various features of this phone. The large display covering the entire retail stores near three-fourths area. At the same time, other sales personnel with the rest of the display to show Xbox games.

　　Customer loyalty

Perkins products I came to the shop area, although the design of the exhibition area signs of Apple retail stores everywhere, but the display is still to leave a deep impression. It uses touch technology, Perkins says anyone can come in from the outside, any type of meeting in the display area, or even necessarily must be associated with Microsoft products.

If someone tries to Beverly Hill market Tupperware products, what should I do? Perkins said that this person should try luck Microsoft retail stores. It is clear that to persons engaged in technology to provide a stage to display their creative, this is tantamount to a wonderful idea to attract users.

Despite this, Microsoft prior to challenge Apple’s strength, there is still a long way to go. Apple not only in number of retail stores occupy an absolute advantage, but also skeptics like Apple, Microsoft can, with accurate grasp on fashion trends, can bring a first-class shopping experience with Apple–even imitate.

The point is, consumers are often patronize the Apple retail store, is because they have fallen in love with Apple products. Copy this customer loyalty on Microsoft and Apple is a far cry from the gap.

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After today’s stock market closed, Microsoft had to announce its earnings results. This may be of most concern to Wall Street, Microsoft’s two main businesses: Windows and Office. While many users may be concerned about the search engine Bing as well as the game console Xbox. In fact, Microsoft has more business last year, Microsoft has said they have 11 product earning up to $ 1 billion. Skype will be the 12th seed, according to Microsoft’s latest earnings report and previous statements, we estimate that the annual revenues of about the strength of the company for each product:

A:System Center–server management software, database of more than US $ 1 billion which is a management company, its revenues reached $ 1 billion in the previous financial years, and Server&Tools income has increased by June 2011 for 11%.

Two:Visual Studio–software development tools, more than US $ 1 billion and System Center, Server&Tools of its income to this financial year grew by 11%

III:Dynamicsand account management-customer relationship management software, about $ 1.1 billion US $ 1.1 billion in 2010 and annual revenue of more than 1 billion, and then grew 10%, so around $ 1.1 billion.

Four:Skype-Skype-about 1.2 billion dollars in 2010 revenues reached us $ 860 million, at the rate of 40% was acquired before, so this will be the Microsoft another 1 billion dollars ‘ worth of business.

Five:SharePoint– collaboration and portals, at least $ 1.5 billion in fiscal year 2009 has reached $ 1.3 billion, while in 2010 and no growth in the number, but in many parts of the fiscal year 2011, Microsoft’s combined revenues probably increased by 2 billion, 10% of the revenue comes from SharePoint, it can reach almost $ 1.5 billion.

Six:Change Server– at least $ 2.2 billion Microsoft called this Email Server 09 financial year, revenues reached $ 2 billion, there is no increase in the 10 years, but before the fiscal year 2011 showing its revenues increased by $ 200 million, so there are at least $ 2.2 billion.

Seven:Bing’s online advertising (including Yahoo Search), MSN, and more , about 2.3 billion dollars

Eight:SQL Server– database management software, this is actually all about 30~40 billion dollars Microsoft ignore one of the most important product, many enterprises to bring the convenience in the 2007 fiscal year, its revenues reached $ 3 billion, and has been steadily increasing.

Nine:Windows Server, about $ 6 billion it is Microsoft’s third-largest individual products, amounted to us $ 5 billion in the 2007 financial year, and since then steady revenue growth, it is estimated that now has reached 6 billion.

Ten:Xbox-related businesses , about $ 8.3 billion Xbox business include manipulator, games, Xbox Live and peripheral equipment. In fiscal year 2011, Microsoft said revenue increased by $ 2.7 billion. By now almost $ 8.3 billion.

11:Office, about $ 15 billion Office products are Microsoft one of the two major sources of income.

12:Windows: Windows is Microsoft’s flagship products 19 billion dollars, over the past two fiscal years, revenues exceeded $ 19 billion, its profitability was incredible.

Steve Jobs says we are about to enter the post-PC era, PC’s place in our lives will be decreasing, while devices such as Smartphones and tablets will become increasingly important, the following is a post-PC era of Microsoft making concept video, I do not know how long will it take to become a video of our lives.

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Microsoft’s new holiday campaign began on October 16, a new advertising partner Crispin Porter+Bogusky is responsible for, advertising message is “family”. Families have two meanings, one is the unity of different Microsoft product line, the second is that these products are better able to help the family member interaction and entertainment.

New campaigns will be mainly promoting Windows, Xbox/Kinect, Windows Phone product, now Family advertising topics Web site has launched Microsoft.com/family, already includes the Sony VAIO products.

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Microsoft has decided to challenge has a long history of holographic plate technology in science fiction films, currently has shown a prototype. Microsoft it’s called HoloDesk, which screens overhead 2D images through the half silver on beam splitter is projected onto the end of the table. And between screen and beam splitter in the middle there is a camera, it will pass the facial recognition software to track user eye movements, so as to allow it to see the projected image. Plus one Kinect users freedom and projection effects can be made in the “objects” to interact.

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