Microsoft Corp is getting ready to unveil a long-anticipated free anti-virus service for personal computers that will compete with products sold by Symantec Corp and McAfee Inc.
A Microsoft spokesman said on Wednesday that the world’s biggest software maker is testing an early version of the product with its own employees. Microsoft would “soon” make a trial version, or product beta, available via its website, he added, but declined to provide a specific date.
Symantec shares fell 0.5 percent on Nasdaq and McAfee fell 1.3 percent on the New York Stock Exchange, while Microsoft was up 2.1 percent. The Nasdaq composite index was down 0.47 percent.
Filed under Microsoft by Jinnat Ul Hasan
Till today, Microsoft’s advertising war was limited with only Apple, now they are going to declare a new war against the mighty GOOGLE!
There was a rumor that Microsoft’s new search engine might be called as Kumo.com. But in a news post, media website AdAge said, that Microsoft may decide to call their search engine ‘Bing’ and they are preparing a huge sum for its advertisement. According to them, for all services last year Google spent only $25m whereas Microsoft is planning to spend around $80m to $100m to gain a respective chunk of the pie from search engine market. Internet, radio, TV and printing media will be involved in the all out campaign.
Filed under Microsoft, Search Engines by Jinnat Ul Hasan
I’ve a problem – I can’t see same desktop wallpaper for long. I’ve to change it in at least every 2/3 weeks. But the real problem arises when I can find a nice wallpaper but can’t find suitable size. Sometimes resizing image may lose it’s quality.
However, this problem can be solved by Google Advanced Image Search. Google Image Search automatically finds your desktop resolution and search only suitable sized image for your desktop.
Filed under Google by Jinnat Ul Hasan
I was waiting for an appropriate time to ask Jacob Fonderson, my boss to fund my participation in Search Marketing Expo London 2009. Last evening, I tried my luck and I got my funding. Yahoooooooooo!
I just registered for the conference. While registering, I saw an option of type promotional coupon. So I searched in Google and found DPUK09 for the conference. It cut off 15% of the Two Day Pass and I registered for £756.50 instead of £890 which was great!
I’m really excited about the conference. All the big names in SEO, SEM, Internet Marketing world will be joining the SMX London. I’ve not decided the sessions I will attend, will try to mix both Search Issues and Paid Search sessions.
Filed under Uncategorized by Jinnat Ul Hasan
To Plan or Not to Plan…It’s Not Even a Question!
Because they usually need leads as soon as possible, companies are often tempted to launch their marketing campaigns in a hurry. But while it might seem a longer path to put together a well thought-out marketing plan, the consequences of not planning could seriously damage the marketing budget and effectiveness. The planning phase doesn’t have to take months, and in fact, a focused team can probably finalize a marketing plan in two to four weeks. The time invested upfront will be rewarded through the implementation and launch of all future marketing campaigns.
Here are a few guidelines for putting a marketing plan together and the elements that a marketing team should take in consideration when developing this helpful tool.
Filed under Marketing by Huguette Marsicano
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