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Corporations Hiring Their Own Reporters
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| A year ago, I was fascinated by the news that Miller Brewing Company had
| hired its own journalist to create a news blog all about beer. It wasn't just
| about Miller, but about the overall beer/brewing market.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090804/0138035763.shtml
GreyGeek - Subject: Astroturfing in the talkbacks? ( Aug 4, 2009, 18:50:13 )
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| There appears to be an individual making comments and adding "facts" not in
| the article in defense of Apple. The posts have all the earmarks of Apple
| Astroturfing.
|
| Has Apple adopted Microsoft's techniques, demonstrated by MS "Technical
| Evangelists"?
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-08-04-021-35-NW-AP-0000
Recent:
Carphone Warehouse is now sending spam to ask for blog spam.
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| This just arrived and appears genuine. Carphone Warehouse are (a) sending
| spam (b) to request blog spam. I suggest not dealing with them, cancelling
| existing contracts with them, and telling them why.
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http://davidgerard.co.uk/notes/2009/07/13/carphone-warehouse-is-now-sending-spam-to-ask-for-blog-spam/
Fake bloggers soon to be 'named and shamed'
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| From December 31, when the change becomes law in the UK, they
| can be named and shamed by trading standards or taken to court.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1361968.ece
Microsoft Tweets About Impending Zune News, Office 2010
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| Microsoft is hinting that a new Zune offering could be coming next month.
|
| Through a new Twitter account, @officethemovie, the company said Monday
| afternoon that "June 2009 will be an important month for Zune users."
| Microsoft's Zune MP3 player is the vendor's answer to the Apple iPod.
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http://www.crn.com/software/217400384;jsessionid=GSGAPL3CJDNNAQSNDLOSKH0CJUNN2JVN
Officethemovie â One to keep an eye on?
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| Having looked at the account, IMO theres certainly room for suspicion and the
| account may be of interest to people who dont like the idea of FUD being
| spread at the expense of alternative to Microsoft products.
|
| What makes me suspicious is the fact that at the time of writing this they
| follow no people.
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http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/officethemovie-one-to-keep-an-eye-on/
Microsoft on Twitter! Flanakin Microwalker on Windows 7!
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| As regulars here are aware, in between commenting on tech issues, I do like
| to challenge comments which I think need clarity at the very least. Heres
| Flanakin hes a senior development consultant for Microsoft and would like to
| tell you a few things about Windows 7:
|
| âwowâ the polish on Win7 RC is absolutely beautifulâ some small things are
| astoundingly better than the betaâ
|
| ârepaving my oldest machine with Win7 RCâ
|
| and whats the spec of this old PC? Two months old is it?
|
| [...]
|
| So I decided to give Flanakin Microwalkerâs site a visit.
| http://michaelflanakin.com/ heres a snippet of what he has to say there:
|
| âIâm an open source advocate, when it makes sense, and have a strong software
| engineering and architecture background.â
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http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2009/05/03/microsoft-on-twitter-flanakin-microwalker-on-windows-7/
A strange one on Twitter - Or is it?
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| For your enjoyment, heres a selection of their âgems of wisdomâ from Twitter:
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| âStock Tips of the day. MSFT is releasing a new Xbox, Windows 7, cloud
| computing. Buy in now before the stock goes up! Way up!â
|
| âMicrosoft Stores to Include Games, Xbox Goodies, and Software! Investors
| love this! A hot BUY op!â
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| âShow your support for #Microsoft by buying MSFT stocks.â
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| âSecret tech stock that you must own right now. MSFT (#Microsoft)â
|
| âIâm buying MSFT stocks right now. My analysts forecast it at $24.â
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http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/a-strange-one-on-twitter-or-is-it/
Microsoft + Federated Media + Twitter = ExecTweets
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| I was curious if there was more to the ExecTweets site than met the eye. Was
| Microsoft just paying for advertising/marketing mentions on Twitter?
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2344
Microsoft's PR agency releases Twitter trend-tracking tool
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| A growing number of Softies are Twittering these days, as are members of
| Microsoftâs primary public-relations firm, Waggener Edstrom.
|
| Like many tech PR firms, WaggEd also monitors religiously Twitter trends
| involving its biggest client. On March 11, WaggEd went beyond simply
| monitoring tweets: It introduced a beta version of a software tool for
| monitoring and analyzing them.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2282
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