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Sococo Offers A Virtual View for Office Workers

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 15, 2010 at 11:21 am PT

Technology is helpful at work. But sometimes the best thing is to just stand up and peer over your cubicle to see who’s at their desk, who’s on the phone and who’s in a meeting. Sococo tries to simulate that experience–even for people who aren’t in the same office.

Organizing Your Web Life in One Place

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on December 16, 2008 at 6:06 pm PT

Katie reviews Windows Live, Microsoft’s Web-based attempt to consolidate many of the regular activities you perform on the Internet: sharing photos on Flickr, emailing via Hotmail, posting status updates on Facebook, following tweets on Twitter, sending instant messages on Google Chat and keeping a calendar on Apple’s MobileMe.

Microsoft Officially Facebooks, Oops, Socializes, Windows Live Internet Services

Kara Swisher in News on November 12, 2008 at 9:00 pm PT

Microsoft officially rolled out its next version of its Windows Live Services tonight, with a heavy emphasis on socializing its online offerings and giving users better tools to share all sorts of information from across the Web within them. Microsoft said the changes–similar to those made by Yahoo and AOL recently–would “begin rolling out to customers in the U.S. over the coming weeks and will be made available globally in 54 countries and in 48 languages by early 2009.” You might call this the “Facebooking” of Windows Live, which is the brand name for Microsoft’s communications and other related online services aimed at consumers, especially because the much anticipated changes also include a new profile and a “What’s New” feed.

Leopard: Faster, Easier Than Vista

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on October 25, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Apple’s new version of OS X, called Leopard, builds on Apple’s quality advantage over Windows, says Walt Mossberg. Leopard is better and faster than Vista, with a set of new features that make Macs even easier to use.