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More iPhone Apps from Microsoft Could be a Good Idea

Silicon Alley Insider's Dan Frommer makes a good point in a recent article that Microsoft should be working on iPhone apps as a hedge bet if nothing else to a) have a more substantial brand presence on fastest growing mobile software platform and b) grow its mobile ad platform...not to mention the fact that they still rule the Office space and mini apps would support the millions who use them.

Frommer outlines possible Microsoft iPhone apps which include:

* Office micro apps, so the millions of people who still read and create Word, Excel, and PowerPoint docs can do this from their iPhone. This should sync to Microsoft's new online Office. (And what about the Apple tablet? Won't that need Word, too?)
    * Zune music subscription player.
    * Bing. Why not? Google has a search app.
    * Games, like an iPhone version of Halo and throwback favorites like Minesweeper and SkiFree.


I for one would love to see a Bing, Halo or mini Word iPhone app.

Tell us which ones you'd like to see in comments.

Google Docs soon to be publicly searchable

According to a Google blog post last week, the company will soon enable public search access to 'public' Google Docs.   Good idea, right?

Internet Usage Study Confirms Shift Toward Content over Communication

Back in 2003, email communications took up about 50% of the time users spent online each month. Content consumption is now moving close to that 50% mark as email slides downward.

Facebook More Popular than Twitter and Email for Sharing Content

So, which platform is the most popular for sharing content?  We gave you a bit of a head start with our title but here's another tip -- it's not email.

According to AddtoAny, which makes a popular "Share This" widget, Facebook takes the cake with nearly a quarter of all content sharing (24%) with Yahoo-dom coming in second with 14% (includes Yahoo, delicious, Yahoo Bookmarks, Yahoo Buzz, Yahoo Messenger).

Socialtext Appliance Brings Twitter-like Microblogging to the Enterprise

Private Twitter-like services - also known as microblogging -  are now available for the enterprise in a new offering from Socialtext.

3 Questions to Ponder on Google Chrome OS

Last week's Google Chrome OS announcement solicited a lot of virtual ink and had many in the blogosphere wondering aloud if Microsoft (or any other OS like Apple) should begin evacuating their headquarters for higher ground. 

Hey, we're the first to admit we're always a little intrigued by news from the Googleplex.  Still, these predictions notwithstanding, it seems there is value in looking at a few questions to determine what the Chrome OS announcement could mean.

Feeling Job Crunch, Teenagers Turn to the Web for Work

"...When Faith Borden, 16, of Metuchen, N.J., applied for a job in March to be a counselor at a summer day camp, she looked around and saw "all these 30- and 40-year-olds," she said. "Usually it's just teenagers..."

Nokia's Ovi App Store has Rocky Start

There is little doubt that Nokia -- the once clear leader of the wireless world -- has felt the sting of Apple's iPhone. To counter Cupertino's advances, the Finnish firm launched Ovi, its' answer to the Apple App Store.

Google Uses Custom Tricycle for Street Views

To help get the Street View images in those locations hard to reach by car, the Google Maps team now has a kicked-up tricycle -- loaded with 7 or 8 cameras and all the gear needed to manage all the pics of houses and unsuspecting drivers (and pets).

Apple closing in on 1 billion apps for iPhone, iPod Touch

Apple's App Store is on a roll, as indicated by their new countdown web page launched today. Currently showing 928 million and counting, Apple will award its one-billionth download with lots of goodies.

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