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Windows Live increases staff by 40%

Microsoft released earnings yesterday in a rise of 11 percent in revenue and operating income. What's interesting, and both Todd Bishop and Mary Jo Foley point out, is that buried in the 10Q is the fact that online services profit fell because of a 40% increase in headcount, as well as data-center...

Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Matthew on 10-27-2006
A new era of advertising from Microsoft

At Advertising Week 2006 in New York, Microsoft is set to unveil a new unified global advertising initiative. Under Digital Advertising Solutions , advertisers will be able to more easily reach customers by packaging Microsoft's products, including Xbox, MSN, Windows Live, Office, Windows Mobile...

Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Matthew on 09-26-2006
MSN's Strategic Account Summit Day 2

We've just finished the first session this morning at MSN's Strategic Account Summit, here's a summary of what we saw: - MSN's AdCenter is being extended to cover Microsoft as a whole , giving advertisers access to services such as Xbox.com, Windows Live, Office Live and Microsoft TV...

Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Chris on 05-04-2006
MSN adCenter: May update, June launch

Presumably timed to coincide with this year's MSN Strategic Account Summit, this May MSN's adCenter will roll out a major update to the public. AdCenter is MSN's easy to use online advertising platform. AdCenter helps advertisers to strategize, plan, and place their ads on the right search...

Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Harrison Hoffman on 04-30-2006
LiveSide invades Redmond

This coming week (May 1-5) the LiveSide staff will be making the pilgrimage to Microsoft's stronghold, Redmond, WA. Unfortunately Brandon will not be able to take the trip this week because of work obligations. Matthew and Kip will be attending the MSN Butterfly Tour on Monday and Tuesday, while...

Posted to LiveSide - News blog (Weblog) by Harrison Hoffman on 04-26-2006