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My Top 1 (yes, ONE) Prediction for 2011

Posted 29 December 2010 | By | Categories: Industry News, Marketing, Social Media | 1,087 Comments

Yes, it’s that time of year again when the pundits come out of the woodwork to make their “Top 10″ lists of predictions for the following year, so I figured I would throw my hat in the ring… with a twist. Since the social web has greatly reduced our attention spans, I’ve decided to trim [...]

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Goodbye, IE6… May the Social Web Rise from Your Ashes

Posted 25 February 2010 | By | Categories: Industry News, Technology | 217 Comments

To say the developers here at Affinitive (and around the world) are happy to see Microsoft’s decade old web browser finally go away is a big understatement. Over the last several years there have been many people advocating for “death to Internet Explorer 6.” But in the last couple of months, several things have come around to finally give IE6 the push out the door.

Microsoft’s New “Retail” Gamble

Microsoft’s New “Retail” Gamble

Posted 15 January 2009 | By | Categories: Industry News, Technology | 1,022 Comments

Following hot on the heels of Apple’s retail store success, Microsoft announced today that they are opening their first “Retail Experience Center”, a brick and mortar home for consumers to  “build connected shopping experiences and consumer loyalty, improve business insights and decision making, create operational efficiencies,” and ultimately, “address rising consumer expectation and competitive pressures [...]