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How Online Communications Are Closing the Generational Gap

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Today Microsoft and AARP have released the results of a research report they conducted which sought to find out how online communications and social networking are impacting family relationships.

What they found was the use of these various communications mediums significantly improved those relationships by allowing them to more easily keep in . . .

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Infographic: Shopping Online

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Based on the numbers reported over this holiday shopping season there is no doubt that folks want to make purchase online.  There are several factors that make it attractive:

No traffic No parking No crowds Great deals Saves gas Stores outside of your local area are available online and many, many . . .

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Infographic: Piracy Numbers and Stats

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You of course do not need the Internet to have piracy.  Even before our lives were filled with digital information and materials the illegal copying of information occurred on a regular basis.  The digital age has simply made it easier to do and as you can see by these numbers it . . .

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Social Media Keeps Us Social

I have been on Facebook and Twitter for a while now and I will admit I do enjoy the social (as well as the family) aspects of this brave new world.  While many say that social media is somehow isolating us from the outside world, I think it’s like any other form . . .

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Got A Complaint? Use Social Media

Social media has become more than just a place to talk with your friends, seeing who is doing what with whom and where.

Websites like Twitter and Facebook are becoming the new frontiers of modern day customer service.  You won’t find a lot of businesses using those sites for advertising, but for . . .

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Microsoft Multi Language Support via Twitter

Twitter has become a key element in many companies online support strategy and Microsoft is no different with their @MicrosoftHelps Twitter account as well as many others.

Well did you know that there are other Microsoft Twitter accounts providing similar support in other languages?

Name @MSVousAide Bio Compte Twitter officiel du Service . . .

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