Cool? Yes, We're Talk About Microsoft

Thursday, November 8, 2012 Microsoft Is Suddenly, Inexplicably 'Cool' Here's a question you probably never thought we'd be asking about the company that makes Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook: Is Microsoft getting cool? Hang onto your pocket protector, Mr. Clippy: That is at least a partial implication of new findings put out by the consumer sentiment firm YouGov, which found Microsoft's public approval rating -- its "Buzz score," in YouGov's parlance -- surging as of late. YouGov spokesman Drew Kerr said in an email that Microsoft "is experiencing one of its best consumer perception surges of the past 21 months," thanks to the positive reception of ad campaigns for the surprising Surface tablet, the ambitious Windows 8 operating system and the stalwart joke-punchline Bing search engine. This Is What Groupon Investors Look Like Right Now 7 Numbers Apple Should Be Worried About Coming To America? Patented By Apple Possible Twitter Hacking Results In Password Resets BLOG POSTS Seth Shostak: Rockets: So Old School? It seems that "rocket scientist" is a job category that's here for the long haul, like "mortician." But all this activity masks an important point: rockets are not a terribly efficient way to lift things into space. Grace Nasri: The Dark Side of Free Speech Should circumstances affect the limits of protected speech? Does the fact that New York at the time was under a state of emergency with an already devastated population, warrant a different set of rules? Heather Dugan: 11 Social Media Mistakes You Don't Even Know You're Making Navigating social media is no "one and done" endeavor. It's all fair game and enlightening information is generally available to all. Privatizing the personal is basic good sense, but consider the following tips as well. Bianca Bosker: One Election Night Seen 31 Million Ways, Thanks to Social Media Forget must-see TV: The pundits who people paid attention to were a personal mix of Facebook friends, twitterers, bloggers and vloggers, with experts like Wolf Blitzer just one voice in the din. We were each listening to more voices, but fewer of the same voices. Jordan D. Metzl, M.D.: Marathoners Aid Staten Island With Help From Social Media In just hours, social media had made it possible for us to attract interested people, share logistical details, determine their participation and what they could bring, and let them download the precise routes that they would run.

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