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    (See more on Ozzie’s three-screen vision here.) It also sounds like the reorganization is meant to focus the impact of social computing research more immediately on the company’s product pipeline. "FUSE Labs will bring more coherence and capability to those advanced development projects where they’re already actively collaborating with product groups to help them succeed with ‘leapfrog’ efforts ... Working closely with [Microsoft Research] and across our divisions, the lab will prioritize efforts where its capabilities can be applied to areas where the company’s extant missions, structures, tempo or risk might otherwise cause us to miss a material threat or opportunity." Gregory T. Huang is the Editor of Xconomy Seattle. Full Article at Xconomy
    FUSE Labs will bring more coherence and capability to those advanced development projects where they’re already actively collaborating with product groups to help them succeed with ‘leapfrog’ efforts ... Working closely with [Microsoft Research] and across our divisions, the lab will prioritize efforts where its capabilities can be applied to areas where the company’s extant missions, structures, tempo or risk might otherwise cause us to miss a material threat or opportunity.
    Ray Ozzie – Ray Ozzie SOURCE: Xconomy 1 month ago
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Memo from Ray Ozzie: New Lab Will Use Social Computing to Strengthen Microsoft Products
  1. The three groups being combined have concrete skills and code in areas where ‘social’ meets sharing; where ‘social’ meets real-time; where ‘social’ meets media; where ‘social’ meets search; where ‘social’ meets the cloud plus three screens and a world of devices
    SOURCE: Xconomy 1 month ago
  2. I’ve known Lili for many years, and have long been impressed by her vision and ability to create; to engage yet to also inspire; to lead; to make tough choices; to deliver
    Ray Ozzie – Ray Ozzie SOURCE: Xconomy 1 month ago

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