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Microsoft Will Try Out Blog Service In Japan

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the is-there-any-more-annoying-word-than-blog dept.

theodp writes "Signaling its growing awareness of blogging as both a potential threat and a new business opportunity, Microsoft is turning to Japan to launch its first blog service and aims to have 1 million users in the first year. Not surprisingly, Microsoft's offering targets mobile bloggers, since nearly 90 percent of Japan's cell phones have Internet capability."

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  1. Best Blog Tools ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    vi
    gimp
    mozilla editor
    mozilla javascript debugger
    ftp
    spell
    perl/gcc (for cgi stuff)

  2. MS-Blog by thewldisntenuff · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I guess you can MS blog now.......IN JAPAN! :)

    I thought blogging was on the downhill slope anyway, with the problems at Orkut (the Brazlian issues, the invite style of membership).....

    TFA also talks about MS thinking that their blog should become some form of "business communication"....Bah! I'd take a press release and a PR firm over a nerd with a blog anyday ;)

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  3. 503 by TheRealMindChild · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Service Unavailable

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