With the popularity of mobility growing, people are always looking for the latest and greatest applications to do everything from check scores to finding the perfect restaurant. Microsoft is no hosting a contest for fans to introduce their very own app ideas in, Hey Windows, I need this app!

The contest is being hosted on the Brickfish, social media marketing website where participants must login to register for the contest. Following the submission guidelines, entrants can submit as many original entries as they want for review. (more…)

ICUC Moderation Services has just returned from its second BlogWell event on how big brands use social media held in Seattle, Washington on May 5, 2010. Presented by GasPedal and the Social Media Business Council, and hosted by the Microsoft Corporation at their incredible Redmond campus, in The Mixer building, attendees were certainly not disappointed. (more…)

The 2008 U.S. election saw the bold integration of social media into the electoral campaign; and the trend is spreading - however cautiously. Officials continue to ask themselves how to strike a balance between community forum and online riot without putting their community and brand at risk.

Enter ICUC. ICUC Moderation Services is pleased to announce the launch of TownHall moderation services. Allowing government officials to open discussion and question periods to the public and maintain a friendly user-experience, while obtaining important feedback, insight and reports on what your citizens want and need. (more…)

Tired of the ads you see on social networking sites? If Microsoft gets its way, soon you’ll be able to make your own ads which may be seen by all your friends. (more…)

Facebook has just made it easier for its over 350 million users to limit and protect who sees their comments, videos, photographs and other personal information by introducing more options for privacy settings this past Wednesday. (more…)

More brands are taking advantage of the short form, viral power of the microblogging site Twitter. This holiday season several brands are hoping to extend their reach with the addition of the social sharing feature. (more…)

Bayonetta is the new action packed, femme fatale video game developed for SEGA by PlatinumGames Inc., a Japanese based independent video game development company known for its stylistic and inventive artwork. Earlier this week SEGA of America, Inc. announced the launch of Bayonetta Re-Envisioned, a user-generated art contest. (more…)

Microsoft’s search engine Bing, advertised as a decision engine that finds and organizes the answers you need to make faster more informed decisions, is launching a video jingle contest. The Bing Jingle contest will make use of its new YouTube channel in hopes of finding the perfect user-generated “Bingle” from within the social network community. (more…)

Microsoft Windows is sponsoring a new show on justin.tv called PC Hook Up hosted by Christian Lander and is looking for three web filmmakers to share their own short films online. The show is all about how your digital dreams can come true with a little knowledge and the right PC. (more…)

The newly launched Bing search engine wasted no time in entering into the user-generated content (UGC) contest foray for user attention and retention. Bing is the latest incarnation of Microsoft that in the past has produced the search engines MSN and Windows Live. One purely aesthetic yet defining aspect of the Bing user interface is the constantly changing background image; it will be this image that is at the heart of the contest. (more…)