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Microsoft interns to get Windows Phones, courtesy Steve Ballmer
Yes, in fact, Steve Ballmer did promise that Microsoft's interns will get Windows Phone 7 devices, on him. It sounded sketchy at first, but we've been able to independently confirm the story, first reported by Gizmodo earlier this week.
The site quoted an anonymous "intern tipster" who said the CEO made the promise in response to a question an event with the interns, when asked whether they would get new Windows Phones like the company's employees are.
"Recruiting doesn't have the budget, but I do. So, Yes!" he said, according to the site.
No word on how many phones or how much money that translates into, or how the giveaway will work. But it's clearly a lot, with Ballmer reportedly calling it "the most expensive last question I've ever had."
Today's must-read story is this Wall Street Journal investigative piece on the way websites and third-party marketers track and profile users based on their web browsing. Bellevue-based BlueKai's CEO, Omar Tawakol, is quoted in the story. (More background on BlueKai in this previous TechFlash story.) The Journal's investigation puts a spotlight on the activities of sites including Microsoft's MSN.com portal.
Microsoft Research this week showed off a project called "Street Slide" that takes a different approach from Google's Street View by stitching together street-level pictures into a horizontal panorama, rather than making it look as if they're being viewed from inside a bubble. The project was presented at the SIGGRAPH 2010 conference. Read the paper and watch a video demo here. CNet News.com has more details.
Microsoft will formally oppose the proposed partnership between Google and Yahoo Japan, and present evidence to Japanese regulators, a company representative tells Business Insider. Microsoft had previously spoken out against the deal but not gone so far as to say it would formally oppose it. Yahoo Japan is an affiliate of Yahoo Inc., but not a wholly owned subsidiary, which gives it the freedom to operate outside of Yahoo's separate search and advertising partnership with Microsoft in the U.S. and elsewhere.
And finally, Microsoft's Ballmer this week told Wall Street analysts that a location in Bellevue Square mall will be among its next wave of retail stores, confirming news that we reported here in May. No specific date was given. Microsoft also is planning new stores in Oakbrook Center near Chicago, and the Mall of America in Minneapolis. Those three will join existing stores in Denver, San Diego, Mission Viejo and Scottsdale, giving Microsoft a total of seven.
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