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10 Must Attend Events for the New Year!

Kayt Racz — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:01:35 +0000

Looking for some great events where you can learn and network in the New Year? Look no further, as we’re hosting a variety of events to help you stay connected in 2012. For a complete listing of events, please click here or follow along via RSS. 1.) Kinect User Group (1/23, 6:30pm) Join us for the soft launch of the Kinect user group! We’re looking forward to hearing your ideas and feedback to help influence our future meetups, including the [...]

Gearing up for FutureM

Paul Coebergh — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:13:32 +0000

For the 2nd year running we are thrilled with the opportunity to serve as platinum sponsor for FutureM kicking off next Monday, September 12th, 2011. Microsoft is supporting FutureM by contributing speakers, and also serving as host venue for 10 FutureM events. We will be leading two marketing innovation sessions featuring Stefan Weitz (Director of Bing Search), and Ginny Musante (Director of Marketing Xbox LIVE Advertising Business). In addition, NERD will host events covering such topics as Gen-Y, geo location, [...]

Boston Area Game Companies – Strong Showing at Gamescom

Walter Somol — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:57:17 +0000

Our local game companies had strong showings last week at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. Gamescom is one of the largest video game conferences in the world, measured by number of attendees. Like E3, Gamescom has a few days where only industry people are allowed to attend. It then opens up to the public, like PAX, for a few days and draws in huge crowds. It’s an extremely important show for game companies to showcase upcoming content, announce release dates, show off new features and [...]

Startup Weekend Boston

Abby Fichtner — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:16:09 +0000

Over 130 people – half techies, half business folks – converged on NERD this weekend to start their own companies, have fun & make a difference. Friday night, 50 of them stood up and pitched their ideas in quick 60 second spots, interrupted only for a quick game of multiplayer rock-paper-scissors. Pitches ran the gamut from gamifying entrepreneurship to games to solve the world’s biggest problems. From help with dating to help finding babysitters. Helping investors forecast small company returns [...]

Future of the Web and Search: An Evening with Microsoft Online Services Division President Qi Lu

Sara Spalding — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:54:25 +0000

On Wednesday, May 11th we will be hosting a special event with Xconomy focused on the Future of the Web and Search. Join us for an evening with Microsoft Online Services Division President Qi Lu as he sits down with Xconomy’s Boston Editor Greg Huang to field questions from you—the users and shapers of the future of the Web. Dr. Lu will provide his perspective on where the web is heading, how Microsoft is helping to shape it, and how search will be transformed. As president of Microsoft's Online Services Division (OSD), Dr. Qi Lu leads Microsoft’s online advertising efforts, across search (Bing), portal (MSN), mobile, and the broader advertising platforms and services. [...]

Congratulations to MassChallenge on partnership with White House Startup America Campaign

Paul Coebergh — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:33:45 +0000

Today, the White House is kicking off a brand new initiative called Startup America to celebrate and fuel entrepreneurship across our nation. Startup America is a coordinated effort among innovative entrepreneurs, corporations, universities, foundations, and federal agencies to “inspire and empower an ever greater diversity of communities and individuals to build great American companies”. At Microsoft we are proud to take part in this new campaign through our continued investment and support of MassChallenge which is being recognized this morning [...]

Learn More Faster: TechStars for a Day

Abby Fichtner — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:35:09 +0000

We were super excited to host TechStars for a Day in Boston which treated a few early bird applicants to a one-day minicamp of a day in the life of TechStars. We wanted to share a piece of that experience with you… Bill Warner (TechStars Mentor who helped bring TS to Boston), Katie Rae (Managing Director, TS Boston), David Cohen (TS Founder) Katie Rae, Managing Director for TechStars Boston, and David Cohen, TechStar’s Founder & CEO, were joined by mentors [...]

Individuals Make the Difference – Celebrating Innovation Month in New England!

Gus — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:28:51 +0000

Welcome to Innovation Month in New England!! In case you’re wondering what this month is all about, it’s a grassroots effort designed to bring our community together to celebrate New England and our greater Boston Tech Hub as an amazing place for innovation. Today, we’re officially a week into Innovation Month in New England, and wow – what a great start to this effort! This past week alone we had Angel Boot Camp, TechStars pitch night, MITX awards, Mass Innovation [...]

NERD is Expanding in Kendall Square!

Sara Spalding — Tue, 25 May 2010 13:15:32 +0000

When we opened the Microsoft New England Research & Development Center in September of 2007, we knew this would be the first of many steps in our journey to build a world class R&D center right here in Massachusetts. And what a journey it has been! NERD is now a bustling vertical campus with 10 R&D teams focused on some of Microsoft’s most strategic products and investments. During the past year we have welcomed more than 25,000 members of the community to our campus to learn, network, and collaborate.

Bobsledding in Cambridge

Dan Bernhardt — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:51:00 +0000

My name is Dan Bernhardt. I’m a technical writer on the App-V team at the Microsoft New England R&D Center. I’m responsible for creating user documentation as well as other tools to help IT administrators get their jobs done. When I’m not writing I enjoy running and coaching youth soccer. Recently, I spent two wonderful mornings helping out at the Boston Museum of Science with National Engineers Week. Working with a group of volunteers from companies such as IBM, Google, [...]