It is an exciting week in Redmond. Not only are we starting to see signs of Spring )and hopefully the end of Winter rains!(, we are welcoming agency and marketing leaders from around the world to our corporate campus for Imagine 2011: The Marketing Leadership Summit . Weve gathered some of the most creative minds in marketing, academia, entertainment,

While attending the Consumer Electronics Show )CES( earlier this month, I was struck by the wide range of people in attendance and how that has changed in the four years I have been attending. Historically CES has attracted the techies those involved in equipment manufacturing or supporting innovations in software. And this year, there were certainly plenty of offerings to satisfy people looking for that next shiny object, including several Windows 7 PC laptops,

While attending the Consumer Electronics Show )CES( earlier this month, I was struck by the wide range of people in attendance and how that has changed in the four years I have been attending. Historically CES has attracted the techies those involved in equipment manufacturing or supporting innovations in software. And this year, there were certainly plenty of offerings to satisfy people looking for that next shiny object, including several Windows 7 PC laptops,

Today at the Monaco Media Forum in Monte Carlo, I had a chance to keynote a session on Going Mobile that outlined how innovative technologies can help advertisers reach quickly moving consumers. In this new world, where everything is a screen and a conduit for content, the marketing opportunities on mobile devices are endless. Take our exciting new Windows Phone 7, which just hit the U.S. market on Monday and Europe a few weeks ago.

We are thrilled to share that our own global head of ad sales, Carolyn Everson, has been chosen for FORTUNE Magazine's second annual 40 Under 40 list of most influential people in business! Carolyn joins the ranks of movers and shakers this year including Marc Andreessen, Mark Zuckerberg and LeBron James. Check out the list now at www.fortune.com/40under40 and in the November issue on newsstands next week. Carolyn joined us just about four months ago,