Take the Poll: Do You Like Microsoft’s New Logo?
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is trying to do what it can to keep Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), and whatever other competitors it has at bay. Today came the first new logo in 25 years from the…
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What is interesting is that when I typed in the Bing search bar “new Microsoft logo” the top results were news-related stories about the new logo rather than the company’s own announcement. That seems odd considering that Bing did not even give the official Microsoft logo from its own page when Bing is Microsoft’s search engine. That just seems odd that search is becoming so hyper-focused on breaking news that it would default to that.
The launch is ahead of the coming Windows 8 launch and is obviously an aim to refresh and unify its brands ahead of a key product launch. After all, the logo for the whole company has been the same for the last 25 years.
JON C. OGG
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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.
