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03/16/2010

Business & Technology | Starbucks stock climbs as analyst lifts rating | Seattle Times Newspaper

This is the story that ran in The Seattle Times print paper today.

LAS VEGAS -- To woo developers to build applications for its upcoming mobile phone, Microsoft scattered technology catnip throughout the MIX tech conference Monday -- Twitter, Netflix, Foursquare and, finally, a cannon.

In Monday's keynote presentation at the company's conference for Web developers, Microsoft rolled a cannon on stage, piloted remotely by a prototype Windows Phone, then shot red shirts into the audience of 1,000-plus.

In February, Microsoft announced the Windows Phone 7 Series, a high-end device to compete with Apple's iPhone and other smartphones.

Windows Phone isn't expected to go on sale until the holiday shopping season, but Microsoft continued its pep rally for it in the hopes that developers will populate the world with apps to rival the wide world of iPhone apps.


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