Music, for instance, offers Zune Xbox Music Pass subscribers quick links to new releases, a top 100 playlist and popular music videos.

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In addition, Microsoft showed an update to Bing Maps that enables indoor search, such as within shopping malls, and a Google Goggles-like service called Bing Vision that lets users scan products like books to find quick links to product reviews, prices and vendors.

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In addition, Acer Aspire One netbooks are the ideal device for the millions of people who are using the latest social networking platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, to give them a quick and easy way to post updates, send tweets, view and respond to video links, and stay connected.

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