After I read Hoonmo's post on Facebook and Privacy, I came accross this video and thought to share it with you all. The video is a parody on Gmail and introduces a character called Gmail Man who is accused by Microsoft of invading the privacy of its users. It highlights some gaffes made by Google when they snoop through the emails and wrongly connects words and then displays an ad to the consumer that is inappropriate. The online world seems to think that this video has been released by Microsoft in order to promote their new software Office 365. So far Microsoft has not claimed ownership of the video. Regardless of whether they did or did not create the video, the video has already gone viral and seems to be doing an amazing job at Digital marketing for Office 365 while simultaneously making Google seem like an intruder in our private lives. The video link is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrkAuwaoFGg&feature=player_embedded
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Here is Google's "response" that has Microsoft running:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE1il5znICA&feature=player_embedded
Google is bragging that over 100,000 "interventions were sent out witin the first 24 hours. They also point out that Microsoft's ad is misleading because Google Apps for Business lets users turn off the ads.
It looks like Microsoft and Google are battling out for email share using effective viral marketing.
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