While social media is  increasingly becoming  popular with the growth of social networking, Microsoft Nigeria has recently hosted its 1st Blogger’s Brunch in Lagos for IT savvy Bloggers.

The Blogger’s Brunch is a quarterly forum for IT savvy blogger’s organized by Microsoft Anglophone West Africa.
The need for an interactive social media forum of this nature, the software giant said,  has become apparent as in recent years social media has become increasingly popular with the growth of social networking including blog posts, sharing of videos, pictures and information.

This has been evidenced by the rapid growth and global popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook, and video sharing sites such as YouTube.

The Blogger’s Brunch, was specifically tailored and designed as an interactive forum for Nigerian Bloggers, IT savvy social media enthusiasts and Microsoft, to share concepts, tools and experiences on blogging in Nigeria.

Ngozi Ife Anene, PR and Communications Lead, Microsoft Anglophone West Africa, who hosted the Blogger’s Brunch, said “Social media uses web_based technologies to turn communications into interactive dialogues. As technology leaders, Microsoft recognizes blogging as major medium for web_based communications and this is one way of bringing the major players together.”

At the event, Wale Olokodana, Technical Account Manager Microsoft Anglophone West Africa gave a presentation on Windows 7 and the recently released Internet Explorer 9. “Internet Explorer 9 is designed to be the most trusted browser because it has a robust set of built_in security, privacy, and reliability technologies that keep users safer online”, he said.

He added that IE-9 takes advantage of the power of modern PC hardware to improve web browsing performance.