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purpose of the video, meanwhile, is "to spur the troops selling Office 365 against Google Apps, and specifically, Gmail," Foley adds. The video debuted during Microsoft's annual Global Exchange sales
conference last week. "The thing to remember about Microsoft MGX videos are they're just a means of revving up the sales troops," Foley writes.
Meanwhile, as Foley adds, Google has acknowledged that Gmail scans content and context of email as part of its ad system. And, thus far, there's no clear indication that privacy concerns have affected Gmail's popularly.