Poll: Jazzed-up Microsoft is cooler than before

A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that just under half of 853 respondents between the age of 18 and 29 thought Microsoft is cooler now than it was a year or two ago.

The software maker, often derided in Silicon Valley for failing to dream up products that captivate a new generation of social media and mobile savvy consumers, managed to pip Facebook Inc in the survey - only 42% of young adults thought the world's largest social network is cooler now than in the past. Twitter scored 47%, below Microsoft's 50%.