Abstract: Techniques for detecting one or more focus areas of a user and structuring activities and content around the focus area(s) are disclosed. The activities of a user, the people associated with the activities, and/or the content associated with the activities are automatically inferred or detected based on the channels of collaboration associated with the focus area(s). Example channels of collaboration include, but are not limited to, electronic mail, instant messages, documents, and in-person and online meetings. Some or all of the activities, people, and/or content are grouped into one or more focus areas, where a focus area relates to an endeavor in which the user focuses on over a period of time. Some or all of the focus areas are presented to the user.

Abstract: Technology is disclosed for controlling the processing and presentation of group data on computing devices to provide improved computing applications, electronic communications, and user computing experiences. Data indicating a group of people may be programmatically determined or inferred, such as from the user activity of a particular user. Group data characterizing the group of people may be generated and contextualized or personalized for the user based on a user context or intent. Aspects of the contextualized group data may be provided to the user in response to an interaction with an indication of the group or group member. The group data may be provided as a set of group information items, and further may be formatted or assembled for presentation based on the user context, and/or may be consumed by a computing application or service to provide an improved user computing experience.

Abstract: Techniques for detecting one or more focus areas of a user and structuring activities and content around the focus area(s) are disclosed. The activities of a user, the people associated with the activities, and/or the content associated with the activities are automatically inferred or detected based on the channels of collaboration associated with the focus area(s). Example channels of collaboration include, but are not limited to, electronic mail, instant messages, documents, and in-person and online meetings. Some or all of the activities, people, and/or content are grouped into one or more focus areas, where a focus area relates to an endeavor in which the user focuses on over a period of time. Some or all of the focus areas are presented to the user.