We have been hard at work on Windows Live Search to create some new features that we hope our customers will love. As anyone who works on a service knows – the only real way to know if you’re successful is to run a test, and see what people think.
Well, that’s just what we’re in the process of doing. Since introducing a beta in March on Windows Live we have been experimenting with all sorts of things and now have...
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Betsynote: Joseph didn’t want to leave you hanging from his previous post about Windows Live Search being available in Windows Live Messenger...
The Web Search and News Search are available in 9 top-level markets, and Images Search is available in 3 English markets. Please enjoy it and feel free to give me your feedback. Your kindly feedback is always important and helpful.
If you have more feedback than you want to give in...
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For anyone who wants to know more about the benefits of integrating Microsoft Virtual Earth into your application, we now have a number of case studies exploring the benefits some of our customers have received from integrating the platform into their solutions.
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Microsoft Virtual Earth and Windows Live Local are live with support for Australia. The developer features include: Geo-coding and parsing for Australian addresses Aerial imagery for major Australian cities (more coverage to come) Maps and routing for major cities and highways/freeways across the country Local search results for Australia and more.
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Betsynote: Not to be outdone, Beau realized his officemate Ajay would be having a birthday…but here’s how Ajay tells it….
I’m Ajay, a graduate student from the Masters of Information Systems Management program at Carnegie Mellon; I’m a program manager intern working on Core search feature development.
Apart from getting hands on with real product feature projects, playing with some fantastic technology, and...
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We’re excited to announce that Windows Live Toolbar is not only out of beta but also packed with new features to help you find precisely what you’re looking for, surf with powerful protection and personalize your experience on the Web. Since the toolbar is an add-in to the browser, these features are ubiquitously accessible from any web page. Our hope is that Windows Live Toolbar gives you a better overall Web search experience, so try...
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I feel like I’m always expecting packages. In fact, I have been receiving a steady stream of packages for the last five months because my husband and I are remodeling our 1930 house we recently purchased.
At first it was fun, kind of like having a birthday everyday — but then it got challenging to keep track of everything that we had ordered. Using the package tracking features on the various shipping companies&rsquo...
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My name is Beau Hollis. I’m a grad student at the University of Florida, and as of today, I’m 23 years old. I’m a Program Manager Intern for Windows Live Search. I help define the user experience for the Windows Live Search page. I really love my job and my team, and of course, all the great friends I have made out here. Speaking of my friends, they all collaborated to create the ultimate...
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Betsynote: As I type this in for Jamie, it is hot. Darn hot. Too sunny-must-go-kayak-on-the-lake-hot….This is not the Seattle I know!
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Around this time of year, a lot of us here in Redmond like to spend our spare time outside. Summers are beautiful in Washington State...
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When we launched our search engine for the first time in 2005, we knew we’d be doing a bunch of catch-up. One thing customers really wanted from us that Google and Yahoo! had was HTTPS search – that is, the ability to expose non-secure areas of Web sites which were largely secure. FirstGov.gov and sicher-im-netz.de (a campaign for secure internet usage in Germany) lead the way in requesting this feature. Once we had the...
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