Windows Live Services released from beta
Microsoft also announced that Live Search will now power the Web search capability on MSN, the company’s media and entertainment portal, attracting more than 465m users worldwide per month.
“Among other changes, Live Search will include improved ways to refine a search engine query so a user can better differentiate whether they are searching, for, say, the jaguar animal, the car or Apple Computer’s operating system,” says Christopher Payne, corporate vice-president of Live Search at Microsoft.
Extensive feedback and ongoing testing of each beta service has led to marked improvements in the user interface and the overall customer experience, he adds. These Windows Live milestones are said to represent the first of several more to come this year that will demonstrate Microsoft’s commitment to building and delivering services that bring new levels of control and personalisation to the Web experience.
By using Live.com as their personal search home page, South African customers can harness the power of Live Search to find, customise and track news, images, video, RSS feeds and blogs across the Web, the company says.
Live Local Search, available initially in the UK and the US only, is designed to offer increased availability of bird’s-eye imagery, improved mobile integration and functionality, and other user interface improvements and customisation tools.
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