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• First of Many New Live Developer Articles

  Hello fellow LiveSide readers, my name is John O'Brien. Its my second season as a Windows Live Developer/Platform MVP and I'm pleased to announce many new developer related articles in the works for your reading pleasure here at LiveSide. Today... Posted May 11 2008, 07:22 PM by John OBrien with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Virtual Earth, Gallery, Maps, Silverlight Streaming, Silverlight, Windows Live Photo Gallery, Developers

• Live Search Maps adds traffic for 3 Canadian cities

  Just in from our friends at Windows Live Chronicles , traffic info has been added for 3 Canadian cities: Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal - so now Phunky can detour around that black line near downtown. Posted Dec 18 2007, 06:09 AM by Kip Kniskern with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Maps, Live Search, Traffic

• Version 2 of the Mobile Search application released

  A new version of the Mobile Search application for Windows Mobile, Java-enabled phones and Blackberry's is now available. New features in the client application ( http://wls.live.com ) include: Movie times Traffic directions and GPS integration Cache... Posted Jul 13 2007, 12:49 AM by Chris with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Mobile, Search, Maps, Traffic

• Instant Answers adds maps and traffic info

  Do a search in Live.com or MSN.com, and as of today, if you type in an address you should get an inline interactive map as the first answer, according to the Virtual Earth / Live Maps blog . (click to enlarge) The new Instant Answers feature extends to... Posted Jun 05 2007, 04:47 AM by Kip Kniskern with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Search, Maps, Traffic

• New search site - Imagine Live Search

  A new Live Search site was brought to our attention recently (thanks Jamie), http://search.imagine-live.com /. What's obviously different is the sparse homepage, notably the lack of vertical search options, which directs the users focus to the search box and nothing else. Continue reading for screenshots and discussion of the new search site. Posted May 17 2007, 12:27 AM by Chris with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Live, Maps, Live Search

• Mix 07 Set to begin: what to expect

  Mix 07, the Microsoft sponsored web developers conference in Las Vegas begins with registration tonight and the Ray Ozzie/Scott Guthrie keynote set for 9:30 PDT tomorrow (Monday April 30). So what to expect? Well lots of news and in depth coverage of... Posted Apr 29 2007, 05:38 PM by Kip Kniskern with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: Spaces, Messenger, Maps, Livecom, Mix 07, Ray Ozzie

• 3.8 Terabytes of new stuff at Live Maps/Virtual Earth - including Birds Eye for Chicago

  A quick note posted today on the Live Maps / Virtual Earth blog announcing a major imagery release, including Birds Eye imagery for Chicago, along with "dozens of other cities, including tons of European imagery". The Live Maps guys posted a Collection... Posted Mar 30 2007, 07:58 AM by Kip Kniskern with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Virtual Earth, Maps

• Microsoft becomes even more mobile with Tellme

  Microsoft is clearly investing in more mobile technologies by announcing Thursday that they will be purchasing Tellme Networks . Founded in 1999, Tellme is a provider of voice-enabled services, which include their free service +1 800 555 TELL [8355],... Posted Mar 18 2007, 05:19 AM by Matthew with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: LiveSide, Windows Live, Microsoft, VOIP, Mobile, Maps, G2

• Live Maps traffic gadget for Windows Vista Sidebar available for download

  After blogging about this nifty Windows Vista sidebar gadget a little while back , its now available for download on Windows Live Gallery . Even though the purpose of the gadget is pretty clear, Nathan Weinberg has a detailed post describing the in-and... Posted Feb 16 2007, 10:20 AM by Chris with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Live, Windows Vista, Gadgets, Maps, Vista

• Live Maps traffic gadget for Windows Vista sidebar

  For those of you running Windows Vista, a new sidebar gadget is soon to be released that displays Live Maps traffic data on your desktop. Featuring the standard Maps features such as panning and zooming, this is a must-have if you drive frequently in... Posted Feb 04 2007, 07:21 PM by Chris with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Live, Gadgets, Maps

• Windows Live Maps imagery update

  Windows Live Maps has updated some of its imagery, adding Miami to the list of cities you can explore in 3D, as well as updating to high-res imagery for numerous other locations. To show the difference between high-res and the standard imaging, I zoomed... Posted Jan 20 2007, 12:38 PM by Chris with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Live, Virtual Earth, Maps

• What's the name of that Map thing?

  Virtual Earth? Local.live.com? Maps.live.com? It's all so confusing. We've suggested just changing the name to Maps and be done with it, and recently there have been signs that the change has occured. First, http://maps.live.com works, and doesn't resolve... Posted Nov 23 2006, 08:41 PM by Kip Kniskern with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: Live Local, Maps