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The Microsoft Blog: Microsoft rolls out redesigned MSN
ReadWriteWeb: The New MSN: Will More White Space and Local News Make You Visit It?
The Seattle Times: Microsoft Pri0: Microsoft's MSN gets a makeover -- and how
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MSN skifter drakt! Når brukte du msn.com sist? http://bit.ly/LVuZZ 28 hours ago |
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@olaj Du kan köra den redan nu, http://www.msn.com/preview.aspx 2 days ago |
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あらぁ、またこれはクリーンな。RT @shinojapan: MSNの次期サイト構想？プレビューページ発見 http://bit.ly/4o5wla 4 days ago |
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exys69 To tell you the truth, i hate this new version.
Microsoft rolls out redesigned MSN
The Microsoft Blog —
Spurred by the ever-changing ways in which people use the Internet, Microsoft has unveiled a completely redesigned MSN home page. [image] The popular Web portal is moving away from its more traditional format of a "link mall," as MSN senior director Lisa Gurry said, and going with a more simplistic design. Available for preview at 9 p.m. Tuesday and rolling out Wednesday to 10 percent of MSN's audience, the new site has half as many blue links, features tabbed browsing and integrates with Facebook and Twitter. "Our goal really was focused on making it a simple, clear and fast ...
The New MSN: Will More White Space and Local News Make You Visit It?
ReadWriteWeb —
... The company plans to roll this redesign out slowly over the next few weeks - though all users will be able to switch to the new site through a link on the old homepage. ...
Microsoft's MSN gets a makeover -- and how
The Seattle Times: Microsoft Pri0 —
... A preview of the redesign is going public Wednesday at http://preview.msn.com. The expectation is that it will go live sometime in the first quarter of 2010. ...
MSN.com gets new look in US
LiveSide - Windows Live news and interviews —
... in the US.
Visse had some interesting statistics to pass along, saying that MSN is the top global info site with over 600 million unique visitors a month, the number one site in 25 markets, and that 45% of Bing traffic comes from MSN. MSN plans to focus on some key growing trends: local, video, social networking, and search:
Microsoft announced the new MSN in a press release tonite, and you can take a look at the new site at MSN.com/preview while it rolls out across the country. ...
Microsoft Previews a Cleaner, More Social MSN Portal
Search Engine Journal —
... The new site design will be rolled out to all U.S. users starting in 2010. But you can preview it right now at http://www.msn.com/preview.aspx. ...
Microsoft overhauls MSN home page
TG Daily - All News —
Microsoft is giving its MSN home page a revamp, with a new, more open look and integrated Facebook and Twitter feeds. The new MSN home page The new beta version can be seen here , and marks the first major change for years. The main difference is the lack of clutter - more than half the links in the previous version have gone. Instead, there are five main drop-down menus covering entertainment, news, sports, lifestyle and finance. “Now is the time to clean up the mess on the Web — people need less clutter and less hassle to find what matters most to them,” said Erik Jorgensen, ...
MSN.com gets its first major redesign in a decade
Download Squad —
... , Microsoft's search, news and services portal page, hasn't weathered the years well. Tweaking the same basic design for a decade left it far behind the times in terms of design and usability. With today's clean, whitespace-friendly, reimagining of MSN.com, Microsoft ditches the spectre of MSN search and delivers a site that's a little more worthy of showcasing the company's new search hotness, Bing. ...
MSN hits refresh button
Geek In Disguise —
... Wow…I love the look of the new MSN homepage. You can check out the preview now. Very cool to see Twitter and Facebook integration and a clean, new logo. ...
Remodeling brings MSN portal up to code
GMSV —
... , which had not had a significant facelift in 10 years. The results can be seen in a preview of the homepage now being gradually rolled out ...
New MSN Homepage Launching
I4U News —
... reports that the new page has started rolling out now. Microsoft's goal is to give roughly 10% of of their user base access to the new page by the time 2010 rolls around. At that point, the updated homepage will be available to all US customers, with a worldwide release to follow. If you just can't wait to see what's new with MSN, a preview page is available here. My immediate impression of the new page is that there is quite a lot of white space. Bing has been integrated into the page, and on the lower right hand side you can see a hotmail and a Windows Live toolbar. The ...
MSN Shows Off New Homepage
AppScout —
... Microsoft is in the process of rolling out the page to all of its users, in the meantime, eager parties can check out a preview over at http://www.msn.com/preview.aspx. ...
Microsoft Unveils Big Redesign of MSN
WebProNews Feed —
... The Bing integration with the new MSN is deeper. It's now used as the core search technology throughout the home page in areas like shopping, travel, and local. It is also used as a way to highlight hot topics, trends, and people.
There is a clean integration of social networks like Facebook and Twitter, as well as Microsoft's own Windows Live "What's New," which aggregates up to 50 web activities from various places like Yelp, Flickr, Pandora, etc.
"Customers told us they want the latest information from their favorite ...
News Bits: Apple Exceeds 100K Apps
Contentinople: —
... creating." Apple also said downloads from the App Store are "well over 2 billion." In other news: MSN debuted its new home page last night with less clutter, fewer links, and not so much blue. The redesign -- amazingly, the first major upgrade to the page in TEN YEARS -- allows users to access Facebook and Twitter information and, of course, provides plenty of Bing. Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) is rolling out the redesign over time , but you can see it now here . Canadian company Cookie Jar Entertainment has launched Jaroo.com , a sort of ...
"(Local content) is the number one unmet need online."
Lost Remote —
“(Local content) is the number one unmet need online.” > - Lisa Gurry, senior director at MSN, commenting about the brand new MSN.com, which includes prominent integration of local news, weather, events and traffic.
Microsoft Previews Their New MSN Site
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP —
... wants and needs .
I signed up for the freebie Hotmail account, which provided me with a live.com email address. Though 5GB of space limits what a user can do, for the casual user it is sufficient. After viewing the site and what it offers, it has a long way to go in order to compete with what Google offers for iGoogle users. IMHO.
But take a look at the new site and see what you think. Share your thoughts with us.
Comments as always are welcome.
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Remains of the Day: Comcast's New Internet Throttling Plans Edition [For What It's Worth]
Lifehacker —
[image] MSN.com gets its first serious makeover in years (and you can preview it), the iTunes App Store officially gives you over 100,000 apps to choose from, and Comcast gives throttling your internet connection another go. The Madeover MSN.com Preview MSN.com is one of the most popular sites on the internet (that's what happens when you're the most popular operating system's default browser's default homepage), and after years of the same old blue, they're switching things up a bit, integrating with Twitter and Facebook, among other things. [MSN] ...
Remains of the Day: MSN.com: Extreme Makeover Edition [For What It's Worth]
Lifehacker —
[image] MSN.com gets its first serious makeover in years (and you can preview it), the iTunes App Store officially gives you over 100,000 apps to choose from, and another update for Mozilla Weave. The Madeover MSN.com Preview MSN.com is one of the most popular sites on the internet (that's what happens when you're the most popular operating system's default browser's default homepage), and after years of the same old blue, they're switching things up a bit, integrating with Twitter and Facebook, among other things. [MSN] ...
The New MSN Page is Sleeker and Simpler
Maximum PC all RSS Feed —
... There is an online preview of the new layout and the first thing you will notice is that much of the clutter is gone; there is a new sleek design with a spiffy new logo. They have simplified the navigation and content links above the fold as well as integrated Bing search onto the page. Further, they have implemented connections to Microsoft’s new social networking friends: Facebook and Twitter. ...
MSN changes the butterfly
VentureBeat —
... MSN’s new home page, which you can see at preview.msn.com, is the first one that doesn’t look like it was designed by Microsoft. The new page has the same cheery look and feel as the Bing search box that perches at its top, waiting to grab your next search away from Google. ...
Bing Video hits UK beta
Techradar - All the latest technology news —
... "Now, MSN is more committed to video than ever. With in-line, high-quality video integrated into its new MSN homepage, immersive video integrated through-out the MSN network, and with multiple links to the new Bing Videos experience." ...
