I’ve spent a lot of time on airplanes in the past few weeks. All that thinking about flights got me thinking about trying new things: new foods, new hotels, new smells in taxi cabs. That got me thinking about how we try new things in search. And...

Thinking about your summer travel plans? Debating between the beach, the city, or a combination of both? Live Search and Virtual Earth are here to help make the decision a bit easier. Yesterday, Virtual Earth released new imagery for more than 1 million...

April showers bring May flowers, and May 2 nd brings the Run for the Roses, also known as the annual Kentucky Derby. For those not heading to Churchill Downs for “the most exciting two minutes in sports,” we’re bringing the results to...

We launched Live Search 411 (1-800-CALL-411 or 1-800-225-5411) in October 2007, and since then have been rolling out new features that have helped our users in all kinds of ways. There’s Business Search to find that restaurant where your friends...

  The cherry blossoms are blooming, the birds are chirping, the sun is out, and searches for Derek Jeter have tripled since last week. That’s right sports fans. Baseball season is in full swing and fans are taking to the Internet to get their fantasy...

Today, countries all around the globe unite to observe Earth Day , a day designated nearly 40 years ago to inspire awareness of and appreciation for our environment. Despite this long tradition, according to a study from MSN , being green still isn't...

Stefan here, sitting in the Sheraton in Munich for a few days Europe-side to talk about Live Search. First up tomorrow I’ll be meeting with our Search Technology Center team here in Munich (they focus on relevance), and then we’re hosting...

To bring you the best of Live Search and cashback, we’ve launched an improved cashback Shopping site. The new site unifies Live Search Products (the shopping vertical within Live Search) and cashback to make it easier for you to research, compare...

The Live Search team, in partnership with the awesome Gnomedex conference, is sponsoring a developer contest called Code for Green that we hope will make a difference to the economy (Green = Money) and the Earth’s ecology (Green = Environment) long...

OFFICIAL RULES COMMON TERMS USED IN THESE RULES: These are the official rules that govern how the Microsoft “Will Code for Green” contest will operate (“Contest”). In these rules, “we” “our” and “us”...

Welcome back, dear viewers. This week we get down and dirty with one of the guys who helps understand what all you crazy searchers are really doing on the tubes. Turns out there are differences between what we say we want in search and what we actually...

Looking for a reason to visit Silicon Valley and enjoy the sunshine ? The Powerset division of Live Search is helping to coordinate the following event: PAWS Meetup: The Semantic Demo Session Sponsored by Microsoft April 14 th 6:30 p.m.- 9 p.m. in Microsoft’s...

It’s a proud day for us here at Live Search. We are finally unveiling our long-awaited, updated and ready-for-today’s-internet new brand: MSN Windows Live Search on kumo@microsoft.com . We’ve done lots of customer research on each component of the new...