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This was one of my most enjoyable talks with the team that brings you Live.com.  This time, we dove into the User Experience and User Interface—topics I am personally intrigued by. Have you ever wondered how we make our decisions?  What we do to optimize speed and efficiency? …

Believe it or not, Search is a relatively new technology.  You probably perform a few searches a day… how satisfied are you with the results? Stefan and I sat down with Martin, a Senior Product Manager on the Search team, to find out the process for improving search and where things may be…

You asked to go deeper, we listened.  Stefan and I met with Roopali from the Live Search team. We had a high-level discussion about the 2nd Pillar in project “Silk Road”: the Live Search API 2.0.  This is the very same back end used for some little known websites… like Facebook,…

About to click “buy it now” in eBay? Wait! Before you do so, did you know that if you do a search on Live.com that results in a sponsored link click-through to eBay, you can get 25% off the item you purchase if it’s a Buy-it-now auction? To get this deal, just go to www.live.com and do a web…

If you’re a user of the experimental Firefox add-on called Ubiquity, then you’ll want to go check out the new command available from Powerset for performing Live Search queries. In case you don’t know,Ubiquity lets you interact with your browser using a command-line interface and natural…

The folks over on LiveSide have announced some coming changes to the popular online mapping service, Live Search Maps. To begin, the two search boxes have been combined into one box and moved over to the left with the links to search Businesses, People, Collections, and Locations below it. The links…

Want to get all the details on your favorite celebrity? Live Search's Celebrity search results combine top content into a single, interactive answer, providing content from images, video, movies, bios, and more. The celebrity's xRank is also intergrated into the results to provide a…

A must-have for Windows Mobile users is the Live Search app for mobile devices. If you need to search for a place, get directions, or find what else is in the area, Live Search for Windows Mobile can really be a lifesaver. After installation, to use Live Search, you just click on the Live Search…

On Monday, Live Search 411 was officially launched. This voice-activated local search service lets you do local searches right from your phone just by speaking. To use the service, call 1-800-CALL-411 (1-800-225-5411) from any phone in the U.S. and say where you are and what you are looking for.…

OK, so you don't have a Windows Mobile device. Like many busy professionals, your mobile device of choice is a Blackberry. But now, that doesn't mean that you have to miss out on having Windows Live Search on your phone! With the recent introduction of Live Search for Blackberry (beta), you, too,…