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Live Search 2.0 rolls out

Following the recent changes to Ask.com and the introduction of Google Universal it's no surprise that Microsoft is updating its Live Search interface. The image below shows the old style 'live search' which we are all so familiar with:

However, following the proposed changes the new interface will include images, news, video etc and look like this:

As is the case with these updates the roll-out is beginning stateside and will be coming to the UK very soon.

Note: Images kindly supplied by Akram Hussein, Program Manager - Windows Live Platform

Dantherm Launches News2Blog site

We have been working closely with one of our new clients Dantherm Air Handling during the past few weeks to create a new site (freshairbuiltin) for their leading heat recovery ventilation systems Elite and DVX500. These domestic systems have been exclusively developed to deliver a healthy environment to modern apartments and homes whilst meeting the stringent requirements of British builders.

We have also launched a new News2Blog site for Dantherm which will provide a focus

for company news and updates whilst also providing expert commentary and reviews of key industry events.

Microblogging

It appears that blogging is now 'old skool' and has been superseded by 'microblogging'.

Microblogging is described on wikepedia as;

"a form of blogging that lets you write brief text updates (usually less than 200 characters)about your life on the go and send them to friends and interested observers via text messaging, instant messaging(IM), email or the web."

One of the leading suppliers of microblogging services is Twitter,  which has been described as part blog, part social networking site and part cell phone/IM tool. With a  limit of 140 characters per post, user updates are naturally short and to the point. Topics are wide and varied including the obvious daily life (what I'm doing right now) through to current events, news and other stories.

Whilst still pretty much an evolving technology, microblogging has already been the subject of some interesting research: "Why we Twitter: Understanding Microblogging" from the University of Maryland and NEC Laboratories. The research makes for interesting reading and helps shed some light on this emerging trend including categorising different types of microblogger and discussing their motivations.