Live Search Maps Update – 3D maps for Firefox, RSS collections, reviews and more!

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Hi all,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">This is no April Fool’s joke ;)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>;<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>the Live Search team has just released a </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><A class="" href="http://virtualearth.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2BBC66E99FDCDB98!8495.entry" mce_href="http://virtualearth.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2BBC66E99FDCDB98!8495.entry">dozen new enhancements</A> for its Live Search Maps service available at <A class="" href="http://maps.live.com/" mce_href="http://maps.live.com">maps.live.com</A>!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Firefox users now have their own plug-in to use 3-D!</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> Customers complained; we listened. Zooming around the virtual landscape is not just for Internet Explorer Users any more; users of Firefox 1.5 or later can click on the 3D button at <A href="http://maps.live.com/" mce_href="http://maps.live.com/">http://maps.live.com/</A> and will be prompted to download and install the plug-in.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Get updates to your favorite collections via RSS!</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> Say you’ve got one friend who is the designated “foodie” of your gang, who keeps you up to date on the latest places to eat around the city.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Before, you had to go to back the specific link that friend sent you, to get information about their updates. Now you can just subscribe via RSS and be notified on your desktop of the latest places to chow. And with <A href="http://virtualearth.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2BBC66E99FDCDB98!8457.entry" mce_href="http://virtualearth.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2BBC66E99FDCDB98!8457.entry"><FONT color=#800080>new</FONT></A> <A href="http://virtualearth.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2BBC66E99FDCDB98!8457.entry" mce_href="http://virtualearth.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2BBC66E99FDCDB98!8457.entry"><FONT color=#800080>cities</FONT></A> being added to the Live Maps site, you have even more locations to choose from!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">See new ratings and reviews for businesses!</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>On detail pages for each business, you can now browse or input your own ratings and reviews for that business. Some businesses may have additional reviews from <A class="" href="http://www.judysbook.com/" mce_href="http://www.judysbook.com">Judysbook.com</A> and <A class="" href="http://www.citysearch.com/" mce_href="http://www.citysearch.com">citysearch.com</A>. Sign in to your Windows Live ID and contribute your own review of any business by clicking the ‘Write Review’ button. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Find out more on the Live Search Maps team <A class="" href="http://virtualearth.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2BBC66E99FDCDB98!8495.entry" mce_href="http://virtualearth.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2BBC66E99FDCDB98!8495.entry">blog post!</A> </SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Betsy Aoki</SPAN></st1:PersonName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">, Live Search<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2014868" width="1" height="1">