Linda Buquet
12-02-2004, 06:32 PM
MSN Launches Blog Service with IM Ties
This looks very interesting and I think will take blogs a lot further into the mainstream public's eye.
"MSN began rolling out its Weblog service late on Wednesday in a move likely to rattle the still-emerging market for blog-creation tools.
With the new service, called MSN Spaces, Microsoft Corp's Internet division is closely tying blogging into its MSN Messenger instant-messaging service and Hotmail e-mail service while targeting a mass audience.
MSN Spaces also expands beyond text-based blogging into what MSN is dubbing an "online scrapbook." Users can post digital photos, upload audio and video play lists from Windows Media, and create custom lists of favorites such as restaurant recommendations, said Phil Holden, director of MSN Global Business."
Read the rest then come back to discuss:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1734396,00.asp
This looks very interesting and I think will take blogs a lot further into the mainstream public's eye.
"MSN began rolling out its Weblog service late on Wednesday in a move likely to rattle the still-emerging market for blog-creation tools.
With the new service, called MSN Spaces, Microsoft Corp's Internet division is closely tying blogging into its MSN Messenger instant-messaging service and Hotmail e-mail service while targeting a mass audience.
MSN Spaces also expands beyond text-based blogging into what MSN is dubbing an "online scrapbook." Users can post digital photos, upload audio and video play lists from Windows Media, and create custom lists of favorites such as restaurant recommendations, said Phil Holden, director of MSN Global Business."
Read the rest then come back to discuss:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1734396,00.asp