Microsoft Adds Features to Live Search Maps

We often get so caught up in what Google is doing with Google Maps that we sometimes forget there are other map services out there like Microsoft's Live Search Maps. Well, they have reminded us today with the release of a bunch of new features.

Google Helps Presenters Prioritize Questions

Google has released a tool (in beta of course) called Google Moderator to help you prioritize questions for Q&A sessions. It's hosted by the Google App Engine and lets users submit questions directed toward certain people. Then others can vote on the question's worth. Google Platform Engineer Taliver Heath talks a little bit about how the tool came to fruition:

Microsoft Introduces adCenter Learning Center

Instructions can sometimes be a little overwhelming; what comes with a new cell phone will keep you occupied for about as long as Stephen King's "The Stand."  It never hurts to have some help available, though, and so Microsoft has introduced the adCenter Learning Center.

MySpace Music Finally Shows Up!

After much anticipation and hype (a good deal coming from myself), MySpace Music has finally launched. They've got a few more friends on board as well. Besides the aforementioned Sony BMG, Universal, and Warner Bros, EMI and Sony ATV have joined the site now too.

Google Wants to Protect Old People

Google has made an effort to help educate senior citizens about online safety and privacy issues. The company has teamed up with AARP, for an online safety video series on display on the Google Privacy YouTube channel.