The successor to Microsoft's MSN Spaces blogging service launched this week with an assortment of new features for its users.
Yet another MSN property has had the MSN name removed and replaced with the Windows Live moniker. posted his opinion of the new Friends feature:
The new friends integration is the real hotness, allowing users to define their relationships and see more information about the people who matter most. The friends module shows Messenger presence and status messages and adds a "gleam" next to any contact with a recently updated space. Friends lists are browsable within a Spaces web page as well as within that contact's mini-profile (contact card) within Messenger.
Microsoft also added its created a video tour of Spaces to demonstrate its features. The changes made to Spaces that he demonstrated show the service is not just a name change or enhancement, but an enhanced entrant into the social networking market.
Considering the millions of Messenger users Microsoft has, and the hooks Spaces provides for integrating with that service, Spaces could pick up a lot of curious interest with this update. If Spaces can retain those users, it will give Microsoft a boost on the advertising side due to the prominent placement of ads atop Spaces pages.
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