MSN Spaces: Simple Blogs For Ordinary People

Microsoft Press Release 03/12/04

The MSN Spaces beta version is a free service available in 14 languages and 26 markets worldwide. MSN Spaces was designed to make it easy for consumers to create and maintain a personal web site, bringing the power and benefits of blogging to millions of Internet users, regardless of their level of technical expertise.

More than a blogging tool, MSN Spaces is a dynamic online scrapbook where people can share their lives, their views, photo albums, personal music lists and more. MSN Spaces is more than an ordinary personal web site, through integration with MSN Messenger and MSN Hotmail. Most will discover MSN Spaces through MSN Messengers new feature where contacts will automatically be notified when a persons Space has been updated - their contact will gleam so his or her online community knows when it is time to visit their friends Space. People can sign up for MSN Spaces through MSN Messenger or by going to http://spaces.msn.com Key features of the service include the following:

Use pictures and music to say more. MSN Spaces enables consumers to easily display their pictures via a photo album slide show. Consumers can easily share playlists through their Space with Microsoft Windows Media technologies (requires Microsoft Windows Media player 9 or above with just two clicks, people can sample or purchase a song on someones play list through MSN Music.

• Make it your own. 15 custom backgrounds and five layout templates give consumers a way to quickly customise and personalise their Space.
• Post remote updates. Consumers can post updates to their Space remotely via e-mail or mobile phone
• Create an extension of yourself. Contact Cards a new addition to MSN Messenger and Hotmail are windows into a consumers Space, mirroring its look and the most recent information posted.
• Control your Space. Consumers can choose the people who visit their Space through three levels of permissions: public, MSN Messenger contacts only or private.

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