dev.live.com Sample: Start a Party
This sample uses the Windows Live Contacts Gadget beta and Virtual Earth
together to illustrate the sophisticated functionality you can build into a
mashup. This sample enables you to map your contacts, choose a place to meet,
and send customized driving directions in e-mail to each of your contacts.
Microsoft is a service provider for one of the world’s largest virtual social
networks - Windows Live Contacts. This mashup uses the Windows Live Contacts
gadget beta and Virtual Earth together. The core functionality of this mashup
was built in about two days; a full week of work can create a very interesting
mashup.
dev.live.com Sample: Search
Sample that demonstrates integrating MSN Search APIs for Web site search
capabilities.
Adding search capabilities to a Web site can be daunting—Complex problems
such as indexing, relevance logic, and hosting issues such as CPU and storage
can all be difficult issues to solve. As a potential solution to these issues,
Microsoft offers Web site developers the ability to implement the MSN Search
Service on their sites. This article explains how site search capabilities were
implemented for dev.live.com, and at the same time offers a starting point for
you to add site search to your Web site.
