Microsoft has launched a new version of its popular news and entertainment portal – MSN UK.
Following in the footsteps of the U.S. and Brazil, the new site features a simple design that integrates content from Facebook, Twitter and MSN’s Video Player service. MSN UK also includes the new butterfly logo to keep it more up to date with its American counterpart.
Link – www.msn.co.uk
Today is an exciting milestone for MSN. We are beginning the launch of our new homepage to our customers in the U.S. The new MSN homepage cuts through the clutter with a clean, new design and offers search, news, local and social networking – all in one place. We encourage you to try the new homepage today and learn more about the many cool features.
So we just shipped a preview of the first major redesign of the MSN Homepage in a long, long time. Check it out at http://preview.msn.com/. I’m very proud of my team’s effort to get this out. They worked many long hours, evenings, and weekends the last few months to get this to the state it currently is in. They are a great team.
Link – http://blogs.msdn.com/ronlo/archive/2009/11/04/new-msn-homepage-preview.aspx
A trademark application filed earlier this month has quietly revealed a new logo for Microsoft’s online content brand MSN and, presumably, also its many regional subsidiaries.
Unfortunately with only a black and white preview to work with, it’s not fair to judge the new logo just yet but its obvious it still retains the now iconic butterfly which was actually not that well received when it debuted in early 2000. And like many recent logo redesigns, this too seems to be all about simplifying the elements with the body of the butterfly removed and wings rounded off to roughly stretched ellipses.
Link – http://www.istartedsomething.com/20091028/say-hello-new-msn-butterfly-logo/
