16 Facts About MSN Mobile

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Current website and suite of apps offered by MSN Mobile was first introduced by Microsoft in 2014 as part of a complete redesign and relaunch.

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MSN Mobile is based in the United States and offers international versions of its portal for dozens of countries around the world.

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3.

In 2012, MSN Mobile announced on its blog that it would be unveiling a new version of the MSN Mobile.

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4.

Many of MSN Mobile's services were reorganized in 2005 and 2006 under a new brand name that Microsoft championed at the time, Windows Live.

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5.

Some other services, such as MSN Mobile Direct, remained a part of the MSN Mobile family without transitioning to Windows Live.

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6.

MSN Mobile became primarily an online content provider of news, entertainment, and common interest topics through its web portal, MSN Mobile.

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7.

Much of the existing content on MSN Mobile was eliminated as the website was simplified into a new home page and categories, some of which have corresponding apps:.

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8.

The redesign of MSN Mobile proved positive and helped increase traffic with an additional 10 million daily visitors after two months.

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9.

MSN Mobile web-based apps provides users information from sources that publish to MSN Mobile.

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10.

MSN Mobile Money allows users to set up lists of stocks to watch, follow certain corporations and receive stock updates, get the latest headlines regarding stock markets, view real-time trading figures with a 30-minute delay, track their own personal finances, calculate mortgages, get information on commodities and bonds, and convert currency.

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11.

MSN Mobile Esports is a Bing intelligence AI curated webpage for the growing esports industry.

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12.

MSN Mobile Sports displayed various sports scores and standings from hundreds of leagues around the world, as well as aggregated sports-related articles and news headlines.

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13.

MSN Mobile Travel was a travel search engine that allows users to book hotels and flights, aggregates travel-related headlines, and offers detailed information about thousands of travel destinations.

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14.

MSN Mobile Travel was the only app in the suite that was exclusive to Windows.

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15.

The original MSN Mobile software was preloaded on many cell phones and PDAs, and usually provided access to legacy MSN services like blogs, email, instant messaging, and web search .

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16.

However, MSN Mobile has offered various international versions of its portal since its inception in 1995 for dozens of countries around the world.

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