Microsoft announces launch of Windows Live Local Next week

Erik Jorgensen, general manager for MSN search announced at the Kelsey GRoup Interactive Local media conference that they are launching Windows Live Local next week.WIndows live will have features that the users can interact with more.Example : show all the favorite restaurants in a town. From Erik's speech it looks like he already has his mother's arroval as a user. WIndows Live also can be integrated to the Messenger so two people talking on MSN's messenger platfrom can look at a map and talk about the locations and the services available in the location. See more at Greg Sterling of the Kelsey Group