According to Microsoft, “nearly 10 million of you took the opportunity to test out the new site and more than 80,000 of you even took the time to tell us what you thought.” And based on that feedback, Microsoft made several changes to the site. What’s nice with the new page is at the top there’s easy one-click access to favorite Microsoft services like Outlook.com and Skype, as well as social services Facebook and Twitter.

Updated MSN Mobile Apps

The web page isn’t the only thing that’s being updated. Bing mobile apps for Windows Phone 8.1 are also getting updates including the Health & Fitness and Weather apps. Android and iOS will also be receiving new MSN versions to be launched in the near future. This is all in part to Microsoft rebranding its Bing apps to MSN apps instead. For instance, instead of Bing Finance, it will be rebranded to MSN Money.

According to the Microsoft blog post: Microsoft is making these changes to focus on its services that will be available across all mobile platforms. We should see some of that in the Windows 9 event being held later today. Say what you will about Windows 8, it appears that new Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is taking the company in a new direction and we should see a lot of interesting changes for better (or worse) over the next year. What are your thoughts on the new MSN page, the rebranding of Bing apps, and Microsoft’s focus on services? Leave a comment below and let us know. I will be leaving msn because it stinks now. just can’t leave well enough alone. Look at all the negative reviews!!!!!!!! whats wrong with you people!! Having the ability to access your most important services easily like Dropbox and Outlook. com is great. The UI is clean, and with the addition of Facebook and Twitter … I have to say this is a winner. Having removed some of the personalization features – like custom bookmark lists – also makes the site less appealing as browser start page. As you already said Brian, if you are fully invested in Microsoft’s products it may still work as start page. However, I prefer a start page like http://www.start.me where I can access all my Microsoft, Google and other products at once. Comment

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