Expo API enthusiasts:

 

We recently released a cool little update to our API that makes it MUCH easier to search for listings and filter by location.  You can now search for listings by any combination of City, State or Zip code using a new method, ListingsByCategoryKeywordLocation_V2.  We'll do the work of converting to lat/longs for you!

 

Check out the changes on our MSDN article here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb246473.aspx

 

As usual, please post a comment here if you've got a cool new mashup using our stuff.

 

Cheers,

 

Samir

Team Expo

We open with the band in a crowded garage. The band is getting ready to rehearse “Zero Friction”. There’s too much stuff in there, it’s hard for them to move and play. They need to get rid of that stuff, that friction, so they can play.  As they play, one piece at a time, they start zapping things out of the room. They zap these items around the garage with lasers from their guitars and drumsticks. The items they are zapping then appear on the bottom of the screen where they scroll with a price tag and continue across the bottom on black or a simple color bar...

 

 

 

Team Expo partnered with the Presidents of the USA and the MercyCorps to raise money for global communities recovering from war or social upheaval.  The Presidents have created a new world-premiere video based on their new song, “Zero Friction” with the help of Windows Live Expo.  Every item featured in the video will be available on Live Expo for sale.  All proceeds from the sales will benefit MercyCorps.

Every item sold on Windows Live Expo will directly benefit MercyCorps.  Since 1979, Mercy Corps has provided $1 billion in assistance to people in 82 nations.  Likewise, since 1983, Microsoft and its employees have donated more than $2.5 billion to charities.

 

Find Project Zero Friction
The video and listings will be hosted on MSN.com, MSN Video, Windows Live Spaces, and Windows Live Expo starting the afternoon of October 19th.  Consumers watch the video for free, view the band’s blog, find photos of the making of the video, and purchase items found in the video at www.projectzerofriction.com.

 

MercyCorps
Mercy Corps works amid disasters, conflicts, chronic poverty and instability to unleash the potential of people who can win against nearly impossible odds. Supported by headquarters offices in North America, Europe, and Asia, the agency's unified global programs employ 3,200 staff worldwide and reach nearly 10 million people in more than 40 countries.

 

Presidents of the USA
The Presidents of the United States of America have release 9 albums since 1995.  The Presidents of the United States of America went double platinum, rocketed all the way to #6 on Billboard’s Top 200 Album Chart, produced three Top 40 hits (“Lump,” “Kitty” and “Peaches”) and a #1 single on Billboard’s Modern Rock Chart, and garnered two Grammy nominations and a gaggle of critical praise for its sense of pop savvy and quirkiness.  View their Space at http://presusa.spaces.live.com

 

Other thanks go to Gogi Design, Phil Holden Photography, and the crazy but talented folks at Wexley School for Girls.