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by Manan Kakkar, the Next Web

Microsoft, in a rather surprising announcement said that they will be moving all Windows Live Spaces accounts to WordPress.com. Windows Live Spaces was the only Live service that did not undergo any updates in the latest refresh. While intriguing, moving to WordPress instead wasn’t exactly on top of our minds. Microsoft’s online initiatives were always made fun of until lately. While Google has been figuring out social layers with projects like Buzz, Wave and Orkut, Microsoft decided to be a social aggregator for its Windows Live users.

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