On Tuesday Microsoft let go 3,000 employees,the second wave of a promised 5000 person cut announced earlier this year. While no products were removed from the product line,one with implications for location-based services is under review:MSN Direct. That’s an FM data service used to send traffic,weather and other real time data to GPS receivers (from many vendors) and the less-than-successful SmartWatch.
The official statement on MSN Direct:
While the group was impacted by yesterday’s job eliminations,they will continue to maintain the current MSN Direct service and invest in developing a low cost receiver for multiple devices.