I was away for two days this week so I didn’t have a chance to blog about this up until now, but it seems like Windows Live Expo has now launched out of Beta in the US and at the same time is going into Beta internally in the UK.

This new release includes some of the following exciting features:

• New Look – A brand new look & feel for the site which includes the official Windows Live look and integration, accessibility, scaling, and easier to use.
• Comments on a listing Similar to comments on a blog; this feature will allow users to discuss issues in the soapbox area or ask the seller for more details about an item.
• APIs Developers can now access all of our listings using a variety of parameters in order to create cool mash-ups (such as http://www.blockrocker.com/). Full details about the API are available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnlive/html/winliveexpo.asp
• Driving directions Users can now easily get driving directions to whatever listing they are viewing (courtesy of our friends at Live Local) by simply clicking a button.

This new release can be found at: http://expo.live.com

Don’t forget put your mouse cursor over the Windows Live orb as some people still don’t know what happens!

Via: Windows Live Expo Team Blog