Microsoft's MSN redesign seems less like Metro, more like Google's cards

With the redesign of its MSN site, Microsoft has adopted a card-based motif that represents a departure from the colorful tiles of Windows 8--and a big move toward the look and feel of its most formidable contender, Google. And if Microsoft redesigned MSN for a "mobile-first, cloud-first" world, as it claims, it sure didn't include Windows Phone. It's hard to believe that MSN, which was released in conjunction with Windows 95, is almost 20 years old. Microsoft claims millions of people visit the...