Microsoft to turn Semblio educational application into a service

Microsoft Semblio. You may never have heard of this Microsoft educational-software add-in/toolset that was codenamed “Grava.” But some of my readers had. In fact, some were tinkering with the Semblio software development kit, investigating ways they could use it to extend Office with educational content.
Suddenly, the dedicated Semblio Web page on Microsoft’s site disappeared. The Semblio SDK download is still available. But it seemed Microsoft had decided to nix the product, one of my readers said, with no warning or fanfare.
It turns out Microsoft hasn’t killed Semblio. Instead, it’s turning the Semblio software into a service. Here’s the response I received from a Microsoft spokesperson when I asked about Semblio’s whereabouts:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=5905