<s>
Tafiti	B-Application
was	O
an	O
animated	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
launched	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
Corp	O
.	O
and	O
TrappsInteractive	O
to	O
showcase	O
the	O
Silverlight	B-Application
animation	O
and	O
video	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Tafiti	B-Application
comes	O
from	O
the	O
Swahili	O
word	O
meaning	O
to	O
"	O
do	O
research	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Tafiti	B-Application
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
was	O
a	O
project	O
driven	O
by	O
the	O
Platform	O
Incubation	O
team	O
in	O
Microsoft	O
as	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
promote	O
next	O
generation	O
search	O
concepts	O
and	O
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
Silverlight	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Live	B-Application
Search	I-Application
API	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tafiti	B-Application
incorporated	O
visuals	O
with	O
common	O
web	B-Application
searches	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tafiti	B-Application
also	O
offered	O
a	O
"	O
tree	O
view	O
,	O
"	O
with	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
displayed	O
as	O
branches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
Tafiti	B-Application
Website	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
said	O
the	O
service	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
"	O
Help	O
people	O
use	O
the	O
web	O
for	O
research	O
projects	O
that	O
span	O
multiple	O
search	O
queries	O
and	O
sessions	O
by	O
helping	O
visualize	O
,	O
store	O
,	O
and	O
share	O
research	O
results.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Tafiti	B-Application
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
2009	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Bing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Source	O
code	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2008	O
on	O
CodePlex	B-Protocol
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	O
Live	O
Quick	O
Apps	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
