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- Bing Maps Beta: Very cool, but limited
- Microsoft engineers should get a pat on the back from the suits at Microsoft HQ shown here: Bing Maps Beta is cool.(Credit: Screenshot by Tom Krazit/CNET)SAN FRANCISCO--Microsoft's Bing took a major step forward Wednesday in adding rich mapping and image data to its search engine, but until it assembles more...
- News items 2009-12-03
- Microsoft Bing Maps: Now With Draggable Routes and Embeddable Maps
- Microsoft just released a major update to Bing Maps . Bing Maps now offers draggable routes that are computed dynamically, a zoom bar, embeddable maps, smarter command parsing and a redesigned interface. The new version of Bing Maps also loads faster. Microsoft now hosts the service...
- News items 2009-11-10
- Microsoft outs Silverlight-powered Bing Maps
- Microsoft has launched a new Silverlight-powered Bing Maps into beta testing this month, in an attempt to better what is already on offer from Google Maps. The new Silverlight version of Bing Maps offers a bunch of new features that Microsoft refers to as "spatial search" – although...
- News items 2009-12-03
- Microsoft Gives Bing Maps A Much-Needed Facelift
- Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is plugging a hole in its online portfolio. The company is announcing a remake of Bing Maps, which is getting new “Streetside” images to match Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Maps’ own Streetview, along with a new app platform. With the platform, Bing Maps users can see Tweets...
- External links 2009-12-02
- Bing Introduces 3D Photosynth Maps [Exclusive]
- In an effort to beat Google at mapping, Microsoft Bing will use crowd-sourced photos to create a 3D virtual worlds in its Maps application, the company has told FastCompany.com. The 3D models will eventually be knitted into Bing Maps' existing aerial and street-views...
- News items 2009-12-02
- Microsoft's Bing tries to leapfrog Google Maps
- IDG News Service - Microsoft is taking aim at one of Google's most popular services, Google Maps, with a richer version of its own online mapping service that was released in beta on Wednesday. The new Bing Maps service uses Microsoft's Silverlight multimedia technology to provide a smoother way to...
- News items 2009-12-02
- Microsoft Releases Bing App for iPhone
- Microsoft launched a Bing App for iPhone on Dec. 16, with similar functionality to its Bing for Windows Mobile application. The Bing App for iPhone allows users to voice search, see local businesses and other points of interest, and receive walking or driving directions. Despite its own branded moves in...
- News items 2009-12-16
- Microsoft launches Streetside maps and improves its search engine
- First the good news. It looks like Google has got itself a decent rival in Microsoft's Bing search service. Today Microsoft unveiled a string of new features for its newish search engine and launched a series of shiny new updates for its mapping service. Overall it was pretty impressive and...
- News items 2009-12-03
- Microsoft enhances Bing with Wolfram Alpha support
- Microsoft is partnering with search rival Wolfram Alpha and rolling out a number of revamps to its Bing portal in an effort to better compete with market leader Google. The news follows Microsoft's recent search deals with Facebook and Twitter and comes as research shows Bing’s share of the...
- Articles 2009-11-11
- Navteq to capture images for Bing’s street-level maps
- Navteq will capture the images for Microsoft’s street-level update to its Bing Maps service. Microsoft recently reaffirmed its business partnership with Navteq in a bid to improve the 3D elements in Bing Maps. Microsoft will supply Navteq with cameras, which will be fitted to its research cars and used...
- Articles 2009-12-07
- Bing getting a fall refresh
- Unlike when you stand over your coworker's desk, Microsoft's Bing search engine actually works better when you hover.One of the key features of the would-be rival to Google is that when you hover to the right of a result, you can get a preview of what to expect. As part...
- News items 2009-11-11
- Bing fall update announced: Wolfram|Alpha, weather, more
- Hot on the heels of the updates to Bing Maps, Videos, and Reference, Bing made some more announcements today, as part of a "major release", to be rolled out over the coming weeks. Most noticeable is the announcement of a partnership with Wolfram|Alpha to use their APIs...
- News items 2009-11-11
- Bing beta brings bling to maps
- Not to be outdone by Google's Street View, Microsoft is adding Streetside to Bing Maps. Other changes increase the attractiveness of Microsoft's map site, providing you don't have a philosophical objection to Silverlight.
- News items 2009-12-02
- Microsoft brings Bing to iPhone, RedLaser tops $1M in revenue
- By Slash LanePublished: 01:05 PM EST Related AppleInsider articles:Apple reveals best-selling iTunes content,...Web search statistics show Bing stagnant,...Google to have larger iPhone ad presence with...Windows 7 tops Vista software sales, lags...Bing's share of search less than Safari's...Microsoft's search engine, Bing, now has its own application on the App Store that...
- News items 2009-12-16
- Do you want Bing for iPhone? There's an app for that
- By Joe Wilcox , Betanews Earlier this evening, Microsoft formerly announced a new search app for iPhone on the Bing Community blog . The Bing app is available now from the App Store, complete with voice search. I emphasize the now because the...
- News items 2009-12-16
- AOL's MapQuest Fights Back With Street-View Images
- Better late than never? AOL-owned MapQuest has finally added street view images, two-and-a-half years after Google (NSDQ: GOOG) first added similar images to Google Maps. Google has been able to take advantage of that head start, along with other unique features, to surpass MapQuest’s once large lead in the...
- External links 2009-12-14
- Microsoft launches redesigned map search
- SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. is releasing an updated version of its mapping service with street-level views and new "apps" that tack on tweets, traffic and other location-specific data. (Msnbc.com is a joint venture between Microsoft and NBC Universal.) The new version of Bing Maps, released Wednesday in a "beta" test...
- News items 2009-12-02
- Bing for Mobile Adds Optimized Interface and Real-Time Data
- Today the Bing team announced some new updates to Bing for mobile . Although m.bing.com has always offered a mobile-optimized way to do local searches and view maps, the updates integrate some of Bing's killer features . Some of the new...
- News items 2009-10-30
- Microsoft's Bing app debuts on iPhone
- Microsoft's feisty little search service, Bing, has finally made an iPhone app, which is now up on the Apple iTunes app store.Bing showed off the free app at a party thrown by its mobile team in San Francisco on Tuesday night. Information about the new app is also now on...
- News items 2009-12-15
- What Real-time Means for Google's Competitors
- With the announcement of Google real-time search , the world's most popular search engine has thrown down the gauntlet in a battle it was already winning. Clearly recognizing the threat that the instantaneous nature of Facebook and Twitter represented, Google was smart to sign search deals with...
- News items 2009-12-07
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