For all intents and purposes, Bing Maps Beta, which went live Wednesday, is uncannily similar to Google Maps, but distinguishes itself with a few innovative tweaks. For one, there's Bing's Streetside, ...

In an effort to beat Google at mapping, Microsoft Bing will use crowd-sourced photos to create a 3-D virtual worlds in its Maps application, the company has told FastCompany.com. The 3-D models will ...

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 data, pretty pictures aren't enough to beat ...

Microsoft has released a new beta of the map function inside its Bing “decision engine.” After only a few minutes with the Bing Maps beta, just like Microsoft promises, I was able to make a decision: ...

Bing Maps is not as widely used as some other mapping services like Google Maps, but Microsoft’s still investing resources into it in order to develop new features. Today, for instance, the company ...

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Microsoft has some new ammunition in its battle against rival Google: geolocation service Foursquare. The Redmond, Wash.-based company's Bing Maps tool will soon feature tips and comments from the ...

Microsoft has had a collection of mapping tools and assets that haven’t been fully utilized or received the play (or usage) of Google Maps. But in an announcement today Bing Maps breaks new ground in ...

LinkedIn is adding commute times for jobs on its website, the latest in a growing series of integrations between the business social network and its new parent company Microsoft. LinkedIn worked with ...

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