Bing Maps

Here's a tip you might not have seen yet. If you go to http://www.bing.com/maps/explore, you'll see a panel on the left. At the bottom of that panel on the right edge you'll see a button called "Map Apps". If you click that you'll find 19 applications that run on top of Bing. Some of the…

It's another week of headlines and laugher as Paul and Laura deliver you all the news that Microsoft is buzzing about. Apple CEO tells you to BING it Windows Azure SQL Database Kinect in the Movies Coding marathon sets world record

As you look at things like Bing's Streetside, you might be thinking it would be great for something like real time driving directions. Billy Chen, a research in MSN's Advanced Engineering team, has been thinking about this from the ground up. The result is this interesting way of connecting…

This is a huge day for Bing Maps and as you'll see in this video a really great day for developers as well. Streetside imagery has been integrated into Bing Maps and they released the beta Silverlight version of the site. Other great features include enhanced birds eye, the application…

Today, at Tech Ed 2010 in New Orleans, the Bing Maps team is making some major announcements that are sure to please. Chris Pendleton came by our studio to talk about the SDK release and to give a hands-on demo of some of the new apps. He also promotes a few contests and explains why you really…

Paul and Laura are back in action and here to bring you the hot stories that 'Softies are pinging each other about. Stories like these:   Microsoft on the ones and twos! Hacker hired Xbox 360: Not just for games Panoramic street views

Special guest co-host, Larry Larsen, chatted it up with Paul Mestemaker in the studio this week.  This makes it another installment of Boys without Foys.  Check out all of the stories and more on this week's episode of Ping: Bing Fund Maccabees Kinect Video Bing Maps releases 215TB of…

Bing Maps has been updated with post-earthquake images from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. According to Chris Pendleton the new imagery comes from Digital Globe's Worldview 2 satellite (the one launched in the rocket with the Bing logo.) Updated imagery will be added as it comes in. …

Erik Meijer and I paid a visit to Bing Maps infrastructure architect and Partner Development Manager Gur Kimchi for an Expert to Expert conversation about the design and architecture of Bing Maps. It takes some rocket science to process and coerce data into accurate information…

As you may recall, Bing recently held a contest asking for developers to submit their applications using the Bing Maps SDK- called the King of Bing Maps. They received tons of entries but there can only be ONE winner. Today, we announce that winner, show you some of the top runners and also…