Bing Maps

The Bing Search team just blogged about the upcoming changes to the Bing Maps platform this spring. Most notably, Foursquare, the hot location-based service, will be integrated into Bing Maps by way of a map application that shows check-ins. If you’re unfamiliar, Foursquare is a location service…

Did you know there’s a Bing app for the iPhone? Yep, and it’s been there since this December, too. Although you can’t change out the iPhone’s default search engine, you can move the iPhone icons around to position the Bing app on your homescreen for easy access. With Bing’s app, you get a…

Microsoft is again partnering with NBC Universal to deliver live Olympics coverage. On the NBCOlympics.com website, over 400 hours of live competition will be made available for all 15 of the Winter Olympics sports. In addition, you’ll have access to 1000 hours of full-event replays, recaps,…

The Bing Maps team wants to hear from you on how they can make the new Maps Platform even better. For consumers, the Maps team has already added a number of new features over the past few months including map embeds and draggable routes, Streetside views and Photosynth integration, local events and…

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.  MSNBC.com has…

Over on The Inquisitr, blogger Steven Hodson noticed how a Wired article was making use of the new Twitter integration feature in Bing Maps beta. At the end of the story about Twitter usage in Haiti, the article linked to a Bing map showing some of the tweets from the area.  This was made…