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Bing Maps, formerly Live Search Maps/Virtual Earth, is not limited at just a mapping, search and location service, it is also offering companies a Cloud platform designed to put their applications in a geographic perspective. One such example is Save Our Sounds, an initiative designed to invite users of Bing Maps to ... |
24 June 2009
09:22 GMT |
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Microsoft is not only in the process of releasing a new search engine, but also of launching a new consumer brand: Bing. Because it is envisioned as the Redmond company's next-generation search engine, a service that will kill Live Search, Bing will also affect existing components associated with Microsoft searc... |
29 May 2009
10:25 GMT |
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Microsoft has overhauled its MSN City Guides online destination providing users with a range of enhancements better suited to connect them with locations, businesses, and events across US cities. MSN City Guides is a local offering from the Redmond company tailored specifically to the US market. The main aspect of th... |
8 May 2009
06:00 GMT |
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Last week, Microsoft launched a new localized version of Live Search Maps. Hot on the heels of Live Search Maps Finland, the Redmond company has now introduced Live Search Maps Netherlands. The website is already live, and is offering a completely new perspective over the Netherlands. According to Microsoft, the webs... |
20 January 2009
04:31 GMT |
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Live Search Maps/Virtual Earth has grown with the integration of content from Photosynth. Essentially, Microsoft is now integrating synths into its mapping, location and search platform. This means that Virtual Earth users will no longer be able to explore only aerial, Bird's Eye and satellite imagery, but also ... |
7 November 2008
11:24 GMT |
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Microsoft is gearing up to introduce additional content to Virtual Earth. A new agreement inked with DigitalGlobe has provided the Redmond giant with access to in excess of 460 million kilometers of Earth imagery for integration into its online mapping, search and location platform. In this regard, Virtual Earth now ... |
8 October 2008
15:01 GMT |
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Microsoft is looking to attract 3D designers to Live Search Maps and Virtual Earth. Following the acquisition of Caligari, Microsoft made available for free trueSpace 7.6, a comprehensive toolset connecting the solutions directly with its mapping, imagery and search platform. In a move intended to boost the thre... |
30 September 2008
09:18 GMT |
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In accordance with the evolution of the Virtual Earth underlying mapping, location, and search platform, Microsoft has also delivered a major feature update to Live Search Maps, the consumer side of the service. According to Chris Pendleton, Virtual Earth Technical Evangelist, Microsoft has introduced improvements ac... |
26 September 2008
07:58 GMT |
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At the end of the past week, a new initiative from Microsoft Taiwan and Chunghwa Telecom went live under the name Live Pages. The label is designed to indicate a Live Search Maps and Virtual Earth version 1 release aimed exclusively at the Taiwanese market. The collaboration between the Redmond company's local d... |
1 September 2008
07:07 GMT |
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Virtual Earth/Live Search Maps are much more than just mapping, location and search services. Microsoft is in fact delivering a complete platform but, in this context, Rich Internet Applications are not the only thing that the Redmond company aims to attract. In fact, Live Search maps, and Virtual Earth are also exce... |
14 August 2008
13:00 GMT |
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Live Search Maps and Virtual Earth go well beyond the mapping, location and search capabilities, and the adjacent Oblique (Bird's Eye), Ortho, Aerial and satellite imagery which can very easily take center stage. The fact of the matter is that Microsoft is touting Virtual Earth as a fully fledged cloud platform,... |
12 August 2008
09:15 GMT |
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Virtual Earth is often the recipient of monster-size multi-Terabyte updates containing new imagery, be it Orthos, satellite or Bird's Eye. But at the same time, Virtual Earth is just a smaller piece of the puzzle for Microsoft, which offers a complex platform covering an array of aspects from mapping to location... |
4 July 2008
09:04 GMT |
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A new 3-D experience has been introduced to Microsoft Virtual Earth. The 3-D update of Microsoft's Virtual Earth viewing platform was enhanced with elevation data from Intermap Technologies. According to Microsoft and Intermap, the Virtual Earth 3-D Update is limited to Great Britain, but this scenario has great... |
19 June 2007
07:13 GMT |
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3-D imagery of New York City has been added to the Microsoft Live Search Maps, and can now be accessed from the comfort of your own home with the desktop as your window. With this move, the Redmond Company has filled in the missing cityscape from Virtual Earth's catalog of 3D imagery. While the Big Apple was ind... |
29 May 2007
03:52 GMT |
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