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Microsoft Takes Down Streetside Entirely in Germany Amidst Privacy Concerns

Google has become the go-to target for everything that's "bad" about the internet. The problem is that, for many people, Google "is" the internet. Those are the people that type "facebook.com" into Google Search to get to the social network. Unfortunately, more often than anyone would like, these are the same p...

24 May 2012
13:21 GMT

Microsoft Removes Bing Maps Streetside in Germany

Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on its Streetside service in Germany, after receiving numerous complaints on the matter from the local population. The company launched the street imagery feature on Bing Maps in Europe last year, but it met resistance from people in Germany over privacy concerns. Microsoft ...

24 May 2012
10:25 GMT

Bing Maps Gets New New Bird’s Eye Imagery

Bing Maps has just got a series of enhancements, courtesy of a new set of Bird’s Eye imagery from around the world, doubled by new streetside coverage. The Bing Maps Team has announced that the new imagery is meant to provide users with info on the latest changes that large cities around the world underwent. ...

10 May 2012
05:32 GMT

Enjoy Immersive Street Level Panoramas in Bing Maps Streetside

With the latest infusion of technology into Bing Maps, Streetside has taken immersive experiences to a new level, save for actually walking down to specific locations covered by the mapping platform. The update introduced to Bing Maps Streetside enhances navigation, with Microsoft using collection of images seamless...

1 June 2011
05:39 GMT

Bing Maps Redesign Introduced

Microsoft has announced a new step in the evolution of its mapping, search and location platform, involving a Bing Maps redesign, changes to existing features as well as the release of a new AJAX control.Users already familiar with Bing Maps will notice modifications related to the left hand side panel. According to...

19 November 2010
07:28 GMT

Video Insight into Bing Maps Streetside

Although Microsoft only released Streetside on Bing Maps at the start of December 2009, the technology was initially introduced over 2.5 years before, via a technology preview of Live Search Maps. In the video embedded at the bottom of this article, users will be able to see Chris Pendleton, the Bing Maps technical e...

6 May 2010
07:30 GMT

Bing Maps Evolves with Streetside Photos, WW Telescope, Indoor Panoramas and Video Overlay

In less than a year since Virtual Earth and Live Search Maps were transitioned under the Bing brand umbrella, Microsoft’s mapping, search and location platform has evolved constantly and is spoiling users with some amazing features. Integration is at the core of Bing Maps’ evolution, a key element bridgin...

12 February 2010
09:54 GMT

Bing Maps Streetside Grows with 1.1 TB of New Imagery

When it introduced the evolved version of Streetside with the new Silverlight-based Bing Maps Beta at the start of December 2009, Microsoft promised that it would deliver additional coverage beyond what was initially available. By the end of 2009, the Redmond company started living up to its promise. The Bing Maps Im...

6 January 2010
06:47 GMT

Bing Maps Massive Expansion Plans for Streetside

Microsoft plans nothing short of a massive expansion of Bing Maps with the addition of 3D map data and visuals designed to kick up a notch the recently introduced Streetside feature. At the start of this month, the Redmond company unveiled the new Bing Maps Beta built entirely in Silverlight. Via Streetside, Bing Map...

9 December 2009
10:29 GMT


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