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, ...

Microsoft is announcing some cool new features in Bing Maps today. The map service’s revamp in December already made it more visually impressive than Google Maps, its established competitor, and these ...

Microsoft has announced another update for Bing Maps that introduces streetside views highlighting 64 new cities and 3D maps to 29 new cities. Users also will find high-resolution aerial imagery in ...

Taking on one of Google’s most popular Web applications, Microsoft introduced a beta for Bing Maps that incorporates improved imagery, 3-D photographs and street views using tools made possible by its ...

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OpenStreetMap (OSM), the crowdsourced mapping project that lets anyone update and edit online maps, has announced that it now supports Bing Streetside imagery in its online iD editor. This represents ...

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 continues to tweak its fledgling Bing search engine, which debuted in June. Today it announced a series of enhancements, many involving Bing Maps, designed to provide a better search ...

Microsoft is taking aim at one of Google’s most popular services, Google Maps, with a richer version of its own online mapping service that was released in beta on Wednesday. The new Bing Maps uses ...

It’s tempting to compare Bing Maps Beta, Microsoft’s revamped mapping service, to Google Maps. And the two services do have plenty of common features. But once you start exploring Bing Maps Beta, ...

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 ...