Bing Maps Hops The Pond: Now In The UK

Nov 13, 2009 at 10:18am ET by Greg Sterling

You may not have known this but the Microsoft Maps experience in the UK was totally different than in the US. The former was based on multiMap, a company Microsoft acquired in 2007. Here's what the UK experience looks like with multiMap: Here's what a Bing Maps version of London looks like: The Bing version is quite a bit cleaner and more pleasing in my view. Many of the Bing Maps capabilities, such as "Birds Eye" aerial imagery, had been available through multiMap prior to this however. Now Bing Maps proper will be available in the UK. The Bing Community blog details the chan [...]

Filed in: Microsoft: Bing, Microsoft: Bing Maps & Local, Microsoft: Outside US

MicroHoo-Ying Eyeing Global Reach, What About Ask?

Nov 5, 2009 at 8:40am ET by Greg Sterling

There's a report from Reuters this morning that Microsoft and Yahoo are considering expanding the scope of their search deal "outside the United States": Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday the company could look to extend its search engine partnership with Yahoo outside the United States, if it gets regulatory approval. Wasn't that already the intention? I thought it was a global deal already. European regulators wouldn't be considering it if it didn't apply to their markets; they wouldn't have jurisdiction. So I guess I'm a bit confused I guess. Regardless, if [...]

Filed in: Ask: General, Legal: General, Microsoft: Bing, Microsoft: Outside US, Microsoft: Partnerships, Yahoo: Outside US

Yahoo Acquires Arab Portal, Bing Gets Backdoor Into Deal

Aug 25, 2009 at 10:02am ET by Greg Sterling

This morning Yahoo announced that it was acquiring Maktoob.com, "the leading online community in the Arab world." According to Yahoo the site has an audience of 16.5 million people. The purchase price has been estimated at between $75 and $100 million and was apparently in the works before the search deal with Microsoft was announced last month. Yahoo said the acquisition is part of a larger strategy to grow its audience in emerging markets and become the "destination of choice" in those locations. Yahoo described its Maktoob rollout strategy in in a blog post: Initially, we’ll plan to [...]

Filed in: Google: Outside US, Microsoft: Bing, Microsoft: Outside US, Microsoft: Partnerships, Yahoo: Business Issues, Yahoo: Outside US

After Buying Performics From Google, Publicis Buys Razorfish From Microsoft

Aug 10, 2009 at 8:45am ET by Greg Sterling

Yesterday Microsoft and French advertising holding company Publicis Groupe announced that the latter was buying agency Razorfish. Razorfish came to Microsoft as part of the $6 billion aQuantive deal, the largest acquisition in Redmond's history. As part of the deal Publicis will give Microsoft 6.5 million shares, amounting to a roughly 3 percent stake in the holding company. The total value of the deal is estimated at $530 million. Just over half of that will be in cash. According to a statement by Publicis CEO Maurice Levy, “Once this acquisition is complete, about a quarter of our reven [...]

Filed in: Microsoft: Business Issues, Microsoft: Outside US, Microsoft: Partnerships, Microsoft: adCenter, Top News

Microsoft Releases Large Volume Of New Images For Maps

Mar 30, 2009 at 10:46am ET by Greg Sterling

Virtual Earth, which has been somewhat in the shadow of Google Maps and Earth released a large volume of new images for Live Search Maps for a range of countries and cities around the globe. The imagery allows you to get in very close, so you can see how far your hotel is exactly from the beach in Cannes, for example: Live Search Maps has not received as much attention as Google Maps but the site has improved greatly over time in terms of usability and accuracy. It's also much faster than before. Both Google and Microsoft offer satellite imagery, which is often not that us [...]

Filed in: Google: Maps & Local, Microsoft: Bing Maps & Local, Microsoft: Outside US, Microsoft: Photosynth

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