Bing Streetside

Bing Pares Its Mapping Image Operations, Sells Some Assets To Uber

To focus on "core business strategy," Bing will stop gathering its own mapping imagery and instead license data from third...

Matt McGee | Jun 29, 2015 at 6:10 pm ET

Recent image updates show University of Phoenix Stadium being prepped for Sunday's Super...

Matt McGee | Jan 28, 2015 at 3:07 pm ET

Last night, the NY Times reported that the man primarily responsible for Microsoft’s Photosyth product, Blaise Agüera y Arcas, is...

Greg Sterling | Dec 16, 2013 at 9:56 am ET

Yesterday Microsoft announced “Bing Maps Preview” for Windows 8.1 (including tablets). The new mapping app offers a range of...

Greg Sterling | Dec 6, 2013 at 12:43 pm ET

Here’s a shocker*: Microsoft’s Streetside service has hit a bumpy road in Germany. The company says it’s shut down Streetside...

Matt McGee | May 23, 2012 at 2:52 pm ET

Microsoft’s Streetside photo service will be taking photos across Europe before the end of the year. The expansion comes on the heels of...

Matt McGee | Oct 10, 2011 at 3:07 pm ET

Bing Maps has added what it’s calling a “significant enhancement” to its Streetside product, but the best version remains the...

Matt McGee | May 31, 2011 at 2:50 pm ET

It’s probably not something that you can wrap your head around pretty quickly. It’s also not something you can describe in quick,...

Matt McGee | Apr 22, 2011 at 2:31 pm ET

Well, that didn’t take long. Just days after announcing plans to operate its Streetside map/photo service in Germany, Microsoft is already...

Matt McGee | Apr 8, 2011 at 2:35 pm ET

Hoping to avoid the problems that have plagued Google’s Street View service, Microsoft says it will launch its version — Streetside...

Matt McGee | Apr 6, 2011 at 3:43 pm ET

Bing has released a new version of their iPhone app. This is a version 2.0 update and includes a huge array of new features. You can download...

Barry Schwartz | Dec 16, 2010 at 9:45 am ET

Today at the TED conference in Southern California, Microsoft’s Blaise Aguera y Arcas demonstrated a new crowdsourced-version Bing Maps...

Greg Sterling | Feb 11, 2010 at 6:39 pm ET

Microsoft has had a collection of mapping tools and assets that haven’t been fully utilized or received the play (or usage) of Google...

Greg Sterling | Dec 2, 2009 at 2:00 pm ET

Gizmodo, in something of a tongue-in-cheek post, compares the cars and cameras Google is using to capture its StreetView imagery with those...

Greg Sterling | Jul 30, 2007 at 9:57 am ET