In an effort to beat Google at mapping, Microsoft Bing will use crowd-sourced photos to create a 3-D virtual worlds in its Maps application, the company has told FastCompany.com. The 3-D models will ...

Microsoft is taking another shot at Google’s Maps supremacy with a public preview of its Bing Maps app for Windows 8.1. While the company already offers a Maps app, the new preview features ...

Despite Microsoft’s sell-off of the tech and talent underlying Bing Maps last week, the company has now signaled its intention to stay in the mapping game: Microsoft today announced an overhauled Bing ...

Earlier this morning Microsoft outlined some of the major new changes coming to Bing, including the introduction of the new Bing Maps (you can see our full coverage here). A few minutes ago, the Bing ...

Comparisons between Bing Maps and Google Maps slice both ways. Google Maps has arguably grown somewhat bloated, but Bing has lacked some of the conveniences its rival offers. With a preview update ...

Microsoft has recently unveiled a new feature that allows users to access live traffic updates on Bing Maps. This feature is available through the latest update of the Microsoft Start app. Similar to ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Earlier in July, Microsoft launched a preview of its revamped Bing Maps on the web with many new ...

Microsoft is to closely cooperate with the OpenStreetMap project, whose founder it has hired. The initiative, announced on Tuesday, is starting with Microsoft's release of aerial Bing Maps imagery to ...

Microsoft may have sold off some of its mapping assets to Uber last week, but almost as if to show that it’s still taking Bing Maps seriously, the company today announced a new preview release of Bing ...

With the release of the iPhone 5 and iOS 6, it’s become clear that Apple is more dedicated than ever to maintaining the tightest possible control of every aspect of its ecosystem, as is evidenced by ...