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, ...

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For all its promise, Big Data wasn’t able to stop the coronavirus outbreak from becoming a global pandemic, but more and more tech giants are starting to realize they have a role to play in helping ...

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 ...

Unlike Google Maps, which has a dedicated app available on both iOS and Android, Bing Maps does not have a standalone app specifically designed for iOS or Android devices. Users have been inquiring ...

Microsoft Bing Search's Copilot Answers now can show maps and local results, including local ads. The AI answer has a map on the left side and then on the right side it has local organic and paid ...

Microsoft has improved street-level images in Bing’s Maps search engine, rendering the view with more continuity when users move up or down a road. “In the past you explored Streetside imagery by ...

Bing Maps. Heard of it? Evidently the tool has been around for some time in one form or another, but I'm not sure if anyone uses it. Most people I know rely on Google Maps or Google Earth. Microsoft ...

Microsoft's Bing team released an interactive COVID-19 pandemic map on Monday at https://www.bing.com/covid. The map allows users to smply search for “covid19 ...