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Maps Blog

Did you feel the TweetHeat this summer?

Posted over 2 years ago

by Kristin
- 1
What did you do on your summer vacation this year? I got sunburned and helped my son Harry catch his first fish. Pretty good summer, I thought. Meet Viswa Mani. He spent the summer on the Microsoft intern program, joining our search test team. His...
Maps Blog

Bing Maps is coming to an HP printer near you!

Posted over 2 years ago

by Kristin
- 6
Yes, you read correctly… Bing Maps will now be available as a mapping option on select HP Photosmart e-All-in-One printer. HP changed the printer game last June when they announced the world’s first web-connected home printer: The HP Photosmart...
Bing Education blog

In the spirit of Bing’s Our School Needs campaign, Grammy winner Josh Groban “Raises Up” a middle school class in NY!

Posted over 2 years ago

by Kristin
- 1
Singer Josh Groban surprised Marie Curie Middle School’s eighth-grade band with new instruments from Bing to kick off Bing’s “Our School Needs” contest. UPDATE : Check out Josh on dosomething.org save the band with Bing ...
Maps Blog

Improving the Map App Developer Experience

Posted over 2 years ago

by Kristin
- 1
Since we released the Bing Map App SDK publicly in June, thousands of developers around the world have downloaded it and many have provided us with feedback on their experiences. One of the most frequent comments was that the debugging and testing aspect...
Maps Blog

Bing Maps Goes Mobile - For Free

Posted over 2 years ago

by Kristin
- 3
More and more developers are choosing Bing Maps, and today there's great news for all of you - the new Windows Phone 7 SDK features Bing Maps as its default map control. But it's not just about Windows Phone - we've made Bing Maps free for you to create...
Maps Blog

Bing Maps Gets Transit Directions

Posted over 2 years ago

by Kristin
- 21
Commuters rejoice! Today Bing Maps added transit routing to its directions options. So, for those of you who like to take the bus, subway, or local rail you now can turn to Bing Maps. This is a very important feature for us as public transit grows in...
Bing Education blog

Tell us, tell the world, what your school needs — you could win it!

Posted over 2 years ago

by Kristin
- 1
At Bing, we believe every child deserves a good education, and our mission is to encourage exploration, discovery and learning through product investments, donations to help with education funding and support for the education community. My name is Liz...
Maps Blog

Support Education with the Bing Education Map App

Posted over 2 years ago

by Kristin
In our continuing commitment to education through programs such as REDU , today marks the launch of “ Our School Needs ”, a competition open to all public and private schools, grades K thru 12, in the United States. Starting today schools...
Maps Blog

The DonorsChoose.Org Map App

Posted over 2 years ago

by Kristin
More years ago than I care to remember, Geoffrey Parsons changed my life. Up until age 11, geography was the most tedious thing I’d ever experienced (these were pre-reality TV days.) All I recall is struggling to recall the major crops of Canada...
Bing Developer blog

Bing Product Guidelines released (Update)

Posted over 2 years ago

by Kristin
- 29
The Bing Product Guidelines provides visual guidelines and recommendations to implement the branding for Bing for third parties. These guidelines can help echo the Bing product brand experience into your environment. We’ve updated the Bing Product...
Bing Developer blog

Phasing out the Bing Search API 1.1

Posted over 2 years ago

by Kristin
- 12
UPDATE: Following our announcement (8/6/2010) to discontinue support to Bing API 1.1, the API 1.1 service will go offline on Monday May 2, 2011 at 11:00AM PST. What this means to you is that customers who have built search applications that leverage...
Webmaster Blog

A new beginning: Bing Webmaster Tools

Posted over 2 years ago

by Kristin
- 97
Today, we’re announcing the release of the updated Bing Webmaster Tools . After the Bing launch, we reached out to the webmaster and SEO communities to see how we could improve the webmaster tools. Your feedback was very consistent: you wanted more...
Bing Developer blog

Writing Your First Bing Map App

Posted over 3 years ago

by Kristin
- 10
With the Bing Maps Apps SDK just released, it’s time to get started writing apps using the Bing Maps platform. The first thing you need is something to map. I wanted to do something a little more interesting than your typical “Hello World...
Powerset blog

The Powerset Blog Turns a Page

Posted over 3 years ago

by Kristin
- 4
If you have followed this blog in the past you may have wondered why the frequency of updates has slowed to an almost grinding halt. Well the simplest answer is that the Powerset team at Bing has been heads down building the next wave of features that...
Events

Ignite SMX West 2010

Posted over 3 years ago

by Kristin
- 1
Ignite SMX West : When: 7:30pm-9:00pm – March 2 nd , 2010 Where: Santa Clara Convention Center – A2 What *is* Ignite? It’s a fun, high-energy evening of a dozen or so “speed presentations.” Ignite presenters get...
Events

SMX West 2010

Posted over 3 years ago

by Kristin
Bing will be in Santa Clara, CA for SMX West March 2-4, 2010. Attend SMX West for the exceptional content , invaluable connections and essential conveniences that SMX conferences deliver. This conference covers all of the search engine marketing topics...
Events

SXSW Interactive 2010

Posted over 3 years ago

by Kristin
Bing will be in Austin, TX for SxSW March 12-16, 2010. SXSW Interactive features five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking events hosted by industry leaders and an unbeatable line...
Events

SES New York 2010

Posted over 3 years ago

by Kristin
- 1
Bing will be in New York for SES NY March 22-26, 2010. Approximately 5,000 marketers and search engine optimization professionals attend SES New York each year to network and learn about topics such as PPC management, keyword research, SEO, social media...
Events

Microsoft Tech Days

Posted over 3 years ago

by Kristin
Chris Pendleton from Bing maps will be speaking Monday, Feb 8 th at 4pm in Paris. Developing Applications with Bing Maps – Get an overview of what Bing Maps brings to the table with its massive cloud repository consisting of roads, satellite...
Bing Australia blog

Happy Australia Day!

Posted over 3 years ago

by Kristin
- 8
Happy Australia Day and welcome to the very first Bing AU blog post. We've decided to start our own AU blog so we can keep you all up-to-date with what's happening with our product, our team and our industry in our country. Please feel free to add comments...
Search Blog

Dr Bing: Giving Free Reign to Head and Heart

Posted over 3 years ago

by Kristin
- 5
Tomorrow we’ll be at the Sundance Film Festival at the world premiere of Para Fuera, An Intimate Portrait of Dr. Richard Bing. As some of you may recall we talked about Dr. Bing last October on the occasion of his 100 th birthday . I still love...
Events

TEDActive 2010

Posted over 3 years ago

by Kristin
- 1
Bing will be in Palm Springs for TEDActive February 9-13, 2010. The swanky, mountain-framed and pool-dappled Riviera Resort in Palm Springs is the backdrop for four days of gripping talks and engrossing TEDActive workshops. This event will explore how...
Events

CES 2010

Posted over 3 years ago

by Kristin
Bing will be in Las Vegas, NV for CES January 7-10, 2010. The International CES is produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) , the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the consumer technology industry. CEA represents more than...
Search Blog

Bing iPhone app – upcoming fixes

Posted over 3 years ago

by Kristin
- 17
The response so far to the Bing app for iPhone has been incredible; we are excited by the strong customer response and download traffic! However, we’ve also heard about a couple of issues that we’d like to address: 1. Using voice search...
Search Blog

Last-minute gift ideas and great deals

Posted over 3 years ago

by Kristin
- 7
My sister is one of those smug shoppers that purchased her final Christmas gift back in August, but perhaps you’re normal like me and you still need a couple last-minute gifts. Maybe you’ve come up blank and have no idea what to get your mother...

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