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  1. Bing Maps Blog

    Bing Maps Platform Survey – Your Input Needed

    It’s survey time again, where you get the chance to provide direct feedback to the Product Management team to help make The Bing Maps Platform better. We want to hear what’s important to you so we can prioritize accordingly. You want a WPF...

  2. Almost like being there

    Almost like being there

    Search Blog | 02/09/10 by Bing | 0 Replies |

    I first started working on the homepage during the Summer Olympics in Beijing. We had just launched the image on the homepage and 10 days later jumped to updating the picture twice a day. It was a chaotic time, but truly some of the most fun I’ve ever...

  3. Bing Maps Blog

    New Bing Maps Application: Winter Games

    Not going to Vancouver for the Olympic games? Well, we’ve got everything you need right in Bing Maps’ new application: Winter Games . In coordination with NBCOlympics.com , get up to the minute information about the 2010 Winter Olympics in...

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Events

Feb 08

Microsoft Tech Days

01/27/10 by: Kristin | 0 Replies

Chris Pendleton from Bing maps will be speaking Monday, Feb 8 th at 4pm...

Feb 09

TEDActive 2010

01/15/10 by: Kristin | 2 Replies

Bing will be in Palm Springs for TEDActive February 9-13, 2010. The swanky...

Jan 07

CES 2010

12/30/09 by: Kristin | 0 Replies

Bing will be in Las Vegas, NV for CES January 7-10, 2010. The International...

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  1. Bing Maps Platform Survey – Your Input Needed

    It’s survey time again, where you get the chance to provide direct feedback to the Product Management team to help make The Bing Maps Platform better. We want to hear what’s important to you so we can prioritize accordingly. You want a WPF...

  2. Almost like being there

    02/09/10 by Bing 0 Replies

    I first started working on the homepage during the Summer Olympics in Beijing. We had just launched the image on the homepage and 10 days later jumped to updating the picture twice a day. It was a chaotic time, but truly some of the most fun I’ve ever...

  3. New Bing Maps Application: Winter Games

    Not going to Vancouver for the Olympic games? Well, we’ve got everything you need right in Bing Maps’ new application: Winter Games . In coordination with NBCOlympics.com , get up to the minute information about the 2010 Winter Olympics in...

  4. New Bing Maps Book Helps Developers

    Parlez-Vous Français? Well, if you do and you want to learn how to build applications using The Bing Maps Platform have I got a book for you. Yesterday, at Microsoft Tech Days France, I met Nicolas Boonaert who is the author of the first and only...

  5. Bing Maps Powers The National Grid

    Remember when President Obama announced support for a national smart grid ? Well, we’re seeing some of this money being put to good use on the National Grid web site in the form of smart grid data visualization using The Bing Maps Platform . In...

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  1. SourceType code samples on MSDN

    02/08/10 by george 0 Replies

    Whether you are new to the Bing API or have been working with it for some time, you may not be aware of the SourceType code samples available on the Microsoft Developer Network . A SourceType is a source of information accessible to the API, and you can...

  2. Bing Developer FAQs available for download

    01/05/10 by george 8 Replies

    Got questions about the API, SourceTypes, working with PHP? The answers to these and other Bing developer "frequently asked questions" now are available in a single document: Download the Bing Developer FAQs now (512 KB .pdf) These are the same FAQs that...

  3. Webcast: See What's New with Bing Maps

    12/03/09 by george 7 Replies

    Join Bing Maps technical evangelist Chris Pendleton to learn about the latest innovations in the Bing Maps Platform that can help you take your Web mapping solution to the next level. Hear about Deep Zoom and multimedia integration possible in the new...

  4. Finding the page not found is now even easier

    11/18/09 by Kristin 8 Replies

    When we launched last year the first version of our Web Page Error Toolkit we got a lot of interest from the community and lots of feedback on how we could make it better. This year not only have we revamped the existing Windows/IIS version, but we have...

  5. New tools, guidelines for Bing Maps

    11/10/09 by george 7 Replies

    The newly-released Bing Maps Silverlight Control (Version 1.0) provides some great new feaures, and the Terms of Use has been updated: Bing Maps Silverlight Control 1.0 Released Watch a 4-minute video introduction to the Silverlight Control Bing Maps...

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  1. Eggs, bacon, spam, spam, and spam (SEM 101)

    What is spam? One could argue that spam is a multi-faceted thing. The word itself has many definitions. For example, it can be defined as a processed spiced ham and pork slathered with a gelatinous glaze food product found in a tin (it's apparently very...

  2. New Webmaster Center FAQ available

    Everybody loves a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ). They often include tidbits of knowledge that are not easily found elsewhere, or present information in ways that often make it more understandable. The Webmaster Center team has been working...

  3. IIS SEO Toolkit 1.0 hits the streets! (SEM 101)

    In August, we alerted webmasters to the news from the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) team of the beta 1 release of their excellent new tool, the IIS SEO Toolkit. The public response we received was very enthusiastic and supportive. In response...

  4. Webmaster Center blog comments Q&A, Round 2

    We still get many questions in our blog comments, even though we try to encourage our readers to post their questions to our Webmaster Center forums (which are actually staffed to answer your questions!). I do look through the blog comments every day...

  5. Link building for smart webmasters (no dummies here) (SEM 101)

    In past SEM 101 articles, we've talked about the importance of inbound links to successful ranking (see "Links: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" - Part 1 and Part 2 ). We've already discussed many issues surrounding them, but we haven't done a dedicated...

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  1. Olympics sites of the past and future

    02/05/10 by AmyS_travel 6 Replies

    The U.S. hockey team’s “Miracle on Ice” in Lake Placid. Michael Phelps’ slew of swimming records in Beijing. Nadia Comaneci’s groundbreaking gymnastics routine in Montreal. The Jamaican bobsledders’ display of heart...

  2. 17 great destinations for chocolate lovers

    02/03/10 by RobinD_travel 5 Replies

    Thank goodness for the equator. Its humid climate, regular rainfall and good soil are the perfect recipe for growing theobroma cacao , also known as the cacao tree. Its fruit is the precursor to Toblerone bars, Baci chocolate kisses, Lindt truffles, Hershey’s...

  3. What’s the deal with spring break travel this year? by Fareologist

    02/02/10 by Bing Travel 5 Replies

    If you’ve been weathering the long winter, as I have, you’re probably ready for a warm escape and some fun in the sun. Today, Bing Travel issued its 2010 spring break forecast , and thankfully, we’ve found some deals for spring travel...

  4. Wackiness on the waves

    01/29/10 by AmyS_travel 7 Replies

    When I was little, my idea of cruises was shaped by the TV series “The Love Boat”: I saw cruise trips as happy but staid experiences, where you had quite a bit of sedate fun but did little out of the ordinary. To put it mildly, I was wrong...

  5. 14 sights from an airplane

    The next time your jet is soaring through the lower stratosphere, grab a window seat and take the opportunity to enjoy a short lesson in U.S. history, geology and geography. Major flight paths across the United States offer the traveler a glimpse of killer...

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  1. Bing Maps Platform Survey – Your Input Needed

    It’s survey time again, where you get the chance to provide direct feedback to the Product Management team to help make The Bing Maps Platform better. We want to hear what’s important to you so we can prioritize accordingly. You want a WPF...

  2. New Bing Maps Application: Winter Games

    Not going to Vancouver for the Olympic games? Well, we’ve got everything you need right in Bing Maps’ new application: Winter Games . In coordination with NBCOlympics.com , get up to the minute information about the 2010 Winter Olympics in...

  3. New Bing Maps Book Helps Developers

    Parlez-Vous Français? Well, if you do and you want to learn how to build applications using The Bing Maps Platform have I got a book for you. Yesterday, at Microsoft Tech Days France, I met Nicolas Boonaert who is the author of the first and only...

  4. Bing Maps Powers The National Grid

    Remember when President Obama announced support for a national smart grid ? Well, we’re seeing some of this money being put to good use on the National Grid web site in the form of smart grid data visualization using The Bing Maps Platform . In...

  5. Vancouver Applications Feature Bing Maps

    All eyes will be watching Vancouver in the next couple weeks since the 2010 Winter Olympics roll into town. For those of you who won’t just be watching, but instead living the Olympics the Microsoft Canada Development Centre published a contest...

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