The BBC is expanding their use of Virtual Earth. They released their School Report which brings in the news from all of the local schools from the UK and puts them on a map for easy navigation and exploration.  I love this. When I was a kid reporting the news in my monthly class newsletter (or even as a writer for the SDSU Daily Aztec!), I think it would’ve been so cool to see my news story up on a major news web site. Even if it was...
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David Carradine has spoken. Yellow Book is the latest portal to agree to use Microsoft Virtual Earth for their mapping needs. Search by product / service or business name and by location. 
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The Yellow Pages Group published a press release about their launch with Virtual Earth. 
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O-HIO! This is pretty awesome. The State of Ohio’s Department of Transportation has rolled out a site for all you Buckeyes (and those of you living in the Ohio who didn’t go to The Ohio State University). Navigate to BuckeyeTraffic.org and you’ll see a huge bing map!
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The folks at Starbucks just made it a whole lot easier to find their stores using Bing Maps Virtual Earth
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We recently launched a new case study (and yes, I’m a little slow getting this out) describing how Coldwell Banker was struggling with the lack of technological innovation around mapping and found Virtual Earth as an answer to their problems. 
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Recently, one of our enterprise customers decided to re-evaluate their mapping options for their software needs. Now, of course, I’m going to be a little biased but I think the article lends itself to many who have to go through the trouble of deciding which mapping platform is right for you. A la Mode out of Arkansas posted a great blog on the pros and cons of each of the major mapping platform players – Microsoft Virtual Earth...
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For anyone who wants to know more about the benefits of integrating Microsoft Virtual Earth into your application, we now have a number of case studies exploring the benefits some of our customers have received from integrating the platform into their solutions.  
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Microsoft and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency recently announced a partnership to build better disaster response systems, powered by Virtual Earth.  From the presspass article: “The NGA will use the Microsoft® Virtual Earthâ„¢ platform to provide geospatial support for humanitarian, peacekeeping and national-security efforts… Currently, the two organizations believe they will both benefit from...
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