Today, we’re happy to announce that we have added mall maps and map search to Bing for Mobile Browse. You may recall that we initially announced mall maps for the desktop last December. Since then we’ve been listening to your feedback and have been hard at work growing our coverage. We’re excited to share that as of today, our collection of more than 400 shopping malls is available from m.bing.com making it easier to get where...
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Capture the sights of summer and share them with friends using the updated Photosynth app, available in iTunes today (http://www.itunes.com/apps/photosynth )! We listened to the 3,500,000 people who downloaded the first version of the app and added some of the most requested features: email, simplified sharing, and exploration of great panoramas by other users. To celebrate the launch of these new features, we’re even awarding Xbox360 with...
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Today, we’re excited to share with our blog readers that the Bing Maps team has updated the Bing Maps World Tour application. The Tour now showcases 153 locations where Bing Maps features new outstanding high-resolution aerial imagery that is being captured and published as part of our Bing Maps Global Ortho imagery program. Using the application, you can view the new aerial imagery through an automated “slide show” mode or...
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In celebration of the Royal Wedding, we have assembled a Photosynth capturing the couple’s first kiss in its full panoramic splendor. People are sharing their synths online including this marvelous set published to the Wales Online site.  This synth explore Westminster Abbey from multiple perspectives, zoom in on the Royal Family and see the minute details of this historic occasion.  Please join us in...
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What does a beautiful mountain pass, your favorite coffee shop, and your blossoming backyard garden all have in common? They’re all places you would love to capture and share, but a single photograph just won’t do. Today, we’re introducing the official Photosynth app which lets you capture amazing panoramas of your favorite places to share with your friends and even the world with Bing Maps. (The app is currently available via...
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Imagine a room full of U.S. students (16 and up) with projects they created to solve the world’s toughest problems. They’re from all over the country. Picture yourself chatting with the students from the University of Arkansas, Team Uca Ursus, about their automated system to track the speed of a skin lesion’s progression to better diagnose and treat skin cancer. You then meet team LifeCode from Wayne State University, in Detroit...
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Thank you for helping to make history with Jay-Z Decoded. The response has been amazing and we are happy to announce the winners in the Decode Jay-Z Sweepstakes from www.bing.com/jay-z.  The Grand Prizes have been officially awarded to Keisha T. from Northville, Michigan, and Latifah M. from New York, NY. Keisha has won a trip to Las Vegas to see JAY-Z and Coldplay in concert this  New Year’s Eve and Latifah has won tickets...
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Jay-Z and Bing are proud to announce the addition of a final prize to the ‘Decode Jay-Z by Bing’ experience: The Jay-Z Lifetime Pass. To anyone who locates all of the pages online, we are adding the chance to win free access for you and a friend to every single Jay-Z show anywhere in the world for the rest of your life. In order to be entered, you must first prove your dedication by cracking all of the clues and using Bing Maps to...
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Since October 18th “Jay-Z Decoded by Bing” has taken players from the streets of Brooklyn, to luxury hotels in Miami, to New Orleans’ rooftops.  Over the past 17 days,  players have found over 170 pages of Jay-Z’s upcoming book Decoded.  This week players made – the virtual and physical trek- to one of Jay-Z’s regular hot spots.   The page, which describes how lessons learned on the...
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It’s been 10 days since we launched “Decode Jay-Z with Bing.” In that time, you have discovered over 105 pages of Jay-Z’s upcoming book Decoded. As you know, Jay-Z has placed the pages of his new book, Decoded, out in the world to be found. And he’s partnered with us take you on that journey. At the website bing.com/Jay-Z, you have the chance to piece the pages back together using Bing Maps. As the game unfolds you...
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