Virtual Earth & MapPoint B2B

Superpages.com recently launched their new " map-based searching " using Virtual Earth. The site looks, oh, too familiar - almost as a replica of Windows Live Local ; however, there some more aesthetically pleasing portions of the site. Pros: ...

It's official - InfoNow is now a Microsoft partner and will be pushing the Virtual Earth and MapPoint Web Service platforms for its customers. Why is this significant? Oh, I don't know....maybe because they are one of if not the biggest integrator of...

ConocoPhilips (COP) replaced their MapPoint Web Service Station Finder and Trip Planner with Virtual Earth. COP brands include Union 76, Conoco and Philips 66. Go to their site and click on "station finder" to enter your address and search radius. You...

Check the press release here: http://www.fargeo.com/company/press/2007/03/farallon_geogra_2.html . This is a great example of how Virtual Earth can help in government applications. You can see screen shots of the application via the link which illustrates...

The MSN Branded Entertainment and Experiences Team has created several unique mashups using Virtual Earth and I wanted to get them documented in a single blog post. LeBron James Bike-A-Thon - The "King for Kids" Bike-a-thon is a fund-raising event...

Along with a few more cities, plus more bird's eye and our first exposure into the GlobeXplorer library. Also, Chicago you finally get your bird's eye (Germany too). And, Norway? Are you kidding me? Check out Oslo! And how about some International 3D...

This week Starbucks rolled out a new SMS service which has gotten quite a bit of press . The process is simple, you send a SMS (aka text message) containting a postal code to 697289 (MySBUX) and you will receive back the nearest Starbuck's locations....

I mentioned this a few weeks ago, but for those customer who use Microsoft's MapPoint Web Service, today marks a fantastic day. With the release of Version 5.2 we have moved out of the Microsoft Extranet system (which is great and all), but now you are...

http://www.prnewswire.com/news/index_mail.shtml?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-26-2007/0004552820&EDATE Check out TripHub.com's use of Virtual Earth - You have to sign up to get access to most of the features, but a sick little site highlighting...

ETech (Emerging Technology Conference) is in San Diego which is reason enough, but now you have another reason - ME! Ha! I'll be presenting a 45-minute session titled "Virtual Earth in the Enterprise" March 28 @ 5:25 You can read about me and my session...

If you're coming to the Microsoft Hosting Summit Tuesday, March 20 expect to see a kick ass Virtual Earth demo by none of than yours truly. I'll be presenting an application you've probably seen before, as well as, one you probably haven't. I'll get 4...

Or, so says PC Magazine. Apparently, our browser-based 3D environement is so addicting (and apparently time-wasting if you're on our consumer site) that it made PC Mag's " The web's 15 best time wasters. " If it's so addicting, we must be doing something...