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Friday, March 17, 2006 1:15 AM

Microsoft Acquires Vexcel

Founded in 1985, with ongoing leadership from President and CEO, John Curlander, Vexcel is now a multi-national organization with headquarters in Boulder, Colorado and offices in Austria, Canada and the United Kingdom. The products and services originating
Posted by cpendle | 3 Comments
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 6:53 PM

Win, Yet, Another XBox 360 by Developing on Virtual Earth

Steve Lombardi (VE Program Manager) is presenting Virtual Earth at the Location Intelligence Conference in San Francisco, June 11-14. Here's an overview and information on how to win an XBox 360: http://www.locationintelligence.net/agenda/ms Learn to
Posted by cpendle | 0 Comments
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 6:09 PM

Virtual Earth Application Contest

Win an XBox 360, baby: http://www.viavirtualearth.com/vve/Blog/1/108.ashx . Throw your hat in the ring.
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Thursday, March 09, 2006 10:10 PM

New Bird's Eye Imagery

We just loaded some new Bird's Eye imagery into the Virtual Earth platform, and thus into the Windows Live Local application. We now have imagery for the following counties: · Benton, AR · Broomfield, CO · Orange, FL · Catoosa, GA · Marion, KS · Lafourche,
Posted by cpendle | 2 Comments
Monday, March 06, 2006 11:27 PM

Virtual Earth Partner Briefing - March 28, 2006

If you're a MapPoint Partner (ISV, etc), you would be interested to know that we have an upcoming event for you: http://www.msreadiness.com/ws_abstract.asp?eid=15003935 Here's a description: Join the Virtual Earth Briefing for Partners to hear the latest
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Monday, March 06, 2006 5:09 AM

More Information on MapPoint 2006

I posted some time ago about the cool new features in MapPoint 2006. I also said it was set to be released in Q1 of 2006 which the end is creeping up quickly, so what's the scoop? Well, I just installed the latest build, so you want to know what I know?
Posted by cpendle | 16 Comments
Monday, March 06, 2006 4:54 AM

Live.com Gadget with Virtual Earth

Live.com has gadgets you can add to your customized home page. Here's one featuring Virtual Earth maps with UK traffic: http://microsoftgadgets.com/forums/3399/ShowPost.aspx
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Friday, March 03, 2006 10:17 PM

Good-Bye MSN Maps & Directions

It's finally over. Today marked the end of MSN Maps & Directions (US). The days of competing with MapQuest.com on the consumer front have reached the end with the redirect of MSN Maps & Directions now forwarding to Windows Live Local. MQ did a
Posted by cpendle | 10 Comments
 
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