Virtual Earth goes 3D
Nov 6, 2006 | 8 comments
Today sees a Virtual Earth update that adds a wealth of new features to Windows Live Local (local.live.com). Changes include:
3D representations of 15 major US cities (San… Read more
Interview with Stephen Lawler – Virtual Earth
Nov 6, 2006 | Add comment
Last week, Harrison got the chance to talk with Stephen Lawler, General Manager for Live Local/Virtual Earth product development, about their new release, making its debut… Read more
Virtual Earth update – In world advertising
Nov 6, 2006 | 3 comments
Today's Virtual Earth update sees the inclusion of in-world advertising, powered by Microsoft's acquisition earlier this year of Massive Inc. Though Massive's… Read more
Virtual Earth in MOSS 2007
Nov 4, 2006 | Add comment
I was tasked with a dual problem the other day and with the help of the Virtual Earth interactive SDK, managed to complete the task in only a matter of a couple of hours.The first thing… Read more
Scan Vista with Windows Live Safety Scanner beta
Nov 4, 2006 | Add comment
Now available from the free online safety scanner from Windows Live OneCare – a Vista version. You can try it out here if you’re on the Vista beta.
From the Windows… Read more
MSN Music to shut down music downloads
Nov 3, 2006 | Add comment
In more MSN news, which-since-we-can’t-figure-out-if its-Windows Live-or-not-so-we’ll-just-go-ahead-and-report-on-it, MSN Music will stop selling downloads… Read more
November 7th – "Get ready for a New Dimension in Search"
Nov 2, 2006 | 9 comments
The live.com homepage is today displaying a teaser message, confirming an earlier post that VirtualEarth/Windows Live Local will be experiencing a major update… Read more
Microsoft’s Gadget Gallery features non-Microsoft gadgets
Nov 2, 2006 | 2 comments
Microsoft’s Gadget Gallery today made their “featured gadgets” section open to third party gadgets. Up to now, this space had been populated by Microsoft… Read more
Add Windows Live Search to your website
Nov 1, 2006 | 2 comments
Check out the siteowner page for details on how to add either a “Basic” search box that adds a Windows Live Search box to your page with html, and sends search results… Read more
Virtual Earth update next week
Oct 31, 2006 | 3 comments
From the Virtual Earth (Mappoint) blog:
Please be advised that we will release a new version of the Virtual Earth Map Control on Tuesday, November 7th 2006.…Due to an upcoming… Read more
