Well this one is even more exclusive than the usual Bing “US only” announcement, but quite cool anyway: in a blog post today, Bing Maps has announced “Mall Maps”, which feature individual store locations inside of (mostly Washington State, …

Decisions, decisions, decisions. Lots of those have to be made when shopping, and quite often you wish you could just ask your friends and family for advice. Starting today Bing Shopping is making that easier for you to do. They …

Bing continues to blur those 10 blue lines, creating subsites within Bing that are more destinations than portals.  The latest is an Overview page for music artists, containing on a single page a description of the artist, a list of …

Who thought desktop gadgets were dead since the release of Windows 7 is wrong. Turns out Microsoft even released a new one on November 3rd.: Bing Image of the Day

What is it? It’s a Bing Search box which utilizes …

A blog post on the Bing Search blog this morning points out some new features in Bing Movies (although not, apparently, a way to embed MSN Video files into WordPress), offering up a pretty seamless experience from searching for a …

We already told you that you can find and download iPhone apps via Visual Search. Now you can also find your Windows Phone 7 Apps the same way via the Bing Visual Search Gallery for Windows Phone 7 apps.…

Bing Maps has rolled out a new look today to coincide with the “AJAX V7 Control”, eliminating the need for Silverlight to view enhanced Bird’s Eye map views.  Silverlight remains a big part of Bing Maps, powering Map Apps, …

The winner of the Windows Live/Bing Photo Contest is……
Somana Konganda with this picture of Mount Rainier in Washington state.

Congratulations Somana!

There were so many stunning entries for this contest that the team has put some of their favorites …

At this week’s 18th annual ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, one of the submissions from Microsoft Research may provide better driving directions for Bing Maps, by following taxis to learn the best routes around …

Earlier last month, Bing and Facebook announced a new partnership which brings new social search features into Bing based on an individual’s Facebook network. Today, Microsoft announced that this feature is now officially available to all US users (if you’re …