What Blaise Aguera y Arcas of Microsoft Will Announce at Where 2.0
Blaise Aguera y Arcas, architect of Bing Maps, just took the stage at Where 2.0 to provide an update on Microsoft’s progress with
Bing Maps. During his keynote, he will announce the following:- Bing Maps World Tour App Launch: Just about every month, Bing Maps gets a makeover in the form of new map imagery for locations worldwide. The World Tour map app brings these updates to life using the Bing Map Apps framework, Silverlight and Azure.
- Bing Maps Oodle App Launch: Oodle.com, one of the fastest growing classifieds services is creating an app that will map rental housing on Bing Maps which will be available today. The Oodle Rentals app will pull-in Oodle data, allowing users to look at various rental housing available from Oodle.com.
- Bing Maps Foursquare App Launch: Last week at SES New York, we announced our partnership with foursquare and plans to roll out the foursquare Everywhere app on Bing Maps in the coming weeks. Today, the app will be live and ready for use.
via Microsoft PR, details
