Basic Mapping: Google Maps vs. Bing Maps. As much as I love some of the cool stuff that Bing Maps offers, I’m usually a Google Maps user. And there’s one main reason for that: ...

Microsoft's (MSFT) Bing search engine is inching upwards in the comScore rankings while Google (GOOG) and Yahoo (YHOO) slip. Bing now has 11.3% of the U.S. search market, thanks in no small part ...

In fact, over the past few months, I have all but entirely switched from using Google Maps to Bing Maps on the Web. And, dare I say, you should too. Here’s why. Bing Maps 2, Google 0.

Microsoft has set its sights on Google Maps, adding more than 165 terabytes of new satellite imagery to Bing Maps. This is the biggest ever data release for Bing Maps, which had 129TB of data at ...

Among its many awesome features, Microsoft Outlook allows you to easily map a contact's address using Bing Maps, making it simple to find their location.If you would rather use Google Maps instead ...

Google Maps And Bing Maps Camera Cars Cross Paths The two cards met on a Minnesota road in 2014. One Internet user caught the head-to-head, and saw both search engine cars take pictures of each ...

Whereas Google Maps seems more interested in getting you to a destination, Bing, by contrast, has seemed more focused on helping you see whether or not you want to be there.

It’s tempting to compare Bing Maps Beta, Microsoft’s revamped mapping service, to Google Maps. And the two services do have plenty of common features. But once you start exploring Bing Maps ...

Bing lacks Google Maps' nice addition of Street View photos of each turn--since it doesn't have nearly that much data--but makes up a little bit of the gap with a helpful "if you reach X street, ...

Microsoft has launched a new Streetside view in Bing Maps, which will be a rival to Google’s Street View. Bing Maps is also getting an Application Gallery for layering data on top of maps.

Its Bing Maps site matches many of Google's features (bicycling directions are a notable exception) and was first to introduce others, such as a bird's-eye view from a much lower altitude than the ...

On the flip side, however, Bing’s search results leave a lot to be desired if you’re heavily invested in Google’s ecosystem. I prefer using Google products like Maps because Bing Maps doesn ...