The Bing Webmaster Center team has been very busy lately, working on very cool stuff that we can't wait to share with you (patience, Grasshopper - all will be revealed in time). But the blog waits for no one (well, that's the intent, anyway). From time to time, we gather up enough interesting tidbits of Q&A that we want to share with all of our .. more »

Coming in a few days, we'll be releasing an update to the Twitter Maps application in the Bing Maps Application Gallery. Soon, you will be able to embed our Twitter Maps functionality into your own web site. This means you can be cool by having a Bing Map on your web site, blog, favorite social networking site with the Tweets you care about. And, .. more »

MSDN: Tell us about the EEA and the services you provide. We provide independent and reliable information on the environment for policy makers and the general public to help improve the environment and to raise environmental awareness across Europe. MSDN: What was the biggest challenge the EEA faced prior to implementing Windows Azure? We collect .. more »

It’s been a little over 9 months since Bing launched back in June 09. In interweb years, that puts us at about 15, a raging teenager. And do we have a crush on big bad Texas. Dallas, you sure But OMG OMG Austin WE LOVE YOU too!!! As such (in our usual calm, collected voice), the Bing team is excitedly packing for Austin to join in the annual tech pi.. more »

we announced that our next homepage photo contest will kickoff on March 29 and this time there’s a twist. We’re asking students in the United States to submit photos to help celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and the winning photo will be displayed on the Bing homepage on April 22, Earth Day itself! Justin Kraemer, winner of the Bing Home.. more »

About 6 weeks ago I asked the Bing Maps Product Management team about our presence at SXSW. A couple weeks later they gave me a panel. Then, they asked me to proctor it. Oh, and populate it. Hmm, this was a bit more than I was expecting to take on, but always up for a challenge I ran with it and now I’m proud to announce my panel for SXSW ja.. more »

BPOS and Microsoft Dynamics CRM are two high-profile products that have great traction in the marketplace. They are both very flexible, but that doesn't mean that it's right to try to do everything in either one of them. In this session, we will show how the products can complement each other and how some simple integration between them can deliver .. more »

is a transformative technology. It enables otherwise basic websites to act as full-blown applications, provides access to state-of-the-art animation and video rich media presentations, and takes full advantage of your development team's existing experience in standard programming languages, such as However, there is one little problem. Like .. more »

On Sunday night, I like many others will be glued to the television for those few hours to watch Hollywood honor the best of the best in the 82 As we have done in years past we are offering up instant answers in order to make it easier to navigate all the important information you might need to know about the show. Currently, you can get the for .. more »

O.K. - pop quiz: which social media game boasts an active fan-base of roughly 31 million players every day? Here’s a hint: it’s a happy place where you can plant virtual crops that can be harvested, or ask your neighbor to chase away raccoons. If you guessed Farmville, then you’re correct! Earlier this week, we began an advertising pilot with Zynga,.. more »

Last month we pushed out our largest amount of new imagery EVER in terms of square kilometers. This month, we’re blowing THAT record out of the water. You thought 1 million+ sq. km. was large? How about 6.7 million square kilometers! It’s pretty much unfathomable. The big winners? Aerial: The Russian Federation, Australia, Mexico and most plac.. more »

Are you a Microsoft partner who has built and delivered an innovative solution on the Windows Azure Platform? This year we're showcasing more partner solutions than ever before at the Microsoft (WPC) 2010 to be held in Washington, D.C.  July 11 - 15, 2010. Don't miss this opportunity to get your innovative solution recognized with a Microsoft W.. more »

Named after the first mission from Earth to send a rover to the surface of another planet, the goal of the is to find .NET developers who can help NASA classify the hundreds of thousands of images collected from the Spirit and Opportunity Mars Rover expeditions. This challenge provides developers with a unique opportunity to leverage their .. more »

In our continuing series on migration from on-premises email to online email we invite you to join us in this webinar. This is a webinar being hosted by Jenna Lyday and Nick Herrick from the BPOS engineering team. They will talk about how to maintain full co-existence between on-premises email and cloud based service. As with any other webinar , .. more »

Starting tomorrow, Bing will be participating in full force at what’s shaping up to be another stellar (March 2-4, Santa Clara CA). Every SMX show is a special one for Bing. But this one is super-duper special for one reason – we’re bringing Steve Ballmer! This will be Steve’s first ever conversation with the search community at an industry event. a.. more »

As part of Microsoft Learning, we’ve updated our exam for application development against the Bing Maps Platform . What’s this all about? For those of you who are new to Microsoft Learn, it’s all about getting certifications. Certifications lead to qualifications. Qualifications lead to being added to respective lists. Being added to respec.. more »

Windows Azure Service Management (WASM) Cmdlets for PowerShell is now available. These cmdlets enable developers to effectively automate and manage all services in Built to meet the demand for an automation API that would fit into the standard toolset for IT professionals and based on PowerShell so they can also be used as the basis for .. more »

It’s been an exciting 17 days! By the end of the day on Monday, we will have featured 50 homepage images, 200 hotspots, and athletes from all over the globe. You can relive the past 7 images (including hotspots) using the image viewer. Just click the arrows in the lower right side of the image: If you want to see more, check out our And now that th.. more »

We’ve been working hard to help your complete your search tasks more quickly. We’re happy to announce support for query history in Autosuggest today to help make that vision a reality. Autosuggest now supports suggestions from your query history. Many users search for a set of topics again and again. It could be you searching on your favorite hobb.. more »

It's the final weekend of the Vancouver Olympics, and as we wrap up our Photosynth coverage it's time to thank all those hardworking photographers who captured the events for us. Over the last 17 days, we've featured more than 40 different synths from at least 15 different contributors. We're not giving gold, silver, and bronze here, but below is t.. more »