- Bing Maps completes most ambitious mapping project ever in the US, Western Europe next Bing Maps has completed what it calls its "most ambitious mapping endeavor ever", collecting 30cm resolution imagery of every square inch of Continental United States - in just two years.
- Facebook chooses Microsoft over Google to power new Timeline maps feature Facebook has chosen Microsoft's Bing Maps over Google Maps to power new mapping features on its visually improved Timeline profile page. The new Timeline profile places greater emphasis on location-aware postings, with Facebook once again partnering with Microsoft rather than Google - arguably a greater competitor.
- Microsoft's Streetside coming to European cities soon Streetside, Microsoft's answer to Google Street View, has begun to gather street level imagery in Europe. Microsoft's Streetview service currently only exists in fifty-six US cities.