Microsoft Bing Maps Silverlight Is Out of Beta

Microsoft announced that the Bing Maps Silverlight site would be taken out of Beta, and given two new features: Local Events, which displays the days happenings on a map of a particular area, and Destination Maps, which can render a selected portion of a map in a variety of fanciful styles with names like Treasure Map. Users attempting to visit the original Bing Maps AJAX site will be asked if they want to install Silverlight. - Microsoft took its Bing Maps Silverlight site, which offers users flashy additions such as Streetside and Enhanced Bird's Eye, out of beta mode on Jan. 19. quot;We're ripping the Beta tag off the Bing Maps Silverlight site and going full board with a continuing innovation on Bing, quot; Ch... view original article
Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:01:36 +0100

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