Users who request driving directions on Google Maps will now be able to access one additional option: Helicopter view. This view allows users to get a fly-through of their route. The addition of this feature coincides with several minor design changes and a new “My Location” location finding feature.
Fly Over Your Google Maps Route
Users who have the Google Earth plug-in installed on their...
Bing has launched a new set of maps that weary travelers are sure to appreciate. Airport Maps include directions to and from, with a sortable directory of services and stores within the airport.
Airport stores and kiosks can be sorted by business type, or the level on which they’re located. They’ve also included also find information on parking, ticket counters, baggage claims, currency...
Last year, Bing introduced its social sidebar. It included content from your friends on Facebook in a sidebar that augmented but didn't get in the way of search results.
Since then, there have been numerous updates from Bing expanding the sidebar to include content from other social networks, like Klout and Quora.
In the wake Facebook unveiling Graph Search, Bing...
LinkedIn now has 200 million registered users. Of those, no one except LinkedIn knows who is truly active. But as a heavy LinkedIn community user myself, I can say with certainty that a good 65 percent are active and of those that aren’t yet, they will be in 2013.
So what is the impact of this milestone for LinkedIn users?
As any social media marketer knows, growth in a social network invariably...
Bing has been providing Web search results within Facebook since October 2008. At the time, it was a very basic implementation Web results that has evolved along the way.
Lost in the mystery buildup and the privacy/creepy/cool conversations that followed yesterday's big Facebook Graph Search announcement was the ongoing partnership Facebook has with Bing.
In a very Columbo-like moment...
Looking to take advantage of Facebook Graph Search, the social network’s new and improved internal search engine when it fully launches? Facebook has shared a few basic tips on how you can improve the visibility of your Facebook Page when users conduct searches.
In addition to making sure your Page is complete and up to date, optimizing the following areas will help aid discovery of your business...
Rumors of a Facebook search product have been debated and discussed for a long time. Today, led by founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the Social Network held a press conference introducing the word to Facebook's new Graph Search. According to Zuck, the product is centered around "making new connections."
Graph Search, not unlike a traditional search engine, is meant to have...
