Live Search Maps is Microsoft's online mapping service. Users can look up a location by address and get directions, complete with recent traffic reports that can change its estimation of how long it ...

Google Maps' Live View is an augmented reality (AR) feature that overlays directions directly onto your phone's camera feed.

Google unveiled a slew of upgrades involving search and Google Maps, including a new live view feature that lets users point a mobile device's camera at a place for detailed location information and ...

Google is bringing a new augmented reality Live View feature to its Maps app, allowing smartphone users to visually search for restaurants, coffee shops, and other businesses that are located nearby.

Last month, Microsoft added 55TB of imagery to Virtual Earth, but this month's number isn't so high. Virtual Earth's latest imagery release is 21TB worth of data, according to Virtual Earth, An ...

Back in September, Google previewed the ability to search for nearby places using augmented reality. AR search in Google Maps Live View will start rolling out next week, while Google Lens multisearch ...

Microsoft has launched a new MSN City Guides that integrates with Live Search and Live Search Maps, and offers video, content sharing and more. It also has better localized filtering of events and ...

Microsoft Corp. plans to up the ante in local search by adding 3-D models of 15 U.S. cities to the maps of its Live Local Search service. The 3-D models will allow users to zoom into metro areas and ...

Live View is one of Google’s most promising augmented reality (AR) features and it will soon be faster to launch in Google Maps, while also adding nearby search. It starts with the Google Map search ...

Updates help you find the closest hotel and send off e-mail to friends and family. They're the latest in a complete overhaul of Microsoft's Web-based services. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and ...

Almost everything in the world now involves the use of smartphones and apps, with Google at the forefront of these services, offering new Accessibility features available on various experiences. These ...

Microsoft and Inrix each hope to help drivers avoid lengthy traffic snarls through improved data services. Microsoft is supplying better information to customers on Live Search Maps with a new system ...