Microsoft: 15 cities closer to conquering Google?

Microsoft has launched three-dimensional maps of 15 U.S. cities in a
move to boost its Web search offering as it strives to better compete
with Google. Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D provides photo-realistic 3D
models of structures and landscapes in 15 major U.S. cities.

Technology News: Portals & Search: Microsoft Chases Google With 3D Mapping

You know, I am excited for the Zune to come out, because it means that Apple has to come up with something pretty spectacular to keep their market share of Digital Audio Players and I have complete faith in Apple that they will. When has Apple ever failed to deliver gasps of disbelief? The same applies to Google. Two of the most innovative, inventive companies in the world, and both of them share the same main competitor: Microsoft. The great thing about competition, is when your rival comes up with something bigger and better than what you've come up with, it pushes you to come up with something bigger and better, and so on and so forth. The problem is, however, that Microsft seems never to come up with bigger and better. They only follow, copy, emulate. The Zune with WiFi capabilities is the first idea they've come up with that may eventually be the driving force behind the next Apple gasp-maker - if only Microsoft could be more innovative all the time, imagine the new technologies we'd be seeing if Apple and Google had any real competition.

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