Last December, Microsoft unveiled Windows Live Local powered by Virtual Earth, which “integrates local search, mapping, driving directions and yellow pages with a bird’s-eye view of major U.S. cities.” It’s a great tool, and we’ve used it on numerous occasions (see “Those Damn Neighbors” or “Are Ikkyu’s Days Numbered?”).
Today, Zillow launched “Bird’s Eye View Images!” (powered by Microsoft’s Virtual Earth). A nice addition, but nothing really new or proprietary. We’ve got to hand it to these guys, if nothing else, they’re marketing geniuses.
∙ Microsoft offers a new angle on maps [CNET]
∙ Those Damn Neighbors [SocketSite]
∙ Ikkyu’s Days Numbered? [SocketSite]
∙ That Zillow ‘zestimate’ isn’t worth losing any zzz’s over [LA Times]
∙ It’s called, getting “Zillowed!” [ReyEstate]