Here’s a tip you might not have seen yet. If you go to http://www.bing.com/maps/explore, you’ll see a panel on the left. At the bottom of that panel on the right edge you’ll see a button called “Map Apps”. If you click that you’ll find 19 applications that run on top of Bing. Some of the apps include:
- Twitter Maps updates from Twitter are applied to Bing maps around the world.
- Photosynth 3D photo browsing through synths inside Bing.
- Urban Graffiti Images of spray painted graffiti in cities.
- Urban Murals These are murals across the world including things like the huge guitar mural on the side of Hard Rock Cafe Nashville.
- TrafficLand An amazing array of live traffic video from across the U.S.
- Local Events See what events are happening around you.
- Newseum See newspaper front pages for cities across the world.