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Google Hops On A New Satellite To Watch Us From Space
TechCrunch — ... was a lot of coverage of Google striking a deal with satellite imagery company GeoEye to be able to use the high resolution images from its new GeoEye-1 satellite for its Google Earth and Maps products. The exclusive deal saw Google shift away from its partnership with rival DigitalGlobe, which provides many of Google’s rivals with imagery. Now, it looks like Google is back on board with a new DigitalGlobe satellite. In a post today on its Lat Long Blog, Google reveals that DigitalGlobe has just launched their next-generation satellite dubbed ...

A new space race: Bing vs. Google
Webware.com — ... Google, which already had a DigitalGlobe partnership, was more understated, merely offering congratulations on the launch in a blog post Monday. ...

Google's All-Seeing Eye Gets Bigger with New Satellite
Maximum PC all RSS Feed — ... "To keep bringing you new, high-quality imagery in Google Earth & Google Maps, we work directly with several commercial satellite imaging providers," Google wrote. "Last week, our partner DigitalGlobe successfully launched their next generation satellite, WorldView-2, aboard Boeing Delta II 7920 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The successful launch of WV2 is another important step forward in making more high resolution, accurate, current imagery available." ...

Microsoft launches Bing – on a rocket
The Microsoft Blog — ... . "I've heard you loud and clear. And, now, we're fixing that problem." DigitalGlobe already has a partnership with Google to provide photos for Google Earth. On its Lat Long Blog, Google offered congratulations on the launch. Here's a video of the Bing rocket launch. Via ...