Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

Four years after releasing the Windows 10 Creators Update with an emphasis on new content creation features, Microsoft is making a few of those features optional. Both applications seemed like ...

Microsoft on Monday unveiled a new, downloadable browser application that brings the photorealism and maneuverability of gaming into its online mapping and local search service. In Virtual Earth 3D, ...

Microsoft's satellite mapping tool, Virtual Earth, is adding 3D city maps to its interface, allowing users to pull up photorealistic virtual models of 15 U.S. cities, including San Francisco, Seattle, ...

Microsoft debuted a true analogue to Google Earth on Thursday, launching a Bing Maps Preview app for Windows 8.1 that moves Maps into true 3D. The new app, available in the Windows Store, even ...

Copilot 3D will turn your 2D images into 3D models. The tool is freely available to anyone, though you do need a Microsoft account. Microsoft suggests using an image with a single subject, even ...

Microsoft has launched the UK version of its Virtual Earth Platform, a set of online mapping services aimed at customer-facing businesses such as retail stores, estate agencies and the tourist ...

(RTTNews) - After serving users with 3D modeling features for several years, the updated version of the classic Paint app will no longer be available on the Microsoft Store later this year. "Paint 3D ...