Bing unveiled the National Geographic iPhone App, that has 7 million place listings. Now that is simply outstanding. The App also offers iPhone users the ability to "view 7 different levels of cartography, 3 maps styles and the ability to find locations around the world..." This application does not use Google Maps but uses Bing Maps Platform as the integrated mapping service. Many companies are switching over to Bing. And soon we will see Bing as the preferred search engine.

Cooking Capsules: This application may well revolutionize the way we view the culinary arts.  Long ago, learning to prepare a dish meant being taught by an older and wiser chef.  Later, cook-books allowed for further proliferation of recipes, and fidelity in recreation.  In the digital age the internet and television came up with interactive cooking secrets, that a truly great recipe could spread to dinner tables across the world.  Now, all you need to do is tell your phone what you want to make, and for how many, and it will give you instructions in real time to help prepare your meal.

"Instrumented. Interconnected. Intelligent. Inevitable..." Is that the future? Experts at IBM present the outline of a smart, vibrant, sustainable and economically viable future. Their predictions are different from anything else.

They show the vision of a Smart Future - a future where cities can think, feel and grow, where water recycles itself, where technology is efficient and sustainable and where people live in prosperity and harmony.

Last week, we discovered 360 Cities Panoramic Photograph of Prague.The photograph was stated as the largest Panoramic Photograph in the world. But the Germans have proved us wrong. As of December 2009 the German Panoramic Photograph of Dresen Germany is the largest Spherical Panoramic Photograph in the world. Our interest in Panoramic Photography made us probe around a bit and we discovered this amazing photograph. The gigantic Panoramic photograph is made up of 1,665 individual shots. The individual photographs were taken with Canon EOD 5D Mark II Camera and a 400mm lens.  The photographs were recorded by a photo-robot in 172 minutes. The image conversion took 94hours. The final resolution of the photograph is 297.500 x 87.500 pixel (making 26Gigapixel). This photograph is the largest in the world right now.

Today, 360 cities revealed the world's largest Panoramic Photograph. The picture was taken in Prague from the Prague TV Tower. 360 cities state, 'This image is currently (as of 12/2009) the largest spherical panoramic photo in the world. It is 192,000 pixels wide and 96,000 pixels tall. That’s 18.4 billion pixels, or 18.4 gigapixels! When it’s printed, it will be 16 meters (53 feet) long at regular photographic quality (300dpi). It was shot in early October 2009 from the top of the Zizkov TV Tower in Prague, Czech Republic. A digital SLR camera and a 200mm lens were used. Hundreds of shots were shot over a few hours; these shots were then stitched together on a computer over the following few weeks.'

United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 (COP15) in Copenhagen, Denmark is said to be one of the largest summits ever. 119 heads of state and government, including nine vice presidents are reported to take part in the conference. The conference is being streamed live on Youtube and CNN. Youtube has launched it's Raise Your Voice channel where users are encouraged to post questions which will be delivered to the various heads of state and government present at the summit. This is your chance to make a difference and have a say about Climate change and it's horrifying effects on our future generations.

I recently stumbled across FOURSQUARE, a great new network that has some fascinating additions to the social space. I've been web surfing the for long time now and every so often you get a new surprise or come across a new way to view the world and Foursquare has definitely caught mine and many others attention.

Just the other day I was thinking how I wished my friends and marketing specialists had an easier way to stalk me online! Twitter to the rescue! The site announced yesterday that it will soon give users the option of publishing their location along with their post.

Two friends, who live across the country from each other, are taking the staycation to a whole other level. Thanks to the expansive collection of geotagged photos online, Marc Horowitz and Pete Baldes are taking a road trip... from the comfort of their desk chairs.

At a press conference in New York today, Samsung unveiled three new compact cameras with never before seen features.

Tired of being asked that time-honored question: "Now where was this taken?" Bilora, a German company, has developed an SLR attachment that will record your GPS location at the click of the shutter.