LIVE Google Earth?!

That’s essentially what a new update will be doing for Microsoft’s search engine Bing. Shown to an amazed crowd at the TED Conference in Long Beach, California, this new concept integrates live video into Bing’s mapping feature.

“Microsoft says this might be useful, for instance, if you wanted to see how long a line outside a restaurant was on Valentine’s Day.”

Now, I don’t know if this is just me, but I’ve been looking forward to something like this ever since Google Earth was first introduced about five years ago. I’m sure it will initially be in use only on much larger cities, but I hope it will eventually catch on. Does all of this mean that ordinary people will eventually have the power to spy on people they know through the internet? Time will only tell, but this application could have many practical uses, and I’d love the ability to try it out one day.

via: CNN