With the purchase of British online mapping services company Multimap, Microsoft aims to expand its services to provide more applications to the consumer and commercial markets and to surpass rivals ...

Microsoft has bought the British online mapmaker, Multimap, as part of its attempt to give Google Earth a run for its money. Multimap will become a separate division of Microsoft, and its code will ...

Microsoft announced this morning that it has acquired UK-based mapping platform and consumer destination MultiMap. Deal terms weren’t disclosed. MultiMap will reportedly operate as a wholly owned ...