Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software company, beat out Google Inc. to become the digital mapmaker for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Microsoft Virtual Earth will help the EPA collect and analyze data on everything from water and air quality to disaster relief, the company, based in Redmond, Wash., said today in a statement.
The agreement is a win for Microsoft, which is battling Google to attract more users to its digital maps site. Virtual Earth provides maps, aerial photos and three-dimensional models of cities that will be used to display data from the EPA.
Consumer confidence
A better hiring outlook and lower gas prices pushed a measure of U.S. consumer confidence to its highest level in four and a half years.
5th iPhone app
Clayton Ward, a 10th-grader from West Jordan,has created five apps for the Apple operating systems.
poorer people charitable
A 2009 study showed the poor give a higher percentage of their income to charity than rich people.
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