Hack4Transparancy for everyone

A few weeks ago we told you about the Hack4Transparancy event, bringing techies together November 8th and 9th in the European Parliament for an all-expenses-paid good time eating, talking, and making important data accessible to everyone.
Well, now we’ve got more exciting news. We’ve broadened the scope of the event and extended the application deadline for those wishing to make data on Internet performance visible and meaningful.
What’s changed?
The application deadline for the Internet Quality track has been extended through noon, CET, Friday October 21st (that’s this coming Friday).
To diversify the skill-set of interested hackers, we’ve added a data visualization option to the Internet Quality track.
We’ve expanded the criteria — now, eligible hackers from anywhere in the world can apply.
And, we’ve increased the prize money. One winning team or individual on each track will now receive €5.000,00.

Street Slide Bing Maps

In the video above Blaise Aguera y Arcas of Bing is demonstrating a new Photosynth application for iPhones. The application is expected to be released in the coming months.

It looks like Photosynths captured with the iPhone could be added to Bing Maps. In the second half of the video Blaise demonstrates Street Slide. Street Slide is a side on view of a road, which can be scrolled left and right. If you zoom in Street Slide seamlessly integrates with Street Side (Street View) views.

Street Slide is available in the lastest version of Bing for iPhone.