Bing's Streetside view gives you a totally new perspective on maps. Step outside of the bubble.

6 months of microsoft.com/next has whistled by. What are the favorite posts of Editor, Steve Clayton, during that time? 

What's worked with Next at Microsoft in the 6 months since launch, what hasn't and where next?

Our homes are getting more and more connected - pretty soon our carpets will be talking to our vacuums and washers negotiating with the power company. Autonomously. 

Christian Payne tweeted this at Thinking Digital 2011 upon seeing Microsoft's Steven Bathiche demonstrate how he's building the "ultimate display".

We've seen airline apps on iPhone and Android that allow you to see flight status and have a digital boarding card. But a 3D view of the cabin?

Later this summer the SDK we’ll be releasing the Surface Input Simulator as part of the Microsoft Surface 2 SDK - it'll enable you to develop Surface apps - without a Surface.