Daily Dispatch: Bing's new iPhone app; How Apple stops information leaks

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Microsoft Offers Bing iPhone App (Information Week)

...What does the Bing application do? Well, Microsoft talks up its Voice Search a lot. The Voice Search function has been integrated into the mapping application, and can pinpoint places on a map if requested. It also provides driving directions.

Google Highlights Review Sentiments On Local Place Pages (Search Engine Land)

...Google has joined Bing (and Yahoo to a lesser degree) with today's announcement that it's emphasizing the content and sentiment of reviews and ratings on its place pages.

MIT unveils new 'smart' bike wheel (CNet)

...The wheel's battery can store energy as you step on the brakes and then return that power back to help you climb a hill or boost your speed. A sensor inside the hub measures your effort when you ride. As you pedal forward, the sensor tells the wheel's electric motor to give you a boost. When you hit the brakes, the motor regenerates, slowing you down and recharging the batteries.

Father delivers baby using instructions found with Google (BabyChums.com)

...Unsure what to do, Leroy picked up his BlackBerry, navigated to the Web search engine Google and entered in the search term "how to deliver a baby." The most relevant result for Leroy was an entry on Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia.

Google Adds Spatial Search to Maps API (TechCrunch)

...Spatial search allows developers to search an area of map for particular features. Their apps would call these searches through a search feed, which can search a boxed area or within the radius of a certain lat/long point.

Apple Gestapo: How Apple Hunts Down Leaks (Gizmodo)

..."Apple has these moles working everywhere, especially in departments where leaks are suspected. Management is not aware of them," he told me, "once they suspect a leak, the special forces—as we call them—will walk in the office at any hour, especially in the mornings. They will contact whoever was the most senior manager in the building, and ask them to coordinate the operation."

The Deadliest place on Earth? Surviving Cueva de los Cristales - The Giant Crystal Cave (The Iron Ammonite)

...Cueva de los Cristales is the incarnation of our most awesome science fiction imaginations - Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Superman's Fortress of Solitude. At about the same time as humans first ventured out of Africa, these crystals began to slowly grow. For half a million years they remained protected and nurtured by a womb of hot hydrothermal fluids rich with minerals.

Lighter Side: The death of weddings, as seen on YouTube (MSNBC)

"...Sure, making your wedding an Internet meme seems as harmless a fad as bungee jumping after saying "I do" or exchanging vows in the shark tank at Sea World … until you see where it's leading to."