Google's Street View app, alongside Google Earth, has ever-so-slightly changed the world--buying a house may never be the same again, for one thing, nor will smartphone-based navigation. And that's probably why another tech giant ...READ»
Gary Flake joined Microsoft as a technical fellow in 2005 and promptly founded Live Labs, which is focused on creating innovative Internet applications such as Photosynth. Prior to Microsoft, he founded and ran Yahoo! Research Labs and worked as the chief scientist at Overture.READ»
Strange things are going on in the lab of Gary Flake. Flake started Microsoft's Live Labs, a rapid-development Web team that exists outside of any specific product group in the company. His team is looking to bring innovative Web applications to the public (you can thank him for Photosynth). Can he make Microsoft come alive? READ»