We have been working hard on improving Bing News and today we are proud to announce significant developments to our search algorithms, resulting in a much more relevant search experience, helping you find the information you’re looking for even easier and quicker than before.   Among the improvements, search results now pull in many more UK sources and are much fresher and diverse. In particular, the below search screenshot for...
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Will it be True Grit or The King’s Speech for Best Picture? Will James Franco snatch the Best Actor gong from under the nose of our very own Colin Firth? While speculation grows around this weekend’s 83rd Academy Awards here at Bing we’ve created a Visual Search gallery to help you keep an eye on all the nominees. Within our Academy Awards gallery you can check out all the nominees for this year’s award ceremony...
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In the first of a series of guest posts, Michael Gillett, Editor at My Microsoft life, shares his thoughts on Bing’s key features. His first post talks about Bing Visual Search. “I have been a Bing user since the search engine was rebranded and relaunched back in 2009 and I have grown to love some of the lesser known features that Bing offers. Visual Search is an excellent example of a feature no other search engine has. It allows sets...
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For last-minute Christmas shopping and New Year’s Eve party planning, three new Visual Search galleries for women’s dresses, women’s shoes and women’s underwear were released last night. The new additions join a plethora of galleries including women’s handbags, cocktails and celebrities. The new galleries features include:Women’s dressesChoose from over 800 dresses from over 140 designers. Sort by designer...
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It’s been an incredible first year for Bing. During this time we’ve worked hard to make your online search experience a visually rich experience, rather than providing text heavy blue lines. Bing has led the way in offering image based searches with our Visual Search engine where users can do everything from finding out Prince William’s age to the world’s most remote beaches. The team are very proud of some of the key...
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Fashion and art have long been credited for leading the charge when it comes to our ideas about beauty. Yet, according to new research we conducted at Bing, 58 per cent of Brits feel it is technology that has most changed their perception of beauty over the last 10 years. This compares to 55 per cent of people who say fashion has, 26 per cent who say art has and 12 per cent who say architecture has. It isn’t just our perceptions of beauty...
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