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The new version of Bing Webmaster Tools is here. Try out now! 
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You may know that Microsoft Rewards lets you earn points just by searching with Bing or shopping with Microsoft and redeem those points towards gift cards and other items, but did you know that you can also use these points to donate to nonprofits? Here at Bing, we wanted to invite you this Valentine’s Day to share your affection not only with your loved ones, but also with causes close to your heart.
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Finding your dream job can take effort, but LinkedIn has made it easier for its members. Factors around location can oftentimes be central to job selection. Learn how LinkedIn uses Bing Maps APIs to bring location intelligence to the job hunt.
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The search box is the most important piece of UX on our page. It won’t be an overstatement to say that the search box is the most important piece of UX on any search engine. No change to the UX is too trivial, no change passes through un-verified. During one such exercise we noticed that some of our customers were having a sub-optimal experience with our search box. Some of their clicks were being ignored by the search box.  As we...
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Announcing Bing's partnership with Botify to further drive the vision of a fundamental shift in how search engines find content.
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This holiday season we’re excited to announce an advanced flight booking experience as well as expanded visual search shopping scenarios.
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The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is preparing for their annual tradition of tracking Santa around the globe. As NORAD conducts its primary mission of defending Canadian and United States airspace, they take on the supplementary mission of tracking Santa's journey for the holidays
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Bing is adopting Microsoft Edge as the engine to run JavaScript and render web pages. In the coming months, we will switch to Microsoft Edge for all sites with the new user agents shared in this post.
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After launching traffic camera imagery on Bing Maps in April, we have seen a lot of interest in this new feature. Based on the popularity of this feature, the Bing Maps Routing and Traffic team has made some further improvements to this routing experience.
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Imagine being able to navigate through your neighborhood using your hearing alone. With the help of Bing Maps Local Search and Location Recognition APIs, Microsoft Soundscape helps the blind and low vision explore the world around them using a map delivered in 3D sound.
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