Last week, we asked you to share your favorite film with us for a chance to win a trip for you and a friend to The Sundance Film Festival 2012. Today, we’re proud to announce that Jason Mraz will be performing at Sundance. For all of our loyal followers who are also Mraz fans, we are hosting a Twitter sweepstakes for the chance to win a trip to Sundance for one winner and a friend.
Today (January 10th), we will be tweeting a question from...
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Each year, The Sundance Film Festival draws thousands of film buffs to Park City, Utah and serves as the premier showcase for independent films.
For the third year, Bing is the official search engine for Sundance and the Bing team will be traveling to Sundance to set up the Bing Bar, last year’s hottest destination at Sundance. The Bing Bar will host a star-studded line-up of diverse events, offering an inside look at the films, people, and...
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Did you happen to notice the new routing engine we implemented on Bing Maps? No? I suppose that’s a good thing since your service was never interrupted. However, I can tell you that we’re enjoying the reduced latency, high performance, low overhead benefits of a new route calculation algorithm that changes the game in how driving directions queries are computed.
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One of the perks of being a recruiter is meeting lots of new people, lots of new conversations and ideas sharing, it’s fantastic! But the ONE thing that consistently comes up in my conversations with potential candidates before their onsite interview is “So what are they really looking for, what does a successful interview mean?” Well, there are many competencies that would make for a successful interview but in my opinion...
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The Bing Casting Call series is a startup video experiment. With the help of Bing’s Ted Roduner (a colleague with a camera) and master promoter Marcelo Calbucci, originator of the Seattle 2.0 Web site, we set out to capture the startup experience from the horse’s mouth. Our aim was to create a platform where startups could share, convene and learn from one another. With this in mind, we put out a call to startups who wanted to share...
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Can you believe we are about to enter a new year? 2012 will be here before you know it. As each New Year approaches, millions of people around the globe make resolutions (or intentions) on things they want to accomplish. These resolutions can range anywhere from spending more time with family to having a more active lifestyle to perhaps finding a better job to further your career.
Did you know that working at Microsoft can also help you stick to...
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If you could take a trip anywhere in the world, where would you go?
In partnership with Lonely Planet, we invite you to set forth and explore the world. Visit the Bing Magical Holiday Calendar Thursday for a chance to plot your own adventure. The Grand Prize winner and a guest will work with the travel experts at Lonely Planet (staff and authors) to devise a customized 15 day/14 night itinerary exploring up to four destinations around the...
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Hollywood expert and TV personality Maria Menounos recently launched her first book The EveryGirl’s Guide to Life to help you make decisions on how to live your best life. In this must-have A-Z guide, Maria shares all the tips and secrets she’s learned from style experts, lifestyle gurus and the biggest stars in Hollywood.
This week, you have a chance to get Maria’s inside tips first hand. She will be our guest on this...
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Ever wonder what’s behind the merging of social signals into search? Not too long ago, all SEOs had to worry about were the old standbys: title tags, links, content, etc. Today, and in the future, social signals play a larger part in ranking, so what’s an SEO to do?
Why it’s happening
This is fairly easy to explain. While most folks like to point to the rise of Facebook and Twitter (and other social sources) and...
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We are pleased to announce the winners (pending official confirmation) of the three Bing Rewards sweepstakes that ended on November 30th. Our December sweeps have begun in our brand new redemption center! Keep reading for details on the great prizes we’re offering and how to enter, but first congratulations to our latest winners.
Michael T. of San Diego, California was drawn as the grand prize winner of the College Survival Pack. This...
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