Bing Blogs - 140

If you are a current job seeker and are employed, you have been dreaming of the day you get an offer.  You will finally get the opportunity to make a fresh start and face new challenges.  What people don’t often think about is their boss making a last ditch effort to retain them and receiving a counter offer.  How do you handle this situation?   It’s incredibly flattering to be recognized as a valuable asset to your...
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Bengt – Director, Network Engineering – Global Networking Services Team I’ve been in Microsoft’s Global Networking Services (GNS) team for just over 36 months.  Global Networking Services is the team that designs, deploys and supports the networks behind Microsoft’s online services, including Bing, Windows Azure, Microsoft Business Productivity Online Services, Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger, and Microsoft.com....
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This week we rolled out a new set of features that help you make better decisions by delivering a more personalized search experience based on the opinions of your friends on Facebook. In that spirit, we are pleased to be a part of the sequel to the most popular “friend” comedy of all-time: The Hangover Part II. Bing will be covering the premiere live on the red carpet from Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood and you’re...
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Check out what our veterans and active military employees have to say about working at Microsoft here.  We are proud to see such great representation in the Online Services Division.  Learn more about how you can translate military experience to a job at Microsoft and join a community that honors you here.
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At Microsoft (HQ) there are a million reasons why we love living in the Seattle area. If you are a job seeker (or if you are already interviewing with us) and are considering relocating to the Puget Sound area, here is a list from some “Microsofties” on why we love Seattle!   “Seattle is a world class city that offers a wealth of amenities”   “Can’t beat the coffee”   “A clean place to...
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At Bing, our mission is to help you make faster, more informed decisions. We designed a new way to experience search, focusing on great design, task completion, instant answers, and vertical categories like shopping and travel to help you make decisions faster. While we’ve made great strides in these areas, there is a huge opportunity for improvement. Today, search remains largely driven by facts and links – we think it’s time to...
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My name is Mira and I’m a UX lead. I drive the prototyping and UX PM effort within the Design team on Bing.  My team of developers and PMs help validate design and concepts through working prototypes. We also drive UX thinking on framework features across the Bing experience. I’ve worked at Bing for 5 years (previously as Live Search) and have seen it evolve from a pure relevance-focused organization to one that recognizes great...
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As many of you know, we recently rolled out some updates to the Bing Maps Web control. You can try them and more in our Interactive SDK!
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Today, we’re excited to announce a new Bing Maps iOS SDK. The iOS map control supports Bing’s road, aerial and hybrid aerial map styles, and includes the ability to add pushpins to the maps and access the user’s location via the GPS to locate the phone on the map.
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Congratulations to the winners of the Bing Mobile Deals Sweepstakes! On April 19th, we gave @bing followers the chance to win $100 towards their next Bing Mobile Deals purchase. We simply asked them to name the restaurant they would like to see featured on Deals. All they had to do was reply to @bing along with their answer and the #bingmobiledeals hashtag and they were eligible. The five lucky winners were: @markpalfreeman, @archangelreb...
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