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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Bing Blogs - 143
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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The Bing Travel Fareology Team (http://www.bing.com/travel) has issued their forecast for the 2011 summer travel season, showing that airfare and hotel costs are on the rise. Compared to last year, airfare is expected to be up 15 percent, with tickets averaging $561 up from $485 last summer. Summer hotel costs will rise by over 7 percent, with average costs at $242 versus $227 last year. Airlines are making deep cuts in capacity and surcharges are...
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If you’re like me, you probably have a long list of places you’d like to visit in your lifetime. I bet your friends and family have their own lists as well. But up to now, there hasn’t been an easy way to share these dreams with your friends and see what travel aspirations they have.
Bing Travel Wish List is a Facebook app that provides both armchair and active travelers a way to track, share, and compare their travel goals with...
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Yes, really! My name is Carri and I am the Director of Sourcing Operations within the Data Center Services team here at Microsoft. I have been in the Seattle area for 15 years, working organizations with hard-core manufacturing and supply chain focus. When you think of supply chain, companies such as Starbucks, Amazon, Boeing, PACCAR, etc. all come to mind, but not usually Microsoft.
Wow! I was surprised when I...
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While giving thanks to teachers should hardly be limited to a specific time of year, this month in the U.S. people everywhere are dedicated to honoring the teachers that gave us so much. At Microsoft, we’re giving thanks to teachers by sharing stories of those educators that had the biggest significance in our life. We’ve captured these moments on video, which you can view on the #ThanksTeach page for Partners in Learning on Facebook...
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