Each week, Bing Predicts chooses the winners of every professional football game. Every Tuesday for the rest of the season, we’ll update our prior week’s results, share our upcoming week’s predictions which are also available on Bing, and provide some rationale for making our picks. Week 4 Predictions: For Week 4, Bing Predicts has three upsets from their algorithm, highlighted by Dallas beating New Orleans. In a likely battle of back-up QBs, the...
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Autumn has arrived and we’re ringing in the season with a new round of Bing Predicts for fall TV shows. These forecasts include which series will be the biggest hits and predictions for who will reign on Dancing with the Stars and The Voice. We’re also releasing several new entertainment experiences for movies and ticketed events, all designed to help you save time looking for information so you can spend more time being entertained. Find must-see...
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Bing brings information directly to users where and when they need it across a growing number of Microsoft and third party experiences. We’re pleased to announce the latest Office experiences to benefit from Bing search. Today, Office 2016 has launched and with it comes a new feature designed to help you quickly and easily find what you need to bring your ideas to life: Smart Lookup. Smart Lookup lets you fact-check and learn more about terms...
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Saying Goodbye to Link Explorer Saying goodbye is never easy, but the time has come to do just that with a member of the Bing Webmaster Tools family: starting October 1st, 2015 we are shutting down Link Explorer. Why say goodbye? Link Explorer has been part of Webmaster Tools since the June 2012 release (called “Phoenix”) and provided an easy way to see a sample of links pointing to a given site — not just your own — making it a simple...
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Since we shared the Bing Maps Preview* in July, you’ve given us more than 46,000 suggestions and pieces of feedback! Thank you. The team is passionate about the new experience and it means a lot to have so many of you taking the time to share your thoughts. As we sifted through the feedback, a number of common suggestions bubbled up to the top of the list: People loved the new cards but lots of you want to be able to hide and show the cards on...
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Space travel and adventure return to the big screen this October in one of fall’s most anticipated movies, The Martian. If you haven’t yet seen a preview of the 20th Century Fox film, or read Andy Weir’s book, the premise is this: During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile...
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Start your engines, NASCAR fans, for this year’s Chase Grid® Battle Powered by Bing. This exciting competition gives fans the chance to make round-by-round picks and compete for prizes throughout the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, which kicks-off on Sept. 20 at Chicagoland Speedway. This year, the Bing team has partnered with NASCAR to bring its Bing Predicts technology directly into the Chase Grid Battle Game experience to give NASCAR’s...
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Every summer Microsoft hosts a group of highly talented interns from all over the globe. These interns work on projects they’re passionate about – projects that have the potential to make a difference in the lives of millions. This summer, Cassie, now a sophomore at Texas A&M University and flutist, and Olivier, now a junior at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and saxophone player, joined the Bing team as interns.  Both hoped to create...
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Windows 10 is here, and it’s everywhere!  Amongst many other features, one special facet of Windows 10 is the mapping platform that’s built right into Windows. With Windows 10, the map control and geospatial platform go beyond mapping basics with several new capabilities including advanced imagery & offline.  With a few lines of code, developers can make their Universal apps more engaging as they bring them to Windows 10. With previous...
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Summer is approaching the finish line, Labor Day weekend draws near, and post-season baseball is around the corner. All of these signs point to one thing: Football is back. Fortunately for you, Bing has all your professional football needs covered this season. Whether you want to know the chances of your team winning in the upcoming week, the likelihood of your favorites making the playoffs, or key strategies to help your fantasy team get the edge...
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