Bing Blogs - 144

Over the past few months, we have been working hard to help customers make more informed decisions in search by surfacing the kind of information you can only get from your friends, often in real-time.  Today, we are pleased introduce two new ways to experience Twitter and Facebook on Bing. Bing News adds real-time Twitter updates: Awhile back we introduced Bing social which lets you plunge into the real-time tweet stream to uncover the...
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Bing has teamed with Xtranormal, the next generation filmmakers who bring movie-making to the people, to give anyone a shot at fame and fortune, over $10,000 in prizes and for the first time ever- their likeness memorialized as an Xtranormal character for life. Until April 14th, we invite you to visit: http://www.xtranormal.com/bing/ and create a 2 minute (or under) video highlighting the theme “decisions” across three genres...
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You might use Bing for a variety of reasons. Need to search for a recipe, or need to check out a map? How about making flight arrangements, make dinner reservations, or better yet, want to scroll through images to get ideas for redecorating your family room? No doubt Bing is starting to become a household name when one turns to the internet to make a decision and make it fast. The Bing team is made up of several individuals who grew up loving...
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Today, we launched updates to the Bing for Mobile browse (m.bing.com) making it easier for you to get and view information while on the go. New features in this update include better and faster image search, real-time transit and directions, app search for the iPhone, and more. Utilizing HTML5, the new features are offered on Smartphone browsers for the iPhone and Android. If you have a Windows Phone 7 device, don’t worry, Windows Phone 7...
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Update: For those who couldn’t make it in person, the Microsoft Advertising Team captured the action at SES NY: Video Bing Webmaster Community SMB at SES NY http://community.microsoftadvertising.com/blogs/advertiser/archive/2011/03/22/video-bing-webmaster-community-smb-seo-duane-forrester-at-ses-nyc.aspx  SES Kicking Off Strong: Search Where to Next http://community.microsoftadvertising.com/blogs/advertiser/archive/2011/03/22/ses...
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Planning a trip?  With Bing’s new attractions pages you can find everything you’re looking for in one spot.   Bing pulls together details on top city attractions like the Space Needle or the Smithsonian so you can quickly find the information you’re looking for.  Everything you need to plan your excursion – including reviews, events and photos – are now in one place. To ensure you have up-to...
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In the spirit of Diversity and Inclusion, Microsoft’s Online Services Division (OSD) will be attending NSBE’s 37th Annual Convention held on March 23-27 in St. Louis, MO.  We will be at booth #908 from 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM on Thursday, March 24th and Friday, March 25th.  Microsoft and OSD truly believe that we can only perform at our best if we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment.  Diversity enriches...
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Today, our friends on the Internet Explorer team released the latest version of the world’s most used browser, Internet Explorer 9. Please join us in wishing them a heartfelt congrats! Over 40 million people downloaded the Beta version of IE9 and already 250 top sites and over 1000  other partners from around the globe have taken advantage of IE9 capabilities to deliver differentiated experiences to their customers. Internet...
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When discussing relevance in search, people often cite personalization as the next frontier in delivering more relevant results. Traditional methods of personalization have been based on something called ‘collaborative filtering.’ At its simplest, ‘collaborative filtering’ means if user A and user B both like something, then you can predict user A’s future “likes” based on what user B “likes.&rdquo...
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The Bing team is excited to make our annual pilgrimage to the tech mecca that is SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas.  Harnessing the beehive of community love floating about in the air of 6th Street and beyond, Bing has plenty of activities planned.  To all the geek rockstars descending upon awesome Austin, we hope you can join us.  Here’s the list of our activities. March 12@5:00PM Left Brain Search = Google. Right Brain...
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