Bing Blogs - 155

Last weekend the regionals of the Bing National Tailgate Championship moved to Denver’s Mile High, where team Bronco Bus won the battle for tailgate supremacy. Chase Boswell, owner of the vehicle that gave the team its name, said the team has...
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As we highlighted last week, REDU HOMEROOM, a two-week fundraising exhibition featuring original art by five renowned artists is up and running in New York.   The featured artists: Scott Campbell, Neck Face, José Parla, Lucien Marc-Smith, and Luis Gispert are drawing from their personal experiences to produce works that inspire dialogue and action around education reform.   . In Jeff Staple’s words, the message of the...
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It is with great sadness that I write this post. Last week, at the age of 101, Dr. Richard Bing passed away. Our thoughts go out to his loved ones as well as the countless others that his life touched.  His legacy is an inspiration to all of us here at Bing; in particular those of us who were lucky enough to meet him in person. With the permission of his family, we have included his full obituary below.  Sean Carver – Bing...
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 I was following Microsoft as a hobbyist programmer ever since I was a geeky teenager. I always thought it would be an incredibly interesting company to work for and indeed it is. In the past I felt that Microsoft had lost some of the focus as it became very big and tried to do too many things. However, in recent years I’ve started seeing signs of Microsoft going back to its origins and getting back to being a leader rather than a...
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Jay-Z and Bing are proud to announce the addition of a final prize to the ‘Decode Jay-Z by Bing’ experience: The Jay-Z Lifetime Pass. To anyone who locates all of the pages online, we are adding the chance to win free access for you and a friend to every single Jay-Z show anywhere in the world for the rest of your life. In order to be entered, you must first prove your dedication by cracking all of the clues and using Bing Maps to...
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Hiring managers as well as Recruiters will almost always click on the provided links to look at your web site if it’s listed. We will would try to find out as much about the candidate as we can, including looking up the person online.  Even if it’s not on your resume, if your blog, or profile contains information on your real identity, the people you least expect, and those that you certainly don’t want reading it, may find...
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Our search to find the nation’s best tailgating team kicked off in Houston last Sunday. It was a parking lot battle of bean bags, brisket and bull-horns. Houston’s own Bull’s Eye Tailgaters beat out the competition proving their...
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It’s been an exciting week for us here at Bing. On Monday, Windows Phone 7 hit US store shelves giving people access to Bing for Mobile out of the box. And for you Verizon Wireless customers, with the release of the Samsung Continuum and the Motorola Citrus, we are happy to announce the Bing for Mobile Android App will come preinstalled.  Since the launch of the Bing for Mobile Android App in the Verizon Wireless Android Market, many...
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  The Bing Mobile (BITs) group in Boulder, Colorado is constantly developing new areas to bring revenue to Bing and relevance to search through processing and interpreting imagery.  As well, the BITs (Bing Imagery Technologies) group is leading computer vision algorithm development for future Bing Maps initiatives. We are lighting up the Mobile and Local Search experience with real world search, navigation and discovery of information...
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Bing always strives to bring you more, and our homepage is no exception. We offer a new image every day to help you explore the world around you. The homepage loads in stages so that the image never gets in the way of your ability to search. Ever wanted to know more about the pictures? If you have a little time to spend and want to explore the day’s image, point your mouse around it until you find a hotspot: Hidden in the image, hotspots are...
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