Bing Blogs - 157

The SHPE Conference is the major event for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc. and the largest technical and career conference for Hispanics in the country. Each year, the SHPE Conference attracts over 5,000 engineering professionals, students and corporate representatives. The conference is an opportunity for engineering companies and corporations to recruit top talent from SHPE membership. It also provides educational, technical...
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Visit Wayne Gretzky’s Restaurant Check out the Hockey Hall of Fame See the Distillery District And more importantly, attend the CIKM Conference! Calling all Developers and Researchers! Microsoft’s Bing team will be attending the CIKM conference in Toronto! We are very excited about this conference and can’t wait to demo some of the latest and greatest Bing features! Please stop by our booth and say Hello to Amanda and Nicole...
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Sometimes it really feels good to be where you are. Like now. I wouldn’t trade the positive press and love letters from customers that Bing design has been getting for much of anything. (“Microsoft is out innovating Google, especially in design…”) I don’t say that to sound like a marketing sound bite, but because I need to savor it… it’s been such a l-o-n-g time coming. It’s been just as hard to...
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If you have been following along with Eric Larsen’s Save the Poles expedition you would know that he was on his way up to the summit of Mt. Everest to complete his third and final leg. Well late last week Eric made it to the Summit. Eric has now been to the South Pole, the North Pole and the Summit of Everest all within one calendar year. An accomplishment that has never been done before. Eric Larsen and his team on top of Mt. Everest with...
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Ever listen to your favorite song and wonder what inspired the artist to write it?  Curious if there’s hidden meaning behind the lyrics?  Starting tomorrow, you will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in a multi-platform search experience to learn how one of today’s most iconic artists shares his life experiences through his lyrics.  In anticipation of the release of his first book, DECODED, which will be on...
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Over the past year, we’ve been working with a number of companies to sponsor mobile apps. As we continue to roll out advancements to Bing for mobile across several mobile platforms, we’re pleased to announce an exciting new offer from Tapulous, part of Disney Mobile. Starting today “Katy Perry Revenge by Bing,” an all-new game featuring Katy Perry’s new single “Firework” is available for free via at: ...
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The technology search engines employ to retrieve that needle in the information haystack is staggering and humbling; it’s one of the things that get us fired up to come to work at Bing every day.   Today we announced an exciting expansion to our long-term partnership with Facebook.  Specifically, we are rolling out some new features that allow you to take your friends with you into your Bing experience, both at www.bing.com as...
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Please note that information contained within this post has been updated.  For the latest information regarding Bing social search features please see the following update. – Bing Team, 11/2/2010 As you read in Satya’s post, today we announced a significant expansion of our partnership with Facebook, where Bing will provide much more personalized experiences to you by allowing you to bring your Facebook friends into your...
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Our latest Bing’s Best Windows 7 theme pack puts you in the middle of a storm on the plains, takes you ice fishing with a Kingfisher, and offers a seal’s eye view of a kelp forest. There are 18 wallpapers in all… here’s a sneak peak at a few of them: To download the full theme pack, go to the Windows Personalization Gallery. If you missed the other Bing’s Best themes, you can download them from the same site.  ...
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Today it’s my turn to follow up with news of more goodness from Bing – new routing and geocoding features for Bing Maps REST Services 
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