Bing Blogs - 159

Microsoft strives to be the leader in attracting women to careers in technology. We believe that diverse ideas and representation add value to our corporate community and to our products. Microsoft and Online Services Division (OSD) which includes: Bing, Bing Mobile, MSN, and Online Advertising will be at SWE 10, the Annual Conference for Women Engineers from November 4-6 in Orlando, FL. Our goal is to make long lasting connections with Women...
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Working in the AdCenter test team is a great challenge. You get to work on leading edge software that runs at very large scale. The testing is still evolving as we have to find the right rhythm to support frequent releases and balance testing in the lab as well as testing some features in production.  The other major work challenge we have is trying to figure out the right way to scale our testing to 3-5x the current volume of traffic in...
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Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen have long been part of the style and fashion industry and on October 3rd they will be unveiling their spring collection of The Row, their luxury apparel and accessories brand at Paris Fashion Week. And Bing will be there to bring you exclusive content from their show and will be the official search engine for The Row. Now for those of us that can’t wait to see the latest trends for spring and love to see the...
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It is hard to believe that Explorer Eric Larsen has begun the last leg of his Save the Poles expedition, which has taken him to Mt. Everest. Earlier this year Eric completed the first two legs of his journey to both the North and South Pole and now has started his accent up Mt. Everest. We joined Eric shortly after his South Pole Expedition and have been fascinated with his findings and thrilled to be a part of his quest to both raise awareness to...
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Looking for information on startups at TechCrunch Disrupt so you can have your own angels dinner (oddly, no one accepted my invite to TGIFriday’s last night)?  Look no further than the new Bing Visual Search gallery located here.  Get the details on all the companies, latest news, tweets and other salient info about each startup at Disrupt.  Sort by how much they’ve raised, who funded them, when they were funded and more...
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At the end of October, I’ll be attending the National Society of Hispanic MBAs conference & career expo in Chicago, IL. Myself, about 30-40 of my Microsoft staffing colleagues, and roughly 8,000 current MBA students and graduates will be gathering in the Windy City with two common goals: to eat our weight in deep-dish pizza and to network like crazy.  Our fantastic campus recruiting team will be there interviewing current MBA...
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Data centers get a lot of publicity because of the rate of growth and the amount of power consumed across the globe.  Companies that provide content and applications, as well as end users, just expect things to work.  Everyone expects to find anything they need online, from every device they own, and it should always be available.  This requires careful planning to stay ahead of demand, precise coordination of maintenance...
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  I asked recruiters, hiring managers, for their top “pet peeves” things they see on resumes that make them                                                      ...
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In conjunction with the launch of the new U.S. teacher resource, http://teach.gov , the Bing team is excited to present our own Teach Here map app. Teach Here presents a veteran or potential teacher with a simple way to search for teacher prep programs, state teaching certification offices, school district headquarters, and local teaching jobs. A great education depends heavily on having great teachers, and this application represents a first for...
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We are excited to announce another exciting update to the Bing for Mobile iPhone and iPod Touch app.  Below we have highlighted a few of the new features that will be available soon in the Bing for Mobile iPhone App in the App Store: Travel – We know consumers love the Price Predicator on the PC, and now they can find it along with other great Bing Travel features on their iPhone.  From the Bing for Mobile iPhone app’s...
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