Bing Blogs - 160

,I’d like to highlight HeyGov!, a solution that uses MapDotNet, Bing Maps, and Azure to communicate and manage 311 issues for governments and citizens. Earlier this year, ISC won a Windows Azure contest for the best US Public Sector Application and used the winning application as the foundation for HeyGov!.
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I work in the knowledge domain group which is responsible for powering the Bing Health vertical.  From a professional perspective, the work is challenging. The search world is ever advancing, and we are at the cutting edge of technology.  But what makes Bing Health special is the feedback we are getting from our users. You see, researching health on the web is not like trying to figure out which restaurant to go to or finding the best...
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Today PewResearchCenter released a report that goes into depth on the rise in how we are researching products online.  One of largest increases Pew found was how people are using the web to make their shopping and services decisions by comparing products and options online. We agree – in fact, we know how important having product information and reviews is to you before you make that purchasing decision. With that in mind, we’ve...
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Early this month, in the Bingbot is Coming to Town blog post, we provided details about the impending change from msnbot to bingbot.  It’s almost October 1st, so we thought we’d send out a quick reminder that this change is still in the works. Taking into account webmaster feedback, we have modified our rollout schedule a bit. Instead of doing an 100% switch on day one, we will do a staged rollout.  What does that mean to...
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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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