Bing Blogs - 161

  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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Arne Duncan, the U.S. secretary of education, fields your questions in an Oct. 1 webcast. Are crumbling schools putting our nation’s future at risk? Are our teachers prepared for the myriad challenges they meet in the classroom? Is frequent testing giving us a good idea of student success and failure, or distorting comprehensive education for the next generation? MSN and Bing’s REDU initiative are presenting an opportunity for you to...
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We have recently updated the Bing for Mobile Blackberry app.  You can now access Bing Maps by pressing the Bing Maps icon from your Blackberry device.  We have also updated the home screen and added a launcher so you can access local, maps, directions and news faster.                              ...
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When we launched Bing over a year ago, we set out to shake up the search market and try new and innovative approaches to improve the search experience. We’ve been pleased with the positive feedback we’ve heard from customers, and humbled to have seen some great momentum in our early months. We’ll continue to explore new approaches to search and interesting ways to engage users and increase awareness of Bing features. Today marks...
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As the internet continues to evolve, we find there are more new “signals” coming in to search that enable us to provide customers with more relevant, real time and connected results. Our work with Twitter and Facebook over the last year or so has helped us create what is in effect a “social layer” for search that brings social information into the search experience in real time. This is an important investment for us at...
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The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is designed to bring the career interests of women in computing to the forefront. There will be Leaders in their respective fields, representing industrial, academic and government communities—leading their current work, while special sessions focus on the role of women in today’s technology fields, including computer science, information technology, research and engineering. Microsoft...
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Bing is sponsoring a “kids owned and operated” event on September 18th (Saturday) called TEDxRedmond chaired by the youngest TED speaker, 12-year old Adora Svitak.  A free, inspirational event for kids by kids, this one-of-a-kind conference will bring some of the most extraordinary youth from Washington State and the nation to share insights, knowledge, and “ideas worth spreading” with their peers. Adora and the...
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 This is one of the most dynamic new frontiers in advertising!  As the Internet and computing are reinvented on mobile devices – ever smaller, more personal and ubiquitous – advertising is evolving very quickly onto mobile. Mobile advertising opportunities currently span a broad range of interactive media, from display to search to messaging to in-application experiences from Microsoft and our syndication partners. Microsoft...
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