Bing Blogs - 165

I joined LinkedIn back in 2005. Approximately 2 years after the business networking site had launched. Like blogging, joining a community like this was foreign to me, but I thought the concept was really neat and wanted to learn more about it. I consider myself an open networker and truly see the value in having many connections. But, over the past year, I have noticed a tremendous amount of spammers sending me invites. I have become guarded and...
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Some of the engineering roles we have at Microsoft are best explained through the stories of the people who do the work day in and day out. Bing is one of the most exciting groups at Microsoft and has very strong, very dedicated Software Development Engineers in Test. This interview is to give insight into the role and to what it’s like to work on a web service at Microsoft. (too read more about this post, please find the original story at...
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Today the Microsoft Research team will be at SIGIR 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland discussing new updates to the Web N-gram service and participating in a number of other workshops as well as a Keynote. Where you can Find Microsoft at SIGIR: Keynote: Refactoring the Search Problem to Exploit Difference Between Clients and Servers Dr. Gary Flake, Microsoft, Director of Live Labs Workshops: · Crowd Sourcing for Search Evaluation ·...
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You may have noticed that Bing’s Tuesday homepage was a tribute to a celebration in Japan. We were celebrating as Bing Japan removed its beta tag, launched a new product feature and became a contender in the Japanese search market. There were many new features to show the crowd but to showcase our focus on entertainment; we hit the city with Yoshimoto Entertainment Company, one of the most prominent celebrity agents in Japan. The fans...
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Every day students use Bing to learn and explore, so we have a vested interest in seeing them succeed.  Whether that is through providing new tools for teachers and students, sponsoring programs like 10,000 Rockets or through our various partnerships. Recently we have had the opportunity to partner with DonorsChoose.org to help bring funding to classroom projects across the US with programs like the Teacher Appreciation program that just...
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Conduct people searches instead of a job searches. The majority of jobs aren’t posted online. Most hiring managers get a list of employee referrals before they even bother to view resumes from recruiters who submit them. Many studies have noted that 80% of jobs are taken through networking, but few have used the web to search and locate people they would actually enjoy working with and for companies that would give them solid career path. 3...
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In coordination with Digital Map Products (DMP), developers can now easily overlay over 100 million US parcels to more easily identify boundaries between properties. Using a simple, native method in Bing Maps and DMP’s ParcelStream API with just 7 lines of code (yes, SEVEN) you can tap into this wonderful trove of parcel information. 
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Is your company a Microsoft Partner? If not, why not join at Partners.Microsoft.com and check out Microsoft Inspire, a conference dedicated to Microsoft Partners https://myinspire.microsoft.com
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Some of the engineering roles we have at Microsoft are best explained through the stories of the people who do the work day in and day out. Bing is one of the most exciting groups at Microsoft and has very strong, very dedicated Software Development Engineers in Test. This interview is to give insight into the role and to what it’s like to work on a web service at Microsoft. (too read more about this post, please...
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We are sure by now you have heard, seen or read that NBA player LeBron James will be making a decision as to which NBA team he will choose to play for next season. LeBron will be making his decision on a special program, “The Decision,” which airs live this Thursday, July 8, at 9 pm ET on ESPN. We are excited to be a part of LeBron’s important day and to be the official decision engine of the site LebronJames.com and one of the...
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