Bing Blog - CA - Page 2

I don’t know about you, but my homepage is sacred. It is the gateway to the World Wide Web which is where I spend most of my free time. You never think about how important your homepage is until you decide to change it. Recently, I switched my homepage to www.MSN.ca and since then I’ve been loving my experience. There are many reasons to love MSN but here are the top 5 reasons I love MSN as my browser homepage. 1. The MSN Strip At...
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Fresh off of a successful night of predictions with the Oscars, the Bing Predicts team tallied up the results. Our forecasts netted a 6-for-6 record on the major categories (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, etc.) and got 16 out of 19 wins correct. For those unfamiliar with Bing Predicts, the predictions are the result of applying advanced machine learning algorithms to web data, social networks, real-time data streams, and data from...
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This weekend will see the 87th Annual Academy Awards take place at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, but if you can’t wait until Sunday to see who will take home the highest honours in filmmaking, Bing Predicts already has the answers. You may have seen Bing recently predicted results for the Grammys – including many of Sam Smith’s wins, and now the same service is available for the Oscars. You can check out who Bing favours for Best Picture, Best...
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This has been a busy and exciting time for all of us on the OneDrive team. Last week, we unveiled more features coming with Windows 10 including how you can use Cortana to search your OneDrive, how you will be able to have your music available through Xbox Music, and how OneDrive will work with the all-new Photos app. Today, I’m eager to build upon what we demoed in Windows 10 and announce a number of updates centered on making your OneDrive photo...
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Get the beauty of the Bing homepage everyday. Download the holiday wallpaper pack: http://www.bing.com/explore/holiday-wallpapers?FORM=MC11WG&OCID=MC11WG – Bing Canada
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December is a traditional time for casting our eye over the moments that made our year and with Bing’s Top Searches of 2014 we’ve enjoyed recapping the moments that mattered – from the biggest star to the most bizarre news of 2014. But it’s also a time to shift gears and look forward to the year ahead. As you know, the Bing Predicts team has been bust this year predicting events like the World Cup, NFL games, and the US Mid-term Elections. We were...
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Now you can take MSN’s most popular apps – News, Weather*, Sports, Money, Health & Fitness, and Food & Drink – with you anywhere, whether you’re on the web, your Windows or Windows Phone device, and now, iPhone, iPad, Android devices, or your Amazon Kindle and Amazon Fire Phone. Earlier this fall we unveiled a new MSN that was built from the ground up for a mobile first, cloud first world. With the addition of iOS, Android and Amazon apps,...
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year – and Microsoft is excited to be partnering again with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (“NORAD”) to create their annual Santa Tracker web site! A holiday staple for nearly 60 years, NORAD Tracks Santa allows millions of people every year to watch Santa as he makes his annual trip around the globe. This year’s site – built as part of the Internet Explorer campaign to Rethink what the web...
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We express our values and interests every day through our choices, actions, and conversations. We all search the Internet for the things that intrigue us most, giving us at Bing a unique look back at the people, events and things that impacted Canadians throughout the year. From the tragic to the absurd to the inspirational, Bing explores the unforgettable people, moments and events that shaped our year. Click here to visit the interactive site...
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I grew up reading ghost stories. I watch horror movies and sleep with the lights on afterward. So, when I got a sneak peek of Bing’s 2014 Halloween home page experience, it sent chills down my spine. At the stroke of midnight PT Oct. 31 Bing unveiled its homage to legendary ghost stories. In keeping with the spirit of the holiday, this creepy exploration is all about anxiety-provoking curiosity. “We’re creating a new, unreal place. We wanted to...
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