On Friday, four teams from around the world were informed that they had won a $75,000 grant to propel their Imagine Cup ideas and prototypes to the next level. One of the winners was Lifelens a distributed team that developed an innovative and cost effective way to identify malaria in patients living in remote and underserved areas.
Lifelens is a point-of-care tool to diagnose malaria using an augmented Windows Phone 7 application. A blood sample...
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Congratulations to the winners of the Bing “Decide Your Local Hotspot” sweepstakes. On September 29the, we asked you to share your favorite local places with us on Twitter. We got some great suggestions.
We are excited to announce the 5 winners: @BillyPadgett, @scosby, @martiferg, @Judge_Dan, and @ericwilborn. Each of them will be receiving a Samsung Focus Windows 7 Phone.
Thanks to everyone who entered and stay tuned for...
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As the Windows Phone 7.5 update, code name “Mango,” rolls out to customers, we are excited to get our hands on what is an elegant, intuitive experience that places the user at the center of the experience. Not surprisingly, what excites us the most is what the team has done with Bing on the new Windows Phone experience. With that in mind, we wanted to highlight some of our favorite features:
Beyond the Search Box
Bing on...
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Last month, we finally got our hands on the elegant, intuitive Windows Phone 7. The experience spans the common things we all need to get done every day. Not surprisingly, what excites us most is what the team has done with Bing on Windows Phone 7.
Now we want to hear from you!
Tweet what you love about Bing to @Bing to enter to win a Windows Phone 7, Samsung Focus available on the ATT Network.
Just include...
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We have teamed with Windows
Phone to help you find the perfect app. Announcing the Bing
Visual Search Gallery for Windows Phone 7 apps.
If you’re in the US or UK, you can now use Bing Visual Search Gallery (VSG)
to quickly and easily narrow the library of Windows Phone 7 apps down to the
precise one you’re looking for .
Whether you’re looking to sort by category- say games, music or productivity-
or by price, rating, top...
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It’s been an exciting week for us here at Bing.
On Monday, Windows Phone 7 hit US store shelves giving people access to Bing for Mobile out of the box. And for you Verizon Wireless customers, with the release of the Samsung Continuum and the Motorola Citrus, we are happy to announce the Bing for Mobile Android App will come preinstalled.
Since the launch of the Bing for Mobile Android App in the Verizon Wireless Android Market, many...
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This week, Microsoft took the wraps off Windows Phone 7, as reviewers have begun publishing in-depth reviews of the new experience from Windows Phone (congratulations to our colleagues over in Windows Phone Team ). Like lots of others at Microsoft, we’re device geeks who couldn’t wait to get our hands on what is shaping up to be an elegant, intuitive experience spanning lots of the common things we all need to get done each day.
Not...
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