Yesterday, IE10 for Windows 7 went live and is, now available to the 700 million people using Windows across the globe. IE10 delivers a 20% increase in real-world site performance over IE9 making IE10 the fastest modern browser on the market according to third parties. For those of you who want fast and easy access to Bing and MSN we are making available an enhanced version of IE 10. The enhanced version sets Bing as your primary search engine...
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One of the highlights for us each year is our continuing partnership with the folks at TED, and being able to bring creative projects and technology to attendees at TEDActive. Last year, we sponsored the first-ever official hack-a-thon at a TED conference, uniting a TED Fellow with hacker-entrepreneurs from all over the U.S. which resulted in the creation of several apps that help children with asthma. The theme of this year’s conference is ...
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  The much anticipated Academy Awards aired last night and we are here today to share the top searches from the evening. We combed Bing searches to uncover the most searched moments, actors, movies and dresses of the night. Here are the highlights:   Most searched moments of the night 1. Seth MacFarlane’s intro 2. Kristen Stewart’s limp 3. Daniel Day-Lewis’ acceptance speech 4. Argo’s acceptance speech 5...
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At Bing there is no finish line, we are continuously looking for ways to improve the search experience. Sometimes the changes we make are bold and obvious, other times they are simple things that can go a long way to help you get more done. Today we’re showcasing a subtle change and the interaction design behind it. Specifically, we’ve made it faster to search by completing your query when we’re confident we really know what you...
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At Bing, we are constantly looking for ways to improve the search experience based on how you are using the product. Last year we introduced Friends’ Photos, letting you quickly find that special photo (out of your friends’ thousands) on Facebook. Today we are rolling out a new experience to the Friends’ Photos* experience which makes it easier to scan, discover and explore your friends’ photos.   Fresh Look & New...
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Today we celebrate love and all of the vagaries of the human heart.  To get a pulse on Valentine’s Day, we mined the depths of the Bing search index to get a sense for the top love-related search terms.  Below you’ll find a little something for everyone, whether you’re the hopeless romantic, last minute shopper or spending the day solo. Over the past week alone, searches for dating sites have spiked 15%. In the past 24...
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Last night, millions of Americans tuned into President Obama’s State of the Union address – and Bing stood alone in giving people a rare opportunity to give real-time feedback and access live social data at Bing.com/Politics. Powered by Bing search technology and its unique social search experience, Bing’s State of the Union experience featured the breakthrough Bing Pulse – what turned out to be the largest live online poll...
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The 55thGRAMMY Awards are over and today people are talking about the winners, the losers, the snubbed and the surprised. With that in mind, we thought it would be interesting to see how the results matched with what people were searching for on Bing. Below, you will find the top GRAMMY related searches. Overall Top GRAMMY Related Searches 1. Faith Hill 2. Carly Rae Jepsen 3. Frank Ocean 4. Katy Perry 5. LL Cool J 6. Chris Brown & Rihanna 7...
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Whether you’re rooting for the Baltimore Ravens or San Francisco 49ers – or just in it for the food –we will all be transfixed this Sunday. To get a pulse on what might transpire this weekend, we thought it would be interesting to take a look at what folks were searching for relative to this year’s championship.  Notable Championship Searches: Team: The San Francisco 49ers are this year’s darlings receiving...
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We are returning to San Francisco for the Women 2.0 Conference and are looking forward to meeting the hundreds of women entrepreneurs who are taking the world by storm! To do our part, we are offering support to help women-founded startups achieve liftoff. As sponsoring hosts of the conference lunch, (aside from food) we’ll be offering mentorship opportunities from subject matter experts who have insights around investment and funding...
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