Believe it or not, Thanksgiving is just a week away! And as always, this means Cyber Monday and holiday shopping season is right around the corner. Shopping and savings expert Andrea Deckard from SavingsLifestyle.com will co-host this week’s #BingIt chat on Monday, November 19 from noon – 1pm PT/3pm – 4pm ET. Andrea will join our friends at Mom Central for a fun discussion on tips and tricks to save money and make your experience...
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A few weeks ago, we took the wraps off of Bing on Windows Phone 8, designed from the ground up to keep you closer to what matters most by helping you search less and do more while you’re on the go. You can watch Stefan demo some of our favorite features in the following video: // Read More

We’re back with an app that will be your go-to app when plotting your day The Maps app powered by Bing Maps. The Maps app makes it easy to find the places you’re looking for and helps you get there faster. Quickly pinpoint locations, get directions, see traffic conditions and more— all designed to be easily navigable with touch. Publish The first thing you’ll notice when you fire up the Maps app on Windows 8 is that your...
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Over the past few years, you’ve let us know that you like the iconic Bing Homepage. In fact, many of you like it so much you’ve asked for a simple way to download the daily image to your computer*. We heard you loud and clear. Today, we are pleased to introduce an easy way to download the Bing Homepage Image of the day. Now when you visit Bing you’ll see a download icon at the right hand side of your screen.      ...
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Yesterday we kicked off a series of posts that will showcase 8 ways to search on Windows 8. Today we are following up with our second post that will cover our favorite app (you guessed it) Bing. First off, we completely reimagined search for Windows 8 so searching with the Bing app is fast and fluid, whether you use a touch device to tap and swipe or type and click with a keyboard and mouse. The first thing you’ll notice is that visual...
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Windows 8 is here and we couldn’t be more excited. In fact we’re so excited, we’re kicking off a series in which we’ll showcase 8 ways to use Bing on Windows 8. Check back here on Wednesdays and Thursdays, to see how we’ve reimagined search to be fast, fluid and built for touch. To “start” things off, check out how search is baked right into Windows 8. From the start screen simply start typing to quickly...
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Today, we took the wraps off of Windows Phone 8 designed from the ground up to keep you closer to what matters most. You can read more about the release here. We wanted to highlight a few of our favorite features (some you’re probably familiar with and some are new or improved) that showcase how Bing helps you search less and do more, while you’re on the go. An experience that’s personal to you: New to Windows Phone 8, For You...
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Much of the information we consume and search for relates to current events, and the most recent and accurate information often comes from news articles.  Behind every article is a journalist, writer or author who has worked hard to research and report on a story. These professionals are experts in their fields, sharing the latest news, developing events and information out with the greater world. Today we’re announcing the addition of...
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In May we introduced sidebar, bringing you relevant information from friends, experts and enthusiasts across social networks to help you find anything from technical tips and restaurant advice to the latest media buzz – right within Bing. Since then, we’ve added new partners and expanded our social data to include the top social networks on the web like Facebook, Twitter, foursquare and Quora – and we’re not done yet! Today...
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As I mentioned in my original post there has never been a more exciting or challenging time to be in the search space. The core to a great search engine has been and will always remain the same: delivering relevant, comprehensive and unbiased results that people can trust. We use thousands of signals from queries to documents and user feedback to determine the best search results and in turn make hundreds of improvements to our features every year...
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