Imagine a world where hunting for the lost remote control or endlessly scrolling through a scheduling guide becomes a thing of the past.
Instead, what if the entertainment you wanted to have was simple, discoverable and exactly what you wanted at that particular moment? With the release of the new Xbox 360 experience the future of entertainment search is here. With Bing on Xbox you can sort through all of your...
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Tis’ the season to give. With that in mind, today we’re taking the wraps off the Bing Magical Holiday Calendar an interactive site offering 31 days of fun stuff – including a chance to win a trip around the world, free concerts for a year, new cars or the ultimate fashion experience from partners including Complex Media, Derek Lam, FIAT, Hulu Plus, Live Nation Entertainment, Lonely Planet and Spotify. In addition to...
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In addition to just releasing our Bing End of Year Search Trends yesterday, we also saw some interesting spikes in search terms over the big holiday shopping weekend, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The following data reflects search terms with a higher than normal spike in volume.
Black Friday Spiking Search Terms:
Searches for retailers spiked on Black Friday, including Toys R Us, Best Buy, Target, Old Navy, Macys, Wal Mart, Home Depot...
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According to Bing searches, 2011 was the year of musical superstars, continued celebrity fascination, saving money, concern for human tragedy and new royalty. From rising stars and weddings to intense trials and natural disasters, Bing has captured history through the searches that mark the year’s most important people, places and moments in time.
Today, we are kicking off the holidays with a new twist on some of the most beloved characters of all-time. Building on the iconic Rankin-Bass production of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the stop-motion animated classic that first premiered in 1964, we are introducing a series of new stop-motion animation shorts featuring the original characters.
“Bumble”, the more beloved name for the Abominable Snow Monster, features the lovable...
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With Halloween right around the corner, people are racking their brains to come up with creative costume ideas.
Well, we want to help those folks find some inspiration so we’re inviting you to share your best Halloween costumes with @Bing. Simply tell us your all-time best costume and we will give five lucky respondents a $100 Amazon gift card for sharing.
Today (October 25th), we will be tweeting a question from the @Bing Twitter handle...
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Now, you too can be a zombie on The Walking Dead.
Bing is celebrating the season premiere of this the break out show with a spooky new video, which will air during the premier of The Walking Dead, and sponsoring a contest where you can channel your inner zombie to appear on an upcoming episode.
We’re teaming with AMC to give one lucky winner a stagger-on role in The Walking Dead: Season 3. Get transformed into a fleshing-eating dead...
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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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Today Real Steel hits theaters, a classic story pitting the innovative challenger with heart, against an entrenched incumbent. A movie we can get behind.
Starring Hugh Jackman, Real Steel follows a boxer who is forced to retire as people are replaced in the ring by robots. When he has difficulty making a living, he reluctantly teams up with his son Max to build a robot that can fight his way to the championship.
In anticipation of the release...
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Congratulations to the winners of the “Bing & Decide This Year’s VMAs” contest.
On August 25, we asked you to decide who you expected to win the VMA Video of the Year. To enter, we asked you to tweet your reply to the @Bing handle and utilize the #bingVMAs hashtag.
We are excited to report that the following 5 entrants were the lucky winners of the contest: @w33z, @chrissiemz, @laurenromer, @GreyCrow02, and @cutter0825. They...
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