The Results Are In! Hometown Homepage Contest Top 10 Revealed

After weeks of collecting submissions for the Bing Hometown Homepage Contest, we’ve narrowed it down to the top ten photos that capture the beauty of cities across America. And now, we invite you to vote for your favorite photo and get it on the Bing Homepage! The finalists represent cities all across the country – from the beaches of Hawaii and Florida to Niagara Falls and the Manhattan skyline. Beginning today, you can vote for...
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Bing Wants YOUR Photo for the Next Homepage Image

Happy World Photography Day! In celebration of the holiday, Bing is partnering with Discovery to kick off a contest for photographers of every level. At Bing, we love great photography that shows us the world from a new perspective and we work hard to inspire viewers daily with our homepage images. While we generally source these images from the world’s best professional photographers, we know that people everywhere take...
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Photosynth App Update and Best of Bing Maps Summer Xbox & Kinect Contest

Capture the sights of summer and share them with friends using the updated Photosynth app, available in iTunes today (http://www.itunes.com/apps/photosynth )! We listened to the 3,500,000 people who downloaded the first version of the app and added some of the most requested features: email, simplified sharing, and exploration of great panoramas by other users. To celebrate the launch of these new features, we’re even awarding Xbox360 with...
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Direct, Decide and Win: Bing presents the Xtranormal Film Festival Contest

Bing has teamed with Xtranormal, the next generation filmmakers who bring movie-making to the people, to give anyone a shot at fame and fortune, over $10,000 in prizes and for the first time ever- their likeness memorialized as an Xtranormal character for life. Until April 14th, we invite you to visit: http://www.xtranormal.com/bing/ and create a 2 minute (or under) video highlighting the theme “decisions” across three genres...
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Get Your L.A. Style on With Ryan Seacrest

As I mentioned on Friday there was some rumblings in the hallways about a contest that would start this week. Well…today is the day. The Bing cashback contest is officially live and you can now win a chance to do L.A. in style—with $10,000 in your pocket, a Hollywood makeover, a round-trip flight, hotel and serious E! studio time with Ryan Seacrest! This could not have come at a better time…some fun in the sun is just what the...
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Everyone Could Use Some Extra Cash and A Free Trip!

As my suntan fades more and more each day and as people’s Facebook status updates are saying that they are heading to Hawaii…Mexico…and I sit here in this dreary weather pondering when I might see the sun again…I have a new found hope! Today I heard in the hallways that there is an exciting contest that is going to be announced next week that includes; Free CASH, a trip to a very sunny destination, a movie star like...
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Five Bing Contest Web Apps Chosen, to be Judged at Gnomedex

Gnomedex Photo by Scott Beale/ Laughing Squid Well, it meant a lot of Excel spreadsheets (hey, we are Microsofties!) and a lot of off-hours surfing but we’ve finally come up with the 5 finalists that will be judged at Gnomedex this week for the final chapter of the Will Code for Green contest. Even if you aren’t among the top five, please know we appreciated and reviewed your efforts. In no particular order Ecology Climate Times ...
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Check out the Binging Jingles (so far)

We are through the first week of the Bing Jingle contest, and it’s time to show off the entries that have been submitted so far.  We’ve seen ballads, clever use of the Bingtones, a poem, and some songs that baffled us a bit and we’ve loved each and every entry in their own special way. Check them out and let us know which ones YOU like best: (Please visit the site to view this video)  There is still time to enter, so...
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Bing Home Page Photo Contest Finals! GO VOTE!!

We are in the final round of voting for the Bing Home Page Photo Contest!  Thousands of amazing photos have been submitted and voted for, which has made it very difficult to limit ourselves to only 8 finalists.  During the selection process we looked for photos that would draw people in, tell a story and make you want to find out more. And of course, they had to work within the confines of the page and that adhere to the official...
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Fill a Backpack with Bing cashback

We are nearly halfway through summer, and soon parents and students will start thinking about the all-important task of back-to-school shopping. We know many of you will be working hard to stretch your dollars this year so you can still get everything you or your family needs — and a few things you just really want. Bing is here to help! Knowing you’d probably rather not spend your waning summer days digging for deals inside the mall...
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