With the 2016 Academy Awards® less than two weeks away, the Bing team debuts a new and exciting experience with everything you need to fully prepare yourself for the biggest night in Hollywood. As the most-searched awards show among Bing users, we know many of you are on the hunt for the list of nominees, red carpet fashion, top trending moments, winners and more. To help you find the content you care about, plus some fun surprises, we’ve created...
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Valentine’s Day is one more great excuse to shower others with love, whether that’s a significant other, your kids or a close friend. At Bing, we see the largest spike in Valentine’s Day related searches three days prior to the holiday, which can be stressful trying to find last minute gift ideas and reservations. To help, Bing has curated relevant content so you can spend less time searching and more time making the day meaningful. Cortana, your...
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Feb 9th, is Safer Internet Day; a valuable reminder of all the ways we can help ensure kids have the safest, most secure web experience possible. And if there’s one place parents have a right to expect the highest standards, it’s at school. In fact back in December, UK Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan outlined new plans to require schools to put in place strengthened measures to protect children from harm online; including cyber...
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A month into the new year means we’re already a month into award season. If you’ve been following along, last month the Bing Predicts team kicked things off with nominees and predictions for the Golden Globe® Awards, accurately predicting the winners of several categories, including Best Motion Picture – Comedy, Best Actress and Actor for a Drama, and Best Animated Film. Also in January, we shared the list of winners for the People’s Choice Awards...
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The first major tennis tournament of 2016, the Australian Open, is underway in Melbourne and Bing is predicting the winners of every match in the Men’s and Women’s Singles events. Bing uses its unique algorithm to draw upon a variety of data sources, from previous match statistics to audience sentiment across social media, to deliver match to match predictions through to the finals on Sunday, 31 January. Search “Australian Open” to see the day’s...
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Award season kicks into high gear Sunday, January 10th, when the Golden Globes, hosted by Ricky Gervais, recognises some of the best film and television of 2015. In addition to providing an easy-to-navigate carousel of nominees plus the ability to watch trailers and view images of celebrities, Bing has predicted who will take home the Golden Globe® for each film category. Here’s the Bing Predicts forecast of 2016 Golden Globe...
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The biggest moments from current affairs, film, celebrity, music, and sport all charted through search – #MySearchYear In a year that has seen political change, tragic world events plus big films, sports events, and out-of-this-world space discoveries; Bing reveals the UK’s top searches of 2015. Making the news Politics ruled the nation’s searches in 2015, with the general election and tightly-fought Labour leadership...
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Since we shared the Bing Maps Preview* in July, you’ve given us more than 46,000 suggestions and pieces of feedback! Thank you. The team is passionate about the new experience and it means a lot to have so many of you taking the time to share your thoughts. As we sifted through the feedback, a number of common suggestions bubbled up to the top of the list: People loved the new cards but lots of you want to be able to hide and show the cards on...
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You’ll remember back in November we announced that Bing Predicts – our prediction engine using data analysis and machine-learning to predict the outcomes of events – was now predicting Premier League matches. Well now all Windows Phone 8.1 users with Cortana can now simply ask their very own personal assistant who will win. At the touch of a button just ask Cortana “who will win between and <team name> and <team...
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The UK team at Bing is today discontinuing the ‘Bing Get Me There’ London travel app for Windows Phone and iPhone users. With the advent of Cortana on Windows Phone 8.1, accessing maps and directions for travel has never been easier. Cortana, powered by Bing, is the perfect alternative for Windows Phone users. Simply ask Cortana about your journey and set public transport as your preference in the settings area. You can also access these...
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