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Bing Australia blog — Apr 2011

  • Apr
    27
    20 11

    Royal Wedding: Bing says “I do”

    The wedding bells are soon to ring across the world for one of modern time's most anticipated wedding ceremonies, that of Prince William and Kate Middleton's. How does this concern Bing Australia? Well, as well as giving us the opportunity to extend our congratulations to the newlyweds we'd like to inform you of how to keep up-to-date with all the royal going-ons. A Bing search for 'royal wedding' will trigger a number of useful links on top of the usual results including the latest news and wedding details to a 'love map' which takes you to all corners of the globe to trace the lives of Will and Kate. This is what you can expect: We'll also be running a celebratory home page on Friday (29/04/2011) to commemorate the grand Westminster Abbey wedding. - Bing AU Product Team Read More The wedding bells are soon to ring across the world for one of modern time's most anticipated wedding ceremonies, that of Prince William and Kate Middleton's. How does this concern Bing Australia? Well, as well as giving us the opportunity to extend our congratulations to the newlyweds we'd like to inform you of how to keep up-to-date with all the royal going-ons. A Bing search for 'royal wedding' will trigger a number of useful links on top of the usual results including the latest news and wedding details to a 'love map' which takes you to all corners of the globe to trace the lives of Will and Kate. This is what you can expect: We'll also be running a celebratory home page on Friday (29/04/2011) to commemorate the grand Westminster Abbey wedding. - Bing AU Product Team Read More
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  • Apr
    07
    20 11

    Bing kicks a six-pointer

    One of the greatest things about growing up in Melbourne was being immersed the city's preoccupation with sport and in particular with the AFL (the VFL in my early days). With the recent start of the 2011 AFL season, it is time to announce Bing Australia's new AFL features. If you search for ' AFL ' in Bing you will get a schedule of the current round of matches. Not only do we give you the starting time but also a map to the ground, just so you find your way to the stadium and do not miss the opening bounce. During the round, scores will update and at the end of the round it will look like this: Now we are early on in the season but as we move towards September, the ladder will become more and more important, so a search for 'AFL ladder' will produce a competition points table featuring the teams that are on track to make the finals. A full ladder option is also available. Searches for individual teams, for example 'Richmond' or 'Collingwood' , will produce a card of team information including table position, their season's win/loss record and their last and next match details. Of course we will all need to wait to find out the premiers for 2011 - but... Read More One of the greatest things about growing up in Melbourne was being immersed the city's preoccupation with sport and in particular with the AFL (the VFL in my early days). With the recent start of the 2011 AFL season, it is time to announce Bing Australia's new AFL features. If you search for ' AFL ' in Bing you will get a schedule of the current round of matches. Not only do we give you the starting time but also a map to the ground, just so you find your way to the stadium and do not miss the opening bounce. During the round, scores will update and at the end of the round it will look like this: Now we are early on in the season but as we move towards September, the ladder will become more and more important, so a search for 'AFL ladder' will produce a competition points table featuring the teams that are on track to make the finals. A full ladder option is also available. Searches for individual teams, for example 'Richmond' or 'Collingwood' , will produce a card of team information including table position, their season's win/loss record and their last and next match details. Of course we will all need to wait to find out the premiers for 2011 - but... Read More
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