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Recently we partnered with our friends over at Wowhead.com to create a Bing Visual search gallery of the hottest World of Warcraft in-game weapons and gear . Looking for a Deadly Gladiator’s Bonegrinder or an Argent Skeleton Crusher? You can now filter, search, and see what other diehard Wow players are saying about all of the items to find what you need faster. Don’t know which weapon you need to beat Keli'dan the Breaker? We have pulled in all the relevant information from various Wow Bloggers including reviews, feedback and have even included videos into the gallery so you can make the best decision. The new WoW gallery in Visual Search organizes items through filters and gets...
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Last week we shared the exciting fact that we had completed the migration of web search results for our search alliance with Yahoo!. Today we reached another important milestone as we will be inviting Yahoo! Search Marketing to begin their transition to Microsoft Advertising adCenter in the US and Canada. This means we expect the paid search transition to be complete by the end of October. It’s been a busy summer, and we are excited about all the great progress we have made working hand in hand with Yahoo! We are looking forward to a smooth transition this fall, and more great innovation coming from Bing, adCenter and the Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance. Satya Nadella - Senior Vice...
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Today we are happy to announce the first official Bing for Mobile Android App available to Verizon customers. You can now download the free Bing App from your Verizon Wireless Android phones’ Marketplace. The app homepage features the Bing image of the day, complete with clickable hotspots that you can explore and discover related trivia. Did you miss one of the latest images? Don’t worry; you can still swipe through up to 7 days’ worth of Bing images. Are you a visual person? Try the image search feature that has endless scrolling results (Tip: this also works for any search result). Then easily swipe through image previews and click straight through to the image host site...
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Earlier this year we launched A New Entertainment Experience for Bing , and part of those new features was a new way to really Experience the music with Bing . We have found that Bing shares a passion and enthusiasm for music with music fans everywhere and today we are excited to be partnering with Alpha Broadcasting in Portland, OR, on their new live performance venue called The Bing Lounge. The Bing Lounge will bring Rose City residents a line-up of performances to enable the community to come together and experience great music, sports and culture. In case you are not able to make it to The Bing Lounge, all of the performances will be available exclusively on Bing Video in HD. The lounge will...
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In our last update we shared that we had begun testing Bing results in Yahoo! search as we move forward with our transition. Today I am happy to share that Bing is powering Yahoo!’s search results in the US and Canada (English only for now, the other languages will come in the weeks and months ahead). So what’s next? We continue to work hard on the migration to adCenter, and are optimistic about completing this phase later this fall. As we have said all along, our primary goal is to provide advertisers with a quality transition experience in 2010, while being mindful of the holiday season. This is a great milestone for Bing and Yahoo! and our customers, and we are happy to report...
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Are you a fan of instant answers on Bing? Well in case you didn’t know, you can even get instant answers on your phone. Instant answers show up at the top of your search results, offering the most relevant information to help you find what you are searching for without having to click on multiple links. This is especially great if you are looking for movie show times, flight status, weather, stock quotes or local listings. Movies: Find show times at theaters near you, and watch clips and trailers Flight Status: Find departure, arrival, traffic and weather info *flight status not currently supported by RIM Weather: Find out the current weather and a four day forecast Stock Quotes: Latest...
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When you’re out and about and need to find somewhere to go, you probably want to search around where you are right now. The Local section on m.bing.com does just that. Using the GPS on your phone (or nearby cell towers), Bing shows you a list of suggestions based their popularity, your location, and the time of day. You can choose the radius for your search, narrowing to .5 miles for congested areas. Searching in the morning? Bing may show you coffee shops and shopping. At night, the suggestions may switch to entertainment and pubs. Best of all, you can display all listings on a single map. On the home screen, click the “Local” button. You’ll see a list of places nearby...
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Since the launch of the Bing for Mobile iPhone app, we’ve heard some great feedback and are excited that Bing is showing up more and more as the search option for those using Safari on iOS4. We’re happy you are giving Bing a try and are enjoying some of the features like social, shopping, and the fresh homepage image every day. Over the past few months the Bing team has been partnering with a number of companies on various apps for the iPhone. From finding what song was topping the charts when you graduated high school, to testing your movie trivia skills, to seeing what Ryan Seacrest’s favorite songs are – it’s all possible through various iPhone apps brought to...
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Do you ever find yourself standing in front of the movie theater trying to figure out what movie to go to? Or how about you are in the car with friends looking for a place to eat. Wouldn’t it be helpful to hear what your friends are saying about a movie, restaurants or a product while you are on the go? As highlighted in the Bing For iPhone Update blog post there is a feature called Social search, where you can search through your Facebook and Twitter accounts on your phone and see combined status updates from your friends. If there is an instant answer available, we’ll show you that first, followed by social results. Here is how to get social results: From the home page, click “Social”...
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Have your kids ever asked you a question for a school paper or homework that you wish you knew? Have you given an answer that you “think” you remember from your days in school, knowing that the information you were about to give might be very outdated? Now, with the latest release of new Bing answers through our collaboration with Wolfram|Alpha, you can get access to more types of answers quickly and confidently. For example, maybe your child is doing a report on France and they need to find the country’s GDP or the capital, go to Bing and type in “ gdp of France ” or “ what is the capital of France ” or how about those science homework questions that...
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Today Starwood Hotels and Resorts unveiled a new integrated online experience for Sheraton guests featuring Bing. The new “Sheraton Guest Portal powered by Bing” will help you navigate your stay, get hotel information and discover information about the local area. This new system will be featured worldwide in the “Link@Sheraton SM experienced with Microsoft®” in addition to in-room web access. As part of the new online experience, you will find constantly updated information specific to each Sheraton location, such as local maps and the top search results for area restaurants, attractions, special events and services. It will be like having a personal concierge in...
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As mobile shopping gets more popular, we want to help you to find and shop products on your iPhone even more effortless. The new Bing for Mobile iPhone app includes a Shopping section where you can find products, see ratings, and read reviews. Search with your camera, your voice, or your keyboard to find brand-name products and compare prices. Not sure what to get for her birthday? No problem, we provide you with a list of product categories of the most popular items. Here is how it works: · On the home page of Bing, click Shopping to launch the feature. · Tap through to a category of products, or search for a specific product using your voice or the keyboard. · For more...
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Are the class lists up yet? Are you starting to look into what school supplies are on your list this year? Well if you are like many of the families right now your kids have started to get the itch to get their school stuff in order. Bing is here to help. Go to Bing shopping to get some of this season’s best deal on supplies , clothes , shoes , gadgets , backpacks and more. With Bing shopping you are able to refine your search by product, price and reviews. For all the latest updates to Bing shopping check out Sonam’s blog post Summer of Shopping . Back to School can also mean changes to your routine or maybe even a move for those with kids going off to college. Will you be driving...
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With the latest version of Messenger, you can now bring Bing into your conversations in a few exciting new ways. The first way you will be able to do this is through contextual linking. When a term is recognized, a green dashed line appears under that term. When you click on that word, you are given links from Bing to websites, photos, and videos which you can add to your conversation. Some of the categories of content that Messenger and Bing recognize include: · Brands · Bands and Singers · Places · Famous Movies · Famous people The other way is to use the information from Bing as a search and share experience. You are able to add content that is indexed and...
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Last month, we had the pleasure of announcing that, in conjunction with Apple, Bing would be included as one of the search engine choices within Safari . Today, we’d like to introduce our first extension for Safari: Bing Highlights . Bing Highlights brings intelligent, contextually sensitive information to the web pages you’re reading. Using it is easy: just highlight text on a web page. Bing Highlights will recognize interesting information (or “entities” in information science-speak) and offer you some smart choices. For example, here’s what may happen if you highlight a U.S. formatted address: You can interact with the map in the pane, and get driving directions...
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