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The official blog of the Bing team at Microsoft

September, 2009

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  • Bing at The 140 Twitter Conference

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    Betsy mugs with ijustine (Justine Ezarik) first day of the 140 twitter conference. Perez Hilton, eat your heart out. The Twitterati Glitterati are out and in force (and they should never really have let me in)! My first big conference after Techcrunch50...
  • The Winners of Free T-shirt Friday and Some Clarification

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    So the first Free T-shirt Friday (#FTF) was a moderate success. Why moderate, you ask? Apparently we didn’t really spell out the ‘how you enter’ very well. A couple of notes for this week: 1) Giving me a query phrase like “Halloween”...
  • Bing-sights With Stefan and Free T-Shirt Friday (#FTF)

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    Do you find yourself laying awake at night pondering how Bing is able to pull in so much information in it's search result...or maybe as you drift off to sleep you envision Bing images scrolling infinitely or maybe you just in the need for more Bing information...
  • Deep Links Makes Life As A New Mom Easier

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    I am a new mom and the other day I was searching for diapers (I think I am buying new diapers every week), so I went to Bing and typed in diapers to see what came up. The first search result was for Diapers.com (which I love!) and the best part were these...
  • Kicking off Free T-Shirt Friday

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    If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me for a t-shirt , I’d have at least enough for a new Zune HD (how’s that for a shameless product plug?) So rather than all of you being at the mercy of my random whims and free time where I can...
  • Taking it to the field

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    Fall is in the air and that means crisp mornings, school buses on the road, Holiday decorations at the mall and yes, more NFL games then you can imagine! Yesterday the announcement of the Bing partnership with the Seattle Seahawks went out and we could...
  • Getting Fashionable with Rachel Zoe

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    Bing got in on the excitement at New York fashion week , hosting a cocktail party celebrating the launch of the second season of the Rachel Zoe Project . Photos by Mark Von Holden/WireImage.com Did you see anything from the runways that sparked your interest...
  • Bing = Your First Stop for Emmy Updates

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    The countdown for the 61 st Primetime Emmy Awards is in effect; with 4 days, 6 hours, 30-ish minutes to go until the 2009 Awards show. With Neil Patrick Harris (aka Doogie Howser, M.D. and Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother , a nominee for outstanding...
  • Where Stefan Goes, so Does Bing

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    If the day ends in the letter ‘Y’, I’m probably talking about Bing to someone outside of Microsoft. It really is the best part of my job and one that helps the product improve with every release as I get to see what people are doing...
  • Picture the Impossible (with RIT, Democrat and Chronicle and Bing)!

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    What if, for a few months this fall, your town/neighborhood changed - became the site of three warring factions, each striving to gain eminence, each with people they are trying to protect? And even the newspaper was not immune to their petty rivalries...
  • Share your Search with Bing and Ping

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    We at the Bing team are firm believers in the idea that the only thing better than searching with Bing is sharing what you’ve found with your friends. That’s why we’ve been working on a potential new feature for Bing that does just that...
  • Who Will Win This Year’s VMA’s?

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    Can you believe it’s time for the 26 th Annual MTV Video Music Awards already? Awards shows are always great catalysts for some good Monday morning hallway chatter. Use Bing’s instant answer for the MTV Video Music Awards and wow your friends...
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