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The official blog of the Bing team at Microsoft

April, 2010

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  • And we’re off to the races

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    It’s time to dust off your best hat and find that recipe for Mint Juleps . That’s right, this weekend marks the 136 th running of the Kentucky Derby. Before the horses take to the track as “My Old Kentucky Home” plays we want to...
  • Be Prepared This Mother’s Day

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    Attention! Mother’s day this year is on Sunday, May 9. Since it’s usually one of those holidays that sneaks up on you before you get a chance to run to the store to pick up a card or nice flowers (for me anyway), consider this your reminder...
  • Helping Researchers Uncover the Secrets of Search

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    Bing has been partnering with Microsoft Research for the past year on a private beta called Microsoft Web N-gram Services, where research using large data sets surrounding natural computing experiences, such as in linguistics, as well as in queries using...
  • Grooving to the Music on your iPhone courtesy of NuTsie and Bing

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    Last Thursday, NuTsie launched a new iPhone app called Top 100s by Year by Bing and within days it was the #1 download in the App Store. If you haven’t tried it, the app allows you to sort by year from 1948 to 2009 and hear the top songs from those...
  • Happy Earth Day From the North Pole

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    What better way to celebrate Earth Day then to congratulate Explorer Eric Larsen and his teammates Antony Jinman and Darcy St-Laurent on their arrival to the North Pole later today. What an amazing accomplishment! We thank them for making the trek to...
  • Bing Takes Seattle by Storm

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    The Bing team has an enormous amount of pride and respect for the community we’re a part of in the Pacific Northwest. We think that this is a special place and are we’re thankful for the people and companies who make living and working here...
  • The Bee is all the Buzz at Bing

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    The Bee is all the Buzz at Bing With more than 200,000 votes cast in the final round of our student Earth Day Photo Contest , we’re pleased to announce that the winning photo was taken by Alan Bosse, a student studying web design at Gulf Coast Community...
  • The Avatar Award Competition: In NYC with James Cameron, Richard Greene and Bing

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    The human ability to clearly articulate our ideas with conviction, fortitude and authenticity is something that should be developed and nurtured in our young people. Indeed one of Bing’s core missions is to provide a level of clarity on the web...
  • The Bing Student Earth Day Photo Contest Finalists

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    We’re happy to announce the 12 finalists in our student Earth Day Photo Contest. Voting is officially open! We were really impressed with the almost 17,000 photos that were submitted across the four age groups. Narrowing it down to the top 3 from...
  • Get the Latest on Twitter with Bing Social Search

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    Have you ever searched for information on something that is happening right now , only to find out that there’s nothing matching what you’re looking for? News on an earthquake that just happened or information on a hot new product announcement...
  • A New Look for Bing shopping

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    This week we unveiled a few updates to Bing shopping to help you do research and find what you’re looking for more quickly. You’ll notice that we’ve created a list of product categories on the left side of the homepage to help you start...
  • Add more Bing to your Windows 7 desktop

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    Our first Bing’s Best Windows 7 theme pack was so popular that we’ve decided to do another! From the jagged peaks of the Andes, to the Vermillion Cliffs in Arizona, to Spain’s Basque region, this set takes you around the world using...
  • Getting into the Baseball Spirit with Bing

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    Nothing really beats a crisp spring day at one of the great ballparks around the country. With baseball season kicking off this week, I’m sure there will be a lot of people planning trips to the park or marking calendars for upcoming games to watch...
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