Search data indicates that people expect search engines to stay up-to-date on news: 60% of our customers use a search engine to get the details about a news story and 40% say their search engine is their “most important” resource for this...

The Bing Shopping team listened to your feedback and has come back with some exciting updates and new features to Bing Shopping. In addition to the new user interface we made a lot of ‘under the hood’ enhancements that surface more relevant...

This is a big week for the Bing mobile team. First, not only is our updated iPhone app available in the app store , but we just rolled out a big update for people who want to use Bing from a mobile browser on their high-end smartphones. We all love our...

The Bing Health search experience is continuing to grow – focusing on providing more data-oriented answers and richer experiences in critical areas of Health. We are continuing to expose more hard-to-discover data in an instant way that helps users...

Investing is an area where we have made several improvements to help you make decisions easier. Today we will provide an overview of our new finance features that give a quick view of the market and make it easier to find the right stocks. Quick view...

Last night we brought together some leaders in the entertainment industry to discuss how technology is changing the way we interact with media. We also came together to kick off the latest release of Bing with the launch of Bing Entertainment , a destination...

It’s been a crazy and exciting year for Bing. We’ve been humbled by the reception we have received in the market, and grateful for all the feedback on what you have liked, and what we need to do better. Today we are beginning the rollout of...

In this release of Bing one of the biggest investments we are making is in the area of entertainment. As the content on the web has exploded, it has become difficult to navigate and find what you are looking for. In the field of entertainment, 76 percent...

Bing is getting some exciting enhancements today as we roll out our spring wave of features. Our user research guided us to make an investment bet in entertainment , built some great new decision-making tools in areas like autos and finance that continue...

Today we’re stoked to have an update to the Bing app for iPhone and iPod Touch for all of you. There are a few new features to tell you about – some of which you’ll see right on the new home page. Social – Now you can connect your...

Betsynote: Welcome to Part II of the interview with Andrew Flanagin and Miriam Metzger, two professors at the University of California Santa Barbara, who have just completed a first-of-its-kind study researching how adults and children are using online...

Betsynote: Thanks to introductions by other educators, I was able to connect with Andrew Flanagin and Miriam Metzger , two professors at the University of California Santa Barbara, who have been doing research around Internet literacy and credibility...

Summer is here which means that for a lot of you holiday travel planning is well on its way. Bing offers a variety of features to help with that planning from finding the right flights to buying your trip supplies and even mapping out your tourist route...

Today Opera released a beta of its latest browser ( www.opera.com ). We are particularly excited to announce that we have entered into an agreement with the folks at Opera to make Bing one of the default search engine choices in the new beta. It’s...

Betsynote: The Bing team first met 12-year old Adora Svitak virtually when she presented her amazing talk at TED earlier this year as one of the world’s youngest teachers. Since then, we’ve been impressed with both her sharp observations and...