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Google has gained market share for the second month in a row, while Yahoo continues to bleed. Bing has solidified its number two spot and distanced itself from Yahoo, though mostly because Yahoo is continuing to fall and not because Bing is gaining.
Google finished January with a 66.2 percent market share, as define... |
10 February 2012
10:22 GMT |
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Google is pushing its Google Plus social networking site hard. In fact, it is pushing it so hard that users will have it linked to all of their search results.
Just head over to google.com and perform a search. This has been around for some time now, and those who have a Google+ account and use the search engine ev... |
6 February 2012
11:21 GMT |
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The beta flavor of Windows 8, expected to be released to the public as Consumer Preview, will emerge before the end of this month. Thus, Microsoft has already started to make the necessary preparations to raise awareness on its platform, and came up with a new Bing video background for that. The said special Bin... |
6 February 2012
03:57 GMT |
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Bing is running a really cool background in the US at the moment. The Microsoft-owned search engine is showing a video of an Aurora Borealis in full splendor. It's a short video, but it's rather catchy. Aurora Borealis is a fascinating phenomenon, both in its beauty but also in the science behind it. The ... |
31 January 2012
08:41 GMT |
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Today, Bing users can enjoy one of the most exquisite spectacles in the world, straight on their desktop PCs, courtesy of its latest video background.
That would be the Aurora borealis, which can be enjoyed in very few places in the world, all of which might seem cold and unwelcoming to many.
However, the phenom... |
31 January 2012
06:51 GMT |
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If you like wildlife, you will certainly like the new Bing screensaver available today for download on Windows computers, namely the Bing Australia Cute & Charming pack.
It is based on a series of high-resolution images that present animals in their natural habitats from all over Australia.
Bing imagery has been... |
28 January 2012
05:55 GMT |
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Starting with this weekend, a new Bing marketing campaign featuring winter sports athletes will be aired.
The new campaign will debut with American snowboarder, Kevin Pearce, who did not make it to the 2010 Olympics due to a tragic snowboarding accident.
“Pearce, now an aspiring sports commentator and an a... |
20 January 2012
10:17 GMT |
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Bing has done it, it's finally overtaken Yahoo Search. It may not be much of a victory, since Bing powers both search engines, but Microsoft will take anything it gets at this point. The software giant has been at it for many, many years and it has only now broken through the 15 percent market share mark. What&... |
12 January 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Microsoft is playing second fiddle to Google in several areas, online maps being one of them. But, as everywhere else, Microsoft is working on improving the service, in the latest update Bing Maps has improved the routing engine quite a lot, it's twice as fast as before in some cases."I can tell you that we&rsqu... |
6 January 2012
14:41 GMT |
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With 2011 already history, we’re all looking forward to learning more on what Microsoft has in store for us during the ongoing year.
Of course, we already have a general idea of what is about to happen, but specific details on products, launch dates and the like have yet to emerge.
At least two Microsoft p... |
4 January 2012
11:07 GMT |
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Apparently, Internet Explorer on my work computer does not like Google and will not have it as the default search provider. Of course, that happens only in certain conditions, and only when it comes to taking advantage of localized features in Internet Explorer, but can still be seen as an inconvenience, one must ag... |
28 December 2011
10:57 GMT |
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2011 will end very soon, and many people are already looking into the next year with hope, some encouraged by the way things went in the year ending, at least this is what a recent survey from Bing unveils. 1,000 U.S. adults answered to a survey on how they felt about 2011 and what they expected from the following... |
21 December 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Google continues to dominate the US search market, that's not news to anyone. There weren't any big changes in the rankings or market share of the big players in the last month either.However, one interesting thing did transpire in November, Bing is very, very close to overtaking Yahoo and becoming the seco... |
17 December 2011
08:21 GMT |
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Google may be dominating the search space globally, but 'dominate' can mean quite a different thing from country to country. In the US, Google has about 65 percent of the market. In the UK, its share is at over 90 percent.
While it has been stuck at that level for a lot of time, having gained just 0.68 per... |
15 December 2011
09:54 GMT |
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Doodles are a regular occurrence at Google these days and the company has been running localized doodles for quite some time too. The most obvious examples are the various doodles Google showcases for the national days of the countries it's available in.
Sometimes, Google just paints its logo in the country... |
1 December 2011
09:24 GMT |
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Users interested in grabbing special offers this holiday season, such as free offers, sweepstakes and more, have now at their disposal the Bing Magical Holiday Calendar, the first ever of its kind.
This season, Bing visitors can take advantage of great prizes, ranging from a trip around the world and going all the... |
1 December 2011
08:18 GMT |
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About two weeks ago, Nokia started selling its first handset running under Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, the Nokia Lumia 800, and the company has just started to push out commercials for the second such device, the Lumia 710.
The smartphone was unveiled to the world back in October, is set to hi... |
30 November 2011
10:15 GMT |
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It's not even December yet, but the yearly roundups are beginning to show up. Bing is listing some of the top searches in several categories in 2011, even though there's one more month to go. But Yahoo and Google both reveal the yearly statistics about this time, so you can't fault Microsoft on this on... |
28 November 2011
12:11 GMT |
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When announcing Windows Phone 7 last year and the new Windows Phone 7.5 Mango in 2011, Microsoft stressed a lot on the great Bing integration that its users can benefit from.
However, it appears that the company was quick to replace Bing with another search service when bringing its devices to Russia, and made Ya... |
26 November 2011
10:51 GMT |
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With the holiday season upon us, Microsoft kicked off a new marketing campaign for the Bing decision engine, featuring characters from the popular Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer animated classic.
These are some of the most beloved characters in stop-motion animated films, and they are expected to make more users s... |
24 November 2011
05:14 GMT |
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The Black Friday is almost upon us, and the holiday shopping frenzy is about to begin, which means that you will need a way to stay on top of various deals with ease.
Starting with the most popular shopping day of the year, people around the US will start hunting for deals that will allow them to spend their money... |
23 November 2011
06:03 GMT |
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The same as any other Windows Phone device out there, Nokia's Lumia 800 smartphone arrives on the market with the company's Internet Explorer 9 mobile browser, as well as with integrated Bing capabilities. The new IE9 mobile browser, which came packed inside the Windows Phone Mango platform release, will ... |
21 November 2011
18:01 GMT |
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The search market seems like a relatively easy one to follow. After all, not much happens, Google dominates, Bing and Yahoo try to keep up. But not everyone analyzing the market comes up with the same results.For example, Experian Hitwise's numbers for October seem to contradict the comScore numbers published ea... |
17 November 2011
13:41 GMT |
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Bing has been through a lot of changes lately, one of which included the addition of video-enabled homepages for some major markets around the world. The feature has been available for the users of Bing in the United States for a while now, and is now present on the search engine's homepage in Australia and the... |
16 November 2011
14:31 GMT |
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Bing makes it easier than ever for users to find great sites from around the web, highlighting a very select collection of online properties.
Bing Editors’ Picks went live this week, a new feature introduced to Microsoft’s search / decision engine to provide customers with access to hand-selected sites,... |
15 November 2011
06:08 GMT |
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There hasn't been much movement in October in the search market. In the US, Google continues to dominate, it even gained 0.3 percent points last month, while Yahoo and Microsoft struggle, to no avail to catch up."Google Sites led the U.S. explicit core search market in October with 65.6 percent market share (up ... |
12 November 2011
08:31 GMT |
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Bing Maps is constantly evolving, and the latest collection of updates introduced by Microsoft is designed to enhance the user experience and provide developers with more functionality. As far as users are concerned, Bing Maps’ sharing capabilities have been improved considerably. Dan Polivy, senior program... |
10 November 2011
10:33 GMT |
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The new Bing Central promises to be a one stop location for everything related to Microsoft’s search / decision engine. The new hub does focus quite a lot on the Bing Rewards program, but at the same time, offers an impressive collection of resources, information, guidance, and a set of options that put users i... |
8 November 2011
03:55 GMT |
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Most big search engines, well, the two big web search engines, generally agree on the top results, especially for popular queries.There are a few exceptions and some cases where it seems the search engines are being a bit more courteous with each other than you'd expect.One perfect example for this is the search... |
7 November 2011
13:21 GMT |
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Microsoft has announced the release of Bing 3.0 for iOS, a brand new decision engine “designed to work beautifully on your iPhone.”“Whatever you're looking for, Bing can find it and help you get there—down the street, the other side of the world, or somewhere in between—Bing has the... |
4 November 2011
08:29 GMT |
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Not only did Microsoft push adCenter to the next level this week, but the company also upgraded the Bing Webmaster Tools. And in fact, with the fall 2011 update, the software giant bridged Bing Webmaster Tools and adCenter. According to Microsoft’s Duane Forrester, webmasters leveraging the Bing tools will ... |
4 November 2011
07:51 GMT |
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HTML5 is playing a key role in closing the gap between Bing apps for mobile platforms and the actual search / decision engine from Microsoft.
The latest update to the Bing for Mobile app brings the user experience on par with what m.bing.com has to offer, revealed Santanu Basu, product manager, Bing for Mobile.
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3 November 2011
05:40 GMT |
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The evolution of Bing has taken Microsoft’s decision engine beyond search, making it capable of connecting people, not just returning results to user queries.
At least this is what Sean Suchter believes. Suchter, who heads up Bing’s social search team on Microsoft’s Silicon Valley Campus, is chara... |
2 November 2011
10:25 GMT |
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Any handset running under Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.5 Mango platform can provide users with the ability to find nearby places even when in areas where he / she has never been to before.
Windows Phone 7.5 brings along great Bing integration, and Local Scout is the feature that enables users to find restaurant... |
1 November 2011
14:51 GMT |
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Among the features that Bing has available for the owners of devices running under the Windows Phone Mango operating system, we can count Bing Vision Search, through which users are provided with results for searches that cannot be performed normally.
Using the camera on their devices, users can easily snap photos ... |
31 October 2011
13:01 GMT |
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About a month ago, Microsoft has started to deliver to its Windows Phone users a new mobile OS flavor, called Mango, which packs a wide range of appealing features, some of which can be seen detailed in the video embedded above.
Coming from Windows Phone UK's official YouTube channel, the video shows us how se... |
31 October 2011
06:31 GMT |
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Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, the latest flavor of Microsoft's mobile operating system, arrives on devices with a wide range of appealing features, including integrated Bing features for an enhanced user experience.
Bing Search is one of the capabilities that Mango features built-in, providing users with fast acces... |
28 October 2011
07:08 GMT |
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Mozilla has slowly been warming up to Bing, first through the addition of a search option, and now with a custom flavor of Firefox featuring Microsoft’s search / decision engine center-stage. It’s an important step for Bing, especially considering that a few years ago, Mozilla’s open source browser ... |
27 October 2011
02:59 GMT |
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Mozilla has a very interesting announcement to make for Bing fans out there, it's debuting a Bing-ified version of Firefox which comes with Bing as the default search engine as well as the homepage."Mozilla and Bing are pleased to make available Firefox with Bing, a customized version of Firefox that sets Bing a... |
26 October 2011
13:11 GMT |
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It took almost two years, but Yahoo has finally switched all of its search sites over to Bing, with the sole exception of South Korea. What's more, all search partners that had integrated Yahoo Search features are being powered by Bing as well.Yahoo made the most progress, in terms of the number of countries swi... |
19 October 2011
09:11 GMT |
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Even though it's not the first time, Yahoo and Bing have been caught again serving malware through their advertised results, and this time the malicious element involved is the infamous Sirefef, also known as ZeroAccess and Max++.GFI Labs blog reveals that the cybervillains have changed the malevolent file that ... |
14 October 2011
02:53 GMT |
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Windows Phone Mango, the latest flavor of Microsoft's mobile operating system, arrives on devices with built-in Bing features, some of which will certainly prove more than useful to many.
For those out of the loop, we should mention that Bing arrived on Mango with Bing Search, Bing Vision, and Bing Local Sco... |
13 October 2011
15:21 GMT |
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Hot on the heels of comScore's search market numbers, Experian Hitwise is providing its own analysis. While the numbers differ, for a number of reasons, the overall trends are rather similar and both reports show Google growing in September in the US, after staying put for a long time.
Determining exactly how... |
13 October 2011
09:41 GMT |
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Microsoft is gearing up to introduce some changes to version 2.0 of the Bing application programming interface, freeing up resources to be invested in parts of the API which the company believes would serve developers better.
As such, the Redmond company announced that starting on December 8, 2011, Instant Answer... |
12 October 2011
07:11 GMT |
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Microsoft has released no less than four new video advertisements designed to highlight Bing on the new Windows Phone Mango platform.
The Redmond company is currently rolling out the Windows Phone 7.5 update, code name “Mango,” to customers that acquired Windows Phone 7 devices. New handsets sporting ... |
11 October 2011
10:12 GMT |
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It's business as usual in the search market, at least in the US, in September. Except for the rather somber fact that Yahoo has hit its lowest point in history, everything else is moving, or not moving as the case may be, according to the bigger and unchanged trends.
Google managed to turn the tides in Septem... |
11 October 2011
09:21 GMT |
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Season 2 of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” is just days away from debut and fans of the show now have the chance to actually play a small part in an episode from season 3.
Bing partnered with AMC for the “Walk with the Dead! Stagger-on Role Sweepstakes” which offers US citizens an opportun... |
11 October 2011
09:13 GMT |
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Bing can help users cut down the time spent “trick-or-treating” on search engines looking for inspiration for the best Halloween costume this year.
Microsoft has enlisted the help of celebrity stylists Rob Zangardi and Mariel Haenn for BingHalloween.com, a destination designed to provide a range of id... |
10 October 2011
07:14 GMT |
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In addition to starring as the lead in the current box office no. 1 ‘Real Steel,’ Hugh Jackman is also helping MSN launch a new “Celebrity Editor Series.”
The Australian actor and producer is also MSN’s first celebrity guest editor, dishing details on not just robots, but also on cycl... |
10 October 2011
06:41 GMT |
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Bing Autos now sports more horsepower than ever before, with a new update rolled out to improve customer experiences when it comes down to finding and buying cars.
The refreshed Bing Autos comes with the promise of narrowing the gap between an average user and an automotive expert.
Fact is that information i... |
5 October 2011
09:11 GMT |
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