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Microsoft’s Bing offering 500,000 free songs
12/30/2010, Microsoft’s Bing search engine still has some way to go in order to overtake Google and now Microsoft is trying to entice users to Bing with its Holiday Song Giveaway. With this program, each user who participates and signs up [...]
Bing Search Updated: Mobile, FanSnap Integration, and Image Search
12/15/2010, Microsoft today announced a large overhaul to the company’s Internet search service Bing. With Bing tightly integrated into Windows Phone 7 already, the bulk of Bing’s update comes in the mobile space, with overhauled iOS and Android apps, which will [...]
Bing’s Mall Maps Help You Find The Store You’re Looking For
12/07/2010, Getting online maps for streets was already great, but now the folks over at Bing are taking it one step further with the introduction of mall directory maps for Bing Maps. With it, users won’t have to worry about parking [...]
Verizon’s Exclusivity On Bing For Android Ends
11/12/2010, If you’re looking for alternative search apps for Android devices, you’ll be happy to hear that Bing’s exclusivity deal with Verizon has ended, meaning that the Android search app is now available to all Android users and can be easily [...]
Bing ‘Likes’ Facebook in Delivering Social Search Results
10/13/2010, Microsoft’s Bing search engine has deepened its relationship with social network Facebook to deliver search results that are more personalized by integrating with the network’s Like feature. According to Microsoft, people turn to their networks of friends and family for [...]
Verizon Galaxy Tab User Guide Leaked, Raises Questions
10/12/2010, An unfinished user guide for Verizon’s upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab has surfaced, and while it may not represent the final product, it does give us some interesting things to think about. First off, there are several mentions of phone capabilities, [...]
HTC Merge/Lexikon User Manual Surfaces, Confirms Bing Integration
10/01/2010, The user guide of the upcoming HTC Merge/Lexikon has surfaced and it gives us a little additional information on this device. From the user guide, we know that it’s a global phone, sports a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and will be [...]
LG Vortex from Verizon to come with Microsoft Bing search and Bing Maps
09/23/2010, While HTC’s Android-powered smartphones do come with a slew of applications from Google to compliment it, Verizon Wireless’ LG Vortex is different, as it will side with Microsoft instead. Similar to the Samsung Fascinate, the LG Vortex will ship with [...]
Microsoft’s Bing zips past Yahoo, sits behind Google now
09/14/2010, Microsoft’s Bing search engine has just overtaken Yahoo to take the second place spot for search engine’s in the US, which means it is now going to go up against Google at the top – at least that’s what The [...]
Microsoft States That Bing On Verizon Android Isn’t Exclusive
09/10/2010, Microsoft has downplayed its deal for Bing search on Verizon’s Android phones. With many users worried that the deal is exclusive and they will not be able to easily use Google search on their Verizon Android phones, the software giant [...]
Bing Search Makes Way to Verizon Android Devices
08/30/2010, Thanks to deal between Microsoft and Verizon Wireless, Bing may be powering your Droid‘s search result on Google’s mobile Android OS. The Bing search app will come pre-bundled with new Android devices shipping from Verizon Wireless, and will also be [...]
Microsoft’s Bing Maps Gets A Food Cart Finder
08/25/2010, If you’re in Portland, ambushed by hunger and are looking for a food cart, you might want to call on the new mapping layer from Microsoft for its Bing Maps service. The new layer shows carts mapped out on your [...]
Bing Maps Offers A Taxi Fare Calculator
08/03/2010, Microsoft has come up with a rather smart way to try and compete with Google Maps, as the company launched a contest dubbed the “King of Bing Maps” which saw many folks come up with some cool ideas to improve [...]
