Bing Shows Up on the CW’s Fall TV Programming
This fall, the CW will give a lot of airtime to a new up-and-comer: Microsoft’s Bing. The search engine will appear on the lower third of TV programming during certain shows, highlighting “TV to Bing About,” a twist on the network’s “TV to Talk About” slogan. The effort will also include more than 50 vignettes featuring [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 3-18-2011
Android Loads Web Pages 52% Faster Than Android…Kinda A study done by Canadian company Blaze Software found that Android smoked iPhone when it comes to loading web pages. Comprised of 45,000 tests, Blaze called it the “largest ever research study of smart phone browser performance.” The problem is that the results are completely bogus. As [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 2-4-2011
Microsoft Bing Still Denies Copying Google We covered the details of this earlier in the week, but the debate is still raging. Matt Cutts has written another post regarding the apparent copying that Bing has been doing from the Google Search engine results. First off, let me say that I respect all the people at [...]
Read MoreGoogle Goes In On Bing After Microsoft Denies Copying Search Results
Google recently accused the Bing search engine of copying their search results. The whole situation began as Google engineers worked on spelling corrections. Spelling corrections are one of the features that Google takes much pride in. They even claim they can correct misspellings that have never been misspelled before. From the Official Google Blog: It [...]
Read MoreBing and Jay-Z Run a Location-Based Game without Location-Based Service
It wasn’t too long ago that we saw Jay-Z, Mikhail Prokhorov, and a huge Gowalla logo plastered on the side of a building overlooking Madison Square Garden. Nevermind that New York is home to location-based service Foursquare. Now, Jay-Z is partnering up with Bing to give fans a taste of the rapper’s upcoming book Decoded. [...]
Read MoreFacebook and Bing Partner Up To Do Social Search Right
Facebook and Microsoft have actually been working together since 2006. Duing their joint event today, they’ve announced some changes to the Bing search engine that will either make your search experience more useful, or slightly more annoying. With deep integration into your Facebook social network, Bing can now tailor your search results and make them [...]
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