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April 21, 2014

Bing helps predict who’ll survive ‘The Voice,’ ‘American Idol’ and other shows

The new feature – called Bing predictions – makes forecasts based on a variety of different data, including search queries and social input from Facebook and Twitter.

April 21, 2014

Microsoft Bing starts predicting outcome of ‘The Voice’ and other shows using search and social data

April 17, 2014

Bing donates scholarships for military vets for General Assembly group’s Opportunity Fund

The pilot program is in New York City and will serve underrepresented students entering the technology industry. As part of the program, Bing is underwriting eight scholarships for military veterans.

April 16, 2014

Set up Bing.com to show personalized news, weather and more

Starting Wednesday, a set of personalized cards on the Bing home page will help you keep track of things that matter to you. Set up your interests in Bing settings and you will start seeing personalized news, weather, flights, stocks and more to come.

April 16, 2014

Bing home page gets some of Cortana’s smarts

April 14, 2014

Travel the world with Bing’s new Windows themes for your desktop

Bing shares stunning photographs every day on its home page, and now you can have some of them on your Windows desktop with the new “Best of Bing 2013” theme collection. It’s one of nine new Windows themes that can take you around the world without leaving your chair.

April 14, 2014

Bing Ads in 2014: Growing, with better insights and new tools to manage campaigns

Building upon 2013’s delivery of more than 1,000 enhancements and dozens of new features, Bing Ads has continued its momentum in 2014 with improved market share, strong growth in tablet and smartphone click volume, and new tools and better data that empower advertisers to make better marketing decisions.

April 4, 2014

Hoop stats: Bing’s top college basketball fan searches

The folks at Bing decided to do a little “traveling” (the non-basketball kind) into the Bing search index to gather some insights as we head into the college basketball championships this weekend. Among other things, Bing looked at cities that are home to some of the most basketball-obsessed fans.

April 3, 2014

Bing Knowledge Widget now available for webmasters and publishers

On Wednesday, Microsoft released the Bing Knowledge Widget for webmasters and publishers. This easy-to-deploy, JavaScript-based widget detects and visualizes entities on a webpage and displays rich information about them, thereby keeping visitors engaged and informed within the context of the page.

April 3, 2014

Bing at Build 2014: Don’t just search more. Do more.

At Build 2014 Wednesday, the Bing team showcased work they did to enable Cortana on Windows Phone. By building a new set of Bing-powered services, Bing created a new experience that is more personal, intelligent and helpful, says Bing Senior Director Stefan Weitz.