Bing

January 6, 2014

It’s the time of year when celebs get dolled up for the big awards shows and the rest of us are scrambling to watch their movies and fill out brackets. (OK, maybe just some of us on that last one.) And to help us, Bing has launched an interactive online resource center for the 2014 Golden Globe, the Grammy and Oscar awards.

January 6, 2014

“When I first saw Monday’s Bing home page, I thought for sure it must be from some kind of sci-fi movie, or video game. But after clicking on the information squares embedded in the image, I found out it was quite real.”

January 6, 2014

You might be familiar with Bing’s “snapshots” – the modules that intelligently serve up information about key “entities” (like people, places, TV shows) while you search. Now you can augment your own website or blog with that same entity data using the new Bing Knowledge widget.

January 2, 2014

Ride the red train on the Jan. 2 Bing home page and you’ll end up in another world – just not the one you might think from a first glance.

December 20, 2013

As the Bing Search Blog reports, “From underwater mangroves to Himalayan mountain ranges, you were able to traverse the planet on the homepage in 2013. With that in mind, we thought it would be interesting to end the year highlighting the top ten most popular homepages based on your interaction.”

December 18, 2013

You might have noticed that in the past year, Bing has broken out of the search box with a wider range of services and devices than ever, from voice search in Xbox One to Siri’s Web search results.

December 18, 2013

With Bing’s new Windows 8.1 apps, it’s easy to do research on topics that interest you, and with the new OneNote for Windows Store app, it’s just as effortless to share information from those apps with others.

December 16, 2013

The Bing Search Blog has showcased some 2013 highlights in an infographic, which points out some things you might find surprising.

December 12, 2013

As we bid adieu to 2013, Bing has delivered some end-of-the-year gifts that help you find what you’re looking for faster in the Snapshot pane that appears to the right of search results.