Bing

October 23, 2013

For the last three years, millions of Bing Rewards members have been able to get all kinds of perks by earning credits for searching the Web, trying out new features or learning tips and tricks to help speed up those searches. While members can redeem credits for an Xbox One, games and gift cards from a bevy of retailers, a select few can also win the Ultimate Bing Experience sweepstakes.

October 22, 2013

Monday’s release of the new Bing Speech Recognition Control for Windows 8 and 8.1, and updates to the Bing Optical Character Recognition Control for Windows 8.1 and Bing Translator Control for Windows 8.1, continues delivering the improved features of the new Bing platform.

October 18, 2013

The Bing Weather app now supplies current snow and weather conditions at ski resorts around the world, plus weather history and additional metrics like the UV index. A few other notable changes include revamped Live Tiles displaying current conditions, wind speed, and precipitation — with a 5-day forecast on the flip side.

October 16, 2013

A post on the Bing Search Blog describes Bromstad’s designs as being on the cutting edge of commercial and residential trends with a keen and sophisticated eye on color and style. You may have seen him on one of three of television’s hottest design shows including HGTV’s HGTV Star, Design All Stars and The White Room Challenge.

October 15, 2013

The next time you perform a search in Bing using Internet Explorer 11, the top result you click on will instantly render in the background, which saves bandwidth and battery life.

October 11, 2013

To help you manage your online presence, Bing has teamed up with Klout to create Bing Personal Snapshots, which expands upon the People Snapshots introduced in March.

October 10, 2013

Bing recently challenged photographers across the U.S. to capture the beauty of their hometowns in a single shot for their Hometown Homepage Photo Contest. You can see the winning photo, a stunning shot of Niagara Falls by Prasad Karkera, above and also on today’s Bing homepage.

October 2, 2013

Wednesday Bing announced image collections for Bing image search, which brings together curated collections of images from around the web. Now, when you search for an image on Bing, you’ll notice related boards on Pinterest right alongside regular search results.