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August 4, 2014

Sign up for final Bing-Inc Roadshow in Houston Aug. 14

The Bing-Inc Roadshow concludes Aug. 14 in Houston, but space is limited, so sign up as soon as you can for these four-hour audience-led conversations that cover anything from search to social to how to grow a business.

July 29, 2014

Bing Site Safety Page helps you understand why Web pages may be malicious

Bing users now get more details than ever to make better-informed decisions, such as disabling JavaScript and plugins before visiting a site. The BSSP page shows the reason a page is being marked as malicious, the date the infection was first detected and when it was most recently flagged, and how often the URL has been scanned.

July 17, 2014

Now you can find school rankings and ratings on Bing Snapshot

When you search for a given school – from elementary to high school to higher education – you can see how they compare to other institutions nationally and in-state and what their STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) rating might be.

July 16, 2014

Bing Index Quality team to provide ongoing info as it maintains vigilance over links that lead to malware, viruses and spam

When you’re searching for something online, the last thing you need is to be led to spam, malicious or other questionable sites via bad links. In Bing, the Index Quality team’s job is to ensure the relevance of search results to your queries, as well as to uphold the quality and appropriateness of the results.

July 15, 2014

Microsoft merges academic results into Bing with hopes of pairing up Cortana with researchers

July 14, 2014

Bing scores big during the world’s premier soccer tournament

The month-long global fever focused on the beautiful game ended Sunday with Germany’s victory over Argentina in extra time. It also showed off Bing’s triumph – as a successful predictor of matches during soccer’s premier tournament: 15 out of 16.

July 14, 2014

Windows Phone 8.1 updates to Bing apps include single sign on, cooking videos and The New York Times

Based on your feedback, you can now enter your Microsoft credentials once, and choose to connect to each Bing app. Within the Bing Food & Drink app, you’ll now get video tutorials, tips from master chefs and a source hub where you can choose your favorite culinary publishers. The News app expands with The New York Times blogs, which cover health, politics, sports, business and more.

July 13, 2014

Microsoft Bing beats Google in World Cup predictions

July 8, 2014

Microsoft Bing’s prediction technology is 13-0 in the World Cup knockout round

July 1, 2014

Bing’s fireworks index shows where Americans are most fired up about annual celebration

In a few days, people all over the United States will either be watching or setting off fireworks in celebration of the July 4 holiday. Chris Harland, a data scientist at Microsoft, reports that Americans take to Bing to search for “fireworks” – where to buy them, where to see them and even exploring the history of pyrotechnics.