All good things must come to an end, and this blog is no exception. When Chris Overd, Matthew Weyer, and Harrison Hoffman founded LiveSide.net back in December of 2005 (LiveSide’s first post was on January 3rd, 2006, …
Five years ago, on June 3rd, 2009, Microsoft’s search product, which had been known by various names up until then: MSN Search, Windows Live Search, and Live Search, to be more specific, became Bing. That Microsoft was planning …
After months of rumors and speculation, Steve Ballmer and Steve Jobs jointly announced a new search deal to power Apple’s new iPad. Speaking from a Starbucks in Renton at a press conference attended only by a kid skateboarding by, the …
Bing launched this week, revealing the new name and “decision engine” tagline, a new more organized layout for search results, tighter integration for verticals like Shopping (including Bing cashback), Travel (including the Farecast technology for predicting airfares and now hotel …
Steve Ballmer just announced Microsoft’s newest search offering on the D7 stage. He introduced it by showing a video, a Star Trek parody called “A bold search for a new name.” The video runs over Microsoft’s chronic re-naming of its …
In an entertaining, slightly off color, and by some accounts inspiring performance at D: the All Things Digital conference, Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz left the door open for a search deal. That deal would have to be made …
Microsoft acquired Bing.com in March, and has a network all set up:
but as we reported last week, there’s that pesky little US Patent and Trademark Office to get around. The problem is with Bing Mobile, which is …
This is a big week or so for Microsoft, and for Live Search. According to reports from the Wall St. Journal, the widely anticipated new version of Live Search, code named Kumo, is set to be unveiled at D: …
In a document filed this morning and mailed to Microsoft, the US Patent and Trademark Office has rejected Microsoft’s filing of “Bing” as a trademark name for “computer search engine software; graphical user interface software, namely, toolbar software for use …
In the next few weeks, we’re going to be hearing a lot about Microsoft’s new brand for search. We pretty much know it won’t be called “Live Search” anymore, and we’re hearing again and again that it won’t be called …
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