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“Google vs. Bing” now up on BigThink.com

Yesterday, amid all the hubbub about Google calling Microsoft “cheaters”, and Microsoft firing right back, came a Bing sponsored conference in San Francisco held by BigThink.com.  The four hour conference was supposed to be a discussion about the future …

Bing/Google: The Battle at Bigthink.com recapped

bigthinkSorry to say we missed all the commotion today, but apparently there was quite a donnybrook between Google and Bing, featuring a whole cast of characters, name calling, accusations, dueling blog posts, and tweet battles.  Whew,  if this keeps up, …

Bing Travel Update: improved destinations and hotel pages

Bing team is rolling out two new improvements to one of those Bing vertical search engines – Bing Travel, specifically, to Destination and Hotel pages which are parts of Bing Travel.

First is Bing Destination. Bing Destination landing …

Farsight 2011: What’s the future of search?

On February 1st, BigThink.com, an “online knowledge forum” that has been leading discussions on a wide range of topics since 2007, will present “Farsight 2011: Beyond the Search Box”.  The four hour presentation (from 10am to 2pm …

Bing Feature Update: New Images Landing Page

Bing Images introduces a fresh new look to its landing page with new ways to browse pictures delivering a more intuitive and visual image search experience.

The landing page assembles the top images in full fidelity so you can get …

Best of Bing 5

Where in the world do you want your desktop to go? Explore sweeping landscapes and dramatic images from around the globe in this Windows 7 theme.

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The theme pack includes 18 wallpapers.

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Microsoft-Yahoo! Search Alliance expands to five markets globally

Search AllianceThe Microsoft-Yahoo! Search Alliance had been granted approval by the EU almost a year ago, and back in August 2010, the Search Alliance announced that all Yahoo! organic searches in US and Canada had been transitioned to be "powered by …

New Golden Globe commercials: Will Windows Phone get the part?

This weekend marks the Golden Globe awards, film and television awards presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and marking the beginning of the entertainment awards “season”.  Bing and Windows Phone are getting in the act, and will show …

Experian: Bing increases 5% in December: is Google feeling some heat?

david-and-goliath1Last fall Google CEO  Eric Schmidt admitted that “our biggest competitor is Bing”, and with the Bing/Yahoo! search alliance firmly in place, numbers for Bing are increasing, or “growing like a weed”, as Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said …

Bing Feature Update: Enhanced Auto Search

With the North American International Auto Show just around the corner, the Bing team feels that now is the time to debut their enhanced auto search.

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Simply enter in the make and model and Bing autos will pull together …