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Confusion and clarification on the end of Bing Maps 3D

It started with a post this morning on the Bing Maps blog (well really started last night when Bing Maps developers were alerted to the upcoming changes via email): an announcement on the end of Bing Maps 3D, and an …

Microsoft Tag in Visual Search makes downloading iPhone Apps easy!

How do you find that top iPhone app you are looking for? There are over 300,000 iPhone Apps to wade through today! Fear not, Bing is making it easy on you. They’ve created the top iphone app gallery in

Eric Larsen completes Save the Poles Expedition

Eric Larsen and his team have completed the third, and final, leg of the Save the Poles Expedition. Late last week he made it up to the summit of Mt. Everest. 
Eric Larsen and his team on top of Mt. Everest with the Bing Flag
Eric Larsen and his team on

Bing testing “Partner” results in their own tab?

We’re still working through some details of our move to WordPress, but there’s more to LiveSide than just new themes, and we’ve got some interesting tidbits to report.  This one comes to us from our friend Nikhil in India, who …

Katy Perry iPhone App sponsored by Bing

imageDid you know Bing sponsors mobile apps (for iPhone)? Well, they do! And now, for a limited amount of time you can download “Katy Perry Revenge by Bing,” an all-new game featuring Katy Perry’s new single “Firework” for free.

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Facebook / Bing partnership: the official announcement, and video

Just in from Microsoft, the official announcement:

Today, in partnership with Facebook, Bing announced new social search features that provide a more personal search experience based on an individual’s Facebook network. In the offline world, we know people rely on

Bing and Facebook announce new partnership: “Liked By Your Friends”

Microsoft Corporate Vice President Yusuf Mehdi, Online Services President Qi Lu, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today announced a new partnership, and brings “Liked By Your Facebook Friends” search results to Bing.  The new module will bring information from your …

Bing / Facebook announcements live webcast

As expected, Bing and Facebook are announcing a “new partnership” today, and although Bing hasn’t been in the habit of webcasting these bi-annual events (boo), Facebook is webcasting the announcements live (yay!).  Here’s the embedded player so you can follow …

Bing powers eTao.com website search in China

etao-logoWhile we wait for word coming from Mountain View on today’s Bing announcements, news is out today that Bing is powering web searches on a new e-commerce website in China.

ETao.com returns search results for forums, news, answers, web, and …

Upcoming Bing announcements: Facebook, and a “major redesign”?

fblikebigBing is set to unveil its “fall lineup” in an event in San Francisco tomorrow (Wed Oct. 13).  A number of sites are reporting that Facebook will be an invited guest, perhaps announcing a relationship involving anonymised data coming from …