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Bing gets social sidebar, makes Google look bad

Posted May 10, 2012 - 5:02 pm

Microsoft's Bing is about to get a major overhaul, with a new sidebar that shows information from Facebook and other social networks.
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Bing translator app gets cool augmented reality tool

Posted April 21, 2012 - 7:26 am

Microsoft has just unveiled the most practical use of augmented reality (AR) technology to date, at least for globetrotters.
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How do U.S. Internet users spell 'search'? G-o-o-g-l-e

Posted March 9, 2012 - 5:16 pm

A Pew Internet survey shows that 83% of American Internet users prefer Google for online search, despite serious misgivings about the company's privacy violations.
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Google regaining lost search market share

Posted February 9, 2012 - 7:26 pm

It's becoming clear that Microsoft and Yahoo are doing nothing to eat into Google's lead in the U.S. search market.
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Who needs SOPA? Judge orders Google, Facebook to hide websites in Chanel case

Posted November 30, 2011 - 12:56 pm

A Nevada judge, siding with Chanel in counterfeit cases, has ordered major search engines and social media sites to "de-index" hundreds of domain names, and awarded those names to Chanel.
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Bing losing billions for Microsoft

Posted September 21, 2011 - 11:44 am

Bing, the search engine from Microsoft trying hard to make a dent in Google's market share, launched in June 2009. Since then, the Bing division has cost Microsoft about $5.5 Billion in losses. Is 14.7 percent of the search market worth losing six and counting billion dollars?
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Bing, Yahoo continue to nibble away at Google's search lead

Posted September 13, 2011 - 11:44 am

The search giant in August falls below 65% of the U.S. search market for the first time in more than a year.
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Microsoft's 5 biggest weaknesses

Posted September 1, 2011 - 6:36 am

Microsoft's position as the dominant provider of software to consumers is at risk. Here are five reasons why.
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Are Bing and Yahoo really more effective search sites than Google?

Posted August 12, 2011 - 3:25 pm

If Bing and Yahoo offer better search results than Google, why aren't more people using them?
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Despite slight erosion, Google's search market lead is safe

Posted August 10, 2011 - 4:34 pm

Yahoo and Bing have gained ground on Google in the U.S. search market, but not enough to really matter.
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Microsoft upgrades Bing webmaster tools

Posted June 8, 2011 - 2:08 pm

Microsoft has improved the tools it provides for webmasters to track their sites' visibility on Bing search engine results, so that they can make any necessary adjustments to improve how Bing crawls their content and ranks their pages.
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E3: Bing voice search, new partners announced for Xbox 360

Posted June 6, 2011 - 5:14 pm

Kinect now supports voice control of the Xbox 360 console. Users can voice search with Bing for content across a number of platforms including Hulu+, Netflix and others. Microsoft also announced a partnership that will bring YouTube content to the system.
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Bing, Facebook deepen ties, threaten Google +1

Posted May 17, 2011 - 1:14 pm

Microsoft has unveiled a deeper conglomerate of Bing and Facebook that harvests the power of the social Web, one year after forming a partnership to take "social search" to the next level.
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9 ways Microsoft is winning!...and losing!

Posted May 16, 2011 - 10:35 am

Microsoft has been riding a tide of good vibes in recent months, thanks to a host of new popular and critically acclaimed products.
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Google's share of U.S. search market dips

Posted May 12, 2011 - 6:04 pm

April was a down month for Google in the U.S. search market, with both Yahoo and Microsoft's Bing gaining slightly on the leader.
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Bing guy says Google turns users into pidgin English-speaking search dunces

Posted April 12, 2011 - 12:24 pm

This sounds like it comes straight from the classic Microsoft FUD playbook.
In an interview with The Huffington Post, Bing Director Stefan Weitz accuses search market leader Google of teaching users very bad habits:
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Irony squared: Microsoft tries antitrust tactic against Google

Posted March 31, 2011 - 7:32 am

If you never thought you'd see the day when Microsoft would declare itself the loser in any technology sector, be prepared: that day may have just arrived, one day before April Fool's Day.
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Bing teams up with travel search site KAYAK

Posted March 4, 2011 - 6:47 pm

Maybe Microsoft thinks the U.S. Department of Justice is about to green-light Google's acquisition of travel software market leader ITA Software and figures it should bulk up.
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Consumers must be confused after shifting to Bing from Google

Posted March 4, 2011 - 1:36 pm

Bing searches increase through Yahoo affinity, heavy marketing, and re-tries by users who can't find "Windows" on search.microsoft.com.
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For WP7 owners, there are no 'Bing deals'

Posted March 4, 2011 - 11:19 am

Someone needs to explain the whole "mobile ecosystem" thing to Steve Ballmer.
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Bing shows best monthly gain yet in search market share

Posted February 11, 2011 - 4:19 pm

The latest data from online researcher comScore shows that Bing, the search engine launched by Microsoft in June 2009, last month recorded its highest-ever percentage increase in U.S. search market share.
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Bing searches more accurate than Google's, study finds

Posted February 9, 2011 - 7:09 pm

Search engine Bing, and even Yahoo, are providing users with more accurate searches than their rival Google, according to a report out this week.
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Google's copying accusation called 'silly'

Posted February 5, 2011 - 1:26 pm

Even if Microsoft did copy Google's search results the practice couldn't be scaled enough to mimic Google's algorithms in any widespread and meaningful way, search industry analysts and executives said.
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Google considers Bing a serious threat

Posted February 4, 2011 - 2:08 pm

Google very publicly called out Microsoft's Bing search engine--claiming that it copies its search results from Google. The initial charge has been followed by a back and forth exchange of insults and accusations, but one thing that is sort of lost in the melodrama is that Google apparently considers Bing to be a serious threat.
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Google, please stop whining about Bing: Here's why

Posted February 2, 2011 - 2:47 pm

The search spat between Google and Bing has turned ugly, with Google employees dissing Microsoft in company blog posts and personal Twitter updates.
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