Online cab hailing service Uber is acquiring some of Microsoft’s map-generating technologies, in a bid to boost its own mapping service. This means that Microsoft will now just display maps on its…
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Microsoft sells display advertising business to AOL
Microsoft has inked a deal with AOL that will see the tech giant handing over its display advertising business to the latter. As part of the 10-year deal, AOL will take over…
Microsoft updates Bing to add large thumbnails, video previews, more
Microsoft has updated its Bing video search engine with many great new features in a bid to lure users away from YouTube. “People love online videos. A video can teach us something…
Microsoft Bing, like Google, will give more prominence to “mobile-friendly” websites
Microsoft has announced it will update search engine Bing to add support for a new search algorithm which will give more prominence to “mobile-friendly” websites. “Based on data from user’s interaction with…
Microsoft’s new Android app ‘Picturesque’ turns lock screen into Bing homepage
Microsoft has rolled out a new Android app that lets users set Bing home page images on their device’s lock screen. Dubbed Picturesque, the new app allows Android users to change the…
Twitter collaborates with Bing to roll out tweet translation feature
Micro-blogging giant Twitter has teamed up with Bing Translator to roll out new ‘tweet translation’ feature for users. “Tweet translation is available on twitter.com, Twitter for iOS, Twitter for Android, and TweetDeck,”…
Bing, Yahoo search engines back on track post brief Friday outage
Microsoft’s Bing and Yahoo search engines suffered a temporary outage on Friday, all because of a bad code update. While Bing recovered from the outage in less than half an hour time,…
Facebook stops powering search results via Microsoft Bing
Facebook has stopped using Microsoft’s Bing search engine to power search results on its social network. The move follows the social juggernaut’s recent revamping of its own search offerings which includes introduction…
Microsoft, Yahoo start acting on ‘right to be forgotten’ requests
After Google, it’s now Yahoo and Microsoft’s Bing who have begun scrubbing search results for Europeans under the ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling. The latest move comes in wake of a May…
Microsoft updates Bing with HD images, captions, Office Online menu and more
Microsoft has updated its Bing homepage with high-definition images, image captions, a new Office Online menu and more. As part of the update, the Bing homepage will now feature images in 1,920…
Microsoft Bing now lets users access full lyrics of songs
Microsoft has just added a new feature to its search engine Bing enabling users to see full lyrics of their favourite songs on the search results page. Previously, any query regarding a…
Microsoft also wants to forget you! Bing’s ‘right to be forgotten’ form goes live in Europe
Bing is likely the next search engine in line to start forgetting search results of Europeans’ that are ‘inadequate, irrelevant, no longer relevant, or excessive,’ on request.
Microsoft’s Bing aiming at 75 more international markets
Bing is likely gearing up to compete head-to-head with Google as a true competitor with its “most ambitious geographic and product expansion in its history.”
Nadella: No plans to give up Bing & Xbox
Speculations of Microsoft selling Bing or Xbox is nothing new and Nadella stresses once more: Bing & Xbox ‘Not for Sale!’
Bing maps app for Windows 8 updated with new features
Bing maps app for Windows 8 gets integrated reviews from Yelp, TripAdvisor & much more.