Tag: Bing
CES 2010: Microsoft's Steve Ballmer opens CES, but does anyone care anymore?
Microsoft's Chief Exec Steve Ballmer officially opened the CES 2010 show in Vegas last night but failed to impress with a speech that started late due to technical problems (they should have used a Mac) and then went on for…
Real-time data added to Google search results
While currently only Twitter feeds have been implemented, updates from social networks Myspace and Facebook will dynamically be fed into searches from early in the new year.
Microsoft apologise for Bing outage
The problem meant that thousands of search queries were unanswered, with users instead issued an error message.
Will you ditch Google for Bing to get the news?
In theory it sounds like a winner. Microsoft, in Bing News, becomes the number one place for users to search for news, while media organisations get money from Microsoft for cataloguing their stories.
However before messrs Murdoch and Bullmer get carried away there are few things worth bearing in mind
Microsoft reaching out to FT and other publishers in bid to beat Google
So Microsoft has approached the FT then. The interesting part is which other companies Microsoft has approached. Even if it knows the FT isn't saying.
The move comes off the back of Rupert Murdoch's plans for Google to deindex all News International's online content. The agreement with Microsoft could mean that for the first time a search engine company has paid to index news stories.
For Microsoft it could give the company a much needed unique feature for its Bing search engine in that it could become a hub for news. The key for the company though is whether other publishers will follow News International.
Microsoft officially launch Bing in the UK
It's a feature-rich site which could prove popular with those tired of Google's stripped back approach to web-searching.
Security loophole proves costly for Bing
"Cash back" fracas is yet another embarrassing episode for the struggling search-engine.
Ask Jeeves launch new wallpaper themes
Google and Bing get Twitter, Jeeves gets new wallpaper…
Microsoft launch new-look MSN
The redesign will feature Twitter and Facebook integration.
Twitter cuts deals with Microsoft and Google to enable real time micro blogging searches
But will the search engines be able to ensure results are relevant, with so many thousands of messages being published every minute?
