The new Bing is live (well, 2/3 of it)

If you’re in the US (or can fool your browser into thinking you are), the new Bing, with its double dose of sidebars, is available now, either by opting in to the banner that ... Read more »

Two key new components of the “New” Bing: Snapshots and Sidebar, and some notes on the webcast

Last week, we saw Bing roll out a new design featuring a clean new look, the removal of the left hand sidebar, and an “uncluttered, simple, and fast” archecture.  Now today, with the announcement ... Read more »

Bing announces new social search

Bing has scheduled a live webcast for 10 am PDT today, just a few minutes from now, to introduce “The New Bing”, which includes a new sidebar to interact with your friends to be ... Read more »

Bing tests (then stops) search results in a new tab: are you ok with being a guinea pig?

This morning a number of tech blogs are reporting on what apparently is another test of Bing users, this time with search results opening in a new tab: Along with lots of other people ... Read more »

Bing 411 to be discontinued on June 1st

For those in the United States, Microsoft operates a toll-free number called Bing 411 (1-800-BING-411 or 1-800-CALL-411), which allows users to conduct voice search using Tellme technologies. The service allow users to conduct local ... Read more »

Microsoft Advertising rebrands, too, and Xbox drops “Inside Xbox” (What a week we’re having!)

When we said goodbye to “Windows Live” today, it wasn’t the only rebranding announcement to come out of Microsoft recently: yesterday Microsoft Advertising rebranded itself to “Bing”, or “Bing for Small Business”.  And of ... Read more »

Bing sports a new look: should we get excited?

After receiving a tip today on (another) new look for Bing (thanks Hector!), we tried it out and sure enough, we’re getting a new search results page,  a new header, and a new look ... Read more »

Could Microsoft sell Bing to Facebook?

OK this is pretty far-fetched, but according to a post on Barron’s Tech Trader Daily blog, CNBC editor Gary Kaminsky “made passing reference to a report that apparently claims Microsoft might be considering giving ... Read more »

A different Bing for everyone?

We’ve been getting a number of tips in the past few weeks about new features and new looks showing up on Bing, including the “tile interface” Bing home page (thanks, John): .. and a ... Read more »

Microsoft releases Bing Desktop beta, now available for download

Microsoft quietly released an application called Bing Desktop beta today via the Microsoft Download Center today. At only 1.4 MB in size, this is what the application does, according to the download description: Bing ... Read more »