Microsoft served few updates to its Bing search for mobile browser at m.bing.com. The updates bring together refined local search, maps and quick answers including some new features like real-time search for flights status, NFL details, and enhanced optimized navigation for touch-screen piece. For checking Flight status users can enter the airline and flight number [...]
Nov
1
2009
1
2009
Oct
22
2009
22
2009
Bing & Google search now index Twitter tweets
Twitter’s treasure trove of tweets could now be accessed via Microsoft’s Bing and Google search. Both the search engine giants have finally announced their data- mining deal with Twitter for including tweets in their respective search results. The real-time search results and openness of Twitter attracted Bing and Google to include tweets in its search [...]
Oct
8
2009
8
2009
Google, Microsoft search may soon tweet Twitter’s data
Twitter is planning to bring your tweets to real time searches of both Google and Microsoft’s Bing. Twitter is separately in talks with both the search engines to foster the search results with its “data-mining deal”. The deal if stamped will allow full Twitter’s feed to be incorporated into the search results of both the [...]
Sep
11
2009
11
2009
Justice Dept. needs more info on Microsoft- Yahoo deal
It seems that Justice Department of US is not going to let Microsoft and yahoo goes in hands with each other so easily on the search engine treaty. Microsoft and Yahoo have been asked by the Justice Dept. to provide them the second batch of information on their Internet search deal that clearly implies a [...]
Jul
27
2009
27
2009
Bing Could Be Improved with Online Game
Microsoft’s new search engine, Bing, could be improved at some point through the use of an online game called Page Hunt, researchers with Microsoft Research demonstrated in a new paper. The game, called Page Hunt, generates data from users that could be used to refine queries and search results. Bing currently sits in third in [...]
Jul
9
2009
9
2009
Google still high from Bing in search volume
Microsoft Corp.’s (MSFT) Bing posted higher search-engine growth on a weekly basis in June than its three main rivals, according to online Web site measurement researcher Hitwise, though Google Inc. (GOOG) continued to distance itself from its rivals. Google Inc. captured 74% of the U.S. Internet search market in the four weeks ended June 27, [...]
Jul
2
2009
2
2009
Microsoft Bing Adds Twitter Searches
Microsoft has added a feature to Bing that allows the search engine to query the Internet for so-called real-time data, including postings from Twitter users. So this must be more like a toe in the water. Microsoft says it is only adding “several thousand” well-known or prolific tweeters to Bing at the moment. And then [...]
Jun
28
2009
28
2009
Microsoft Bing Copied Travel Site Kayak
A smaller travel search site has complained that the travel section of Microsoft’s Bing appears to be influences by its own design. Kayak.com has not yet gone to court, but has sent the firm a legal letter. Microsoft’s travel-search component of Bing comes from Farecast, a Web travel company Microsoft acquired. Wired reported the news [...]