Microsoft’s Bing goes down
In what could be a blow to its image, Microsoft’s main Bing search site suffered through an outage on Thursday evening. Visitors to Bing.com were getting a browser error message rather than a search bar. Service was down for at least 45 minutes before being restored around 7:10 p.m. PST. Microsoft acknowledged the issues it [...]
Bing getting a fall refresh
Unlike when you stand over your coworker’s desk, Microsoft’s Bing search engine actually works better when you hover. One of the key features of the would-be rival to Google is that when you hover to the right of a result, you can get a preview of what to expect. As part of an update this [...]
Microsoft Bing Maps Beta adds much richer images
Microsoft’s new street-level imagery in Bing Maps takes advantage of Silverlight to do things Web applications can’t, according to the company. Microsoft is kicking Bing Maps into a higher gear, announcing a beta version of Bing Maps that uses Silverlight to display 3D images and its own version of street-level images. The company announced the [...]
Michael Jackson tops Google, Yahoo search in 2009
The death of Michael Jackson in June launched a frenzy of Web activity and propelled the late pop star to the top of the search charts for 2009. That’s the word from Google, Yahoo, and Bing, all of which have revealed their popular search terms for the past year. It’s not too shocking to see [...]
Bing gains search market share, nears 10 percent
Microsoft’s new Internet search engine Bing increased its share of the US search market in October, edging up half-a-point to nearly 10 percent, online tracking firm comScore said Tuesday. It was the fifth month in a row of modest gains in search share for Bing, which Microsoft unveiled in June accompanied by a 100-million-dollar advertising [...]
Bing getting a fall refresh
Unlike when you stand over your coworker’s desk, Microsoft’s Bing search engine actually works better when you hover. One of the key features of the would-be rival to Google is that when you hover to the right of a result, you can get a preview of what to expect. As part of an update this [...]