Microsoft launches new audience network, ‘Audience Ads’ at Bing Partner Summit
New display network combines search signals, Microsoft’s AI assets and its audience graph, which includes LinkedIn.
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Report: Microsoft responds to Amazon Echo, Google Home with “HomeHub”
Software approach would make Cortana available from the lock screen and provide other smart-home features.
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Seeking investments from Microsoft & Amazon, HERE’s owners signal intent to compete aggressively with Google Maps
Carmaker consortium seeks additional funds, resources to further develop and grow the mapping platform.
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Microsoft Pulls Funding For Anti-Google Lobbying Group FairSearch
According to a report in Re/Code appearing last week, Microsoft has pulled financial support from FairSearch, an anti-Google “watchdog” or lobbying group that has been at the forefront of advancing European antitrust moves against the company. We sought comment from Microsoft when the…
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Microsoft & Getty Images Announce Partnership & Drop Infringement Lawsuit Over Bing Images
On Monday, Getty Images dropped their lawsuit against Bing Images and on Tuesday they signed a new partnership deal with Microsoft.
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Duane Forrester Returns To Bing After Being Laid Off From Microsoft Two Months Ago
Bing re-hires Duane Forrester after letting him go two months ago. Duane Forrester will be working in basically the same role as before.
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Cortana Coming To Windows 9, Will It Replace Bing?
Next week in San Francisco, Microsoft will unveil Windows 9 for the press. Among the features of the new OS is reportedly going to be the mobile virtual assistant Cortana. A range of sites are repeating some early evidence found by a German site and also a discussion on Neowin that assert Cortana…
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Bing Image Widget Now Offline After Getty Images Lawsuit
The Bing Image Widget that launched on August 22nd is now temporarily offline after Getty Images sued Microsoft over the feature. If you try to access the tool, you will be presented with a notice that the “Image Widget” has been “temporarily removed the beta.” Here is a…
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Mac “Spotlight” Search Drops Google For Bing; Becomes More Siri-Like In OS X “Yosemite”
It looks like Bing has gained another win with Apple, becoming integrated into a new version of Spotlight in Apple’s forthcoming Mac OS X “Yosemite” operating system. Spotlight will also tap into a wide-range of search resources similar to how Siri works on iOS. During…
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Bing Ends Sponsorship Deal With WNBA’s Seattle Storm
After a four-year sponsorship deal with the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, the Seattle Times reported yesterday Bing will no longer be the marquee sponsor for the team co-owned by Microsoft executive Lisa Brummel. The report claimed the deal had been valued at $1 million per year, giving the Bing…
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No Sale: Bing A “Core Technology” For Microsoft Says Gates
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was interviewed on Fox Business News yesterday. Among other things he was asked about investor and analyst suggestions that Xbox and Bing be spun out or sold. Gates deferred to newly minted CEO Satya Nadella but said that he would support an Xbox spin-off if that was…
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Why Yahoo’s Not Going To Steal The Search Default For iPhone Away From Google
Apparently Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wants to be the default search for Apple’s Safari browser on iPhone and iPad and has been preparing to make a solid pitch. Well, we all want things we can’t have, and I’d be incredibly surprised if Yahoo got its wish here. Kara Swisher over at…
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Microsoft Bing Testing Showing “Alternative” Search Engines In Search Results
We’ve seen how Google may display competitive search engines in their search results, based on an EU antitrust settlement. But how will it look for Bing if they did the same thing? Aaron Wall at SEO Book posted a screen shot of what he saw Bing testing around displaying…
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Nadella Would Bring Search Cred To Microsoft CEO Role
Based on several reports is appears very likely that Microsoft will announce that Satya Nadella will be the next CEO. He brings an engineering background to the C suite. He’s also a B-school grad. For the past three years Nadella has run Microsoft’s Server & Tools business. Before…
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Potential Microsoft CEO Elop Would Consider Selling Bing
The Microsoft CEO derby is heating up. As we discussed earlier this week the short list is down to a handful of candidates, including current Ford CEO Alan Mulally and former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop (soon to rejoin Microsoft in charge of devices). Apparently Elop has floated some bold ideas that may…
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Bing Really Doesn’t Want You To Search Google
Go to Bing.com and search for [google], you may see Bing get a bit upset. In fact, when I search for Google at Bing, I get a big black box in the search box that says, “In blind tests, people preferred Bing to Google for the web’s top searches. See for yourself.” Here is a…
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Bing Ads Executives Share Plans To Make Bing A Better Ad Platform
Earlier this year, there were questions about where Bing would stand after CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled Microsoft’s reorganization plan in July. It turns out the move has been a good one for the search engine. Microsoft chose to give Bing an enterprise-wide embrace. The company is now…
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Bing, Twitter Renew Deal To Include Tweets In Search Results
Bing has announced a renewal of its long-standing deal with Twitter to include tweets in Bing’s search results. The Bing-Twitter partnership began in 2009 and was renewed in 2011. Tweets are primarily available and searchable at Bing’s social search page, bing.com/social, but…
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Yahoo-Microsoft Search Tensions On Public Display In Court Ruling
Microsoft has essentially had to sue Yahoo to get the company to fully comply with the terms of their 2010 “Search Alliance” agreement. Yahoo under Marissa Mayer had sought to delay rollouts of Bing search results in Taiwan and Hong Kong, awaiting a new Microsoft CEO. Microsoft CEO…
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Bing Slams “Freakonomics” Bing It On Challenge Critique
Yesterday we reported on a study appearing on the “Freakonomics” blog that disputed the “Bing It On” claim that people prefer Bing to Google in a blind comparison of search results. Study author Ian Ayers sought to replicate the Bing It On challenge methodology and argued that…
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