Bing Tests Search Results Without Underlining Hyperlinks

Rubén Gómez reports that Microsoft is testing removing the underlines on the hyperlinks within the search results in Bing. The Bing search results still have the blue hyperlink look, but the underline was removed in this Bing test. Bing is constantly testing large and small changes like this to see…

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Spider-Man Goes To The Dark Side, Or At Least The Other Side, Switches From Bing To Google

Spoiler alert: ComicBook.com reported this weekend everyone’s favorite spider-bitten superhero has switched from searching on Bing to being a full-fledged Google user. According to the report, Spider-man alias Peter Parker used Bing in the 2012 The Amazing Spider-Man film, much to the…

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Audrey Hepburn Google Logo Marks The Star’s Humanitarian Efforts On Her 85th Birthday

Today’s Google logo is a tribute to British actress Audrey Hepburn on what would have been the star’s 85th birthday. Hepburn, who is known as much for her style as the roles she brought to life in films like Roman Holiday, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and My Fair Lady, was an avid…

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Google Opens Voting To Help Determine This Year’s “Doodle 4 Google” National Winner

After opening its “Doodle 4 Google” contest to kindergarten through twelfth graders in February, Google has released its list of state winners, and started a public voting forum to help select this year’s national winner. Asking students to create a Google logo based on something…

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Bing: The Earliest & Latests Searchers By City

Microsoft Bing posted data on the earliest risers by city based on Bing usage data. Bing said they “thought it would be interesting to look at Bing usage as a proxy for when people get online, start work or otherwise wake up.” The earliest city to rise is San Francisco, reaching 50% of…

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Rufous Hummingbird & 5 Other Animals Featured In Google Logo Marking Earth Day

Today’s Google logo marks the 44th celebration of Earth Day. In honor of this day devoted to environmental policies, Google has created an interactive logo, depicting six animals from across the globe. Each of the animated illustrations includes a link to share the image of the animal on…

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Google Trends Now Lets Users Subscribe To Receive Email Notifications

Google Trends announced today it has added a “Subscribe” feature, allowing users to receive email notifications on search topics, Hot Searches for any country, or any US monthly top chart. From the announcement by Googler Gavri Smith on the Google Search blog: I’m a Liverpool F.C….

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Percy Julian Gets Google Logo Marking The Famous Chemist’s 115th Birthday

Today’s Google logo honors renown chemist Percy Lavon Julian, the first African American scientist to be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. During his career, Julian made a number of significant chemical advancements, including the creation of Aero-Foam, a soy-based product…

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More Google April Fools: Everything From Emoji Translators To Free Nexus Phones

Yesterday, our editor in chief Matt McGee found a number of April Fools jokes already in play, including a Google Maps Pokemon challenge and Google+ David Hasselhoff photobombs. Today’s first batch of April Fools pranks include a few from Google, as well as jokes directed at the search giant….

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Bing Snapshot Adds 150 Million New Entities & Relationships To Search Engine

Dr. Richard Qian from the Bing Index and KnowledgeTeam announced that they’ve added an “additional 150 million entities” to power Bing’s Snapshot results. This is part of Microsoft Bing’s efforts to improve and grow their knowledge engine they named Satori. Most…

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Google’s April Fools’ Day Jokes For 2014: Google Maps Pokémon Challenge, Magic Hand & More

Is it just me, or does it seem like Google starts celebrating April Fools’ Day earlier and earlier every year? No company on the web takes April 1st more seriously than Google, as we’ve been covering for years now: Google’s April Fools’ Day 2013 Joke-A-Thon: YouTube…

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Dorothy Irene Height Google Logo Marks Civil Rights Leader’s 102nd Birthday

Today’s Google logo marks the 102nd birthday of civil rights leader and women’s rights activist Dorothy Irene Height. While working at the Harlem YMCA, Height became a force of the civil rights movement after meeting National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) president Mary McLeod Bethune…

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