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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“Bing For Schools” Becomes “Bing In The Classroom” & Makes Program Available To All Schools
Originally launched in August of last year as Bing for Schools, the new Bing in the Classroom program has moved out of its pilot phase and is now available to all US schools, grades K through 12. For participating schools, the free program offers ad-fr…
Bing: Again, Why We Are Better Than Google At Image Search
Several months ago, Bing told us seven ways Bing is better than Google at image search. This week, Bing posted more examples in the Bing blog of why Bing is better than Google at image search. The examples are of course specific sets of queries that sh…
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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Bing Supports Today’s Boston Marathon By Spotlighting Runners On Its Homepage
Bing made an unconventional move today and changed its homepage image midday in honor of the Boston Marathon. To support the race and marathon participants, Bing changed its homepage to include a photo of the runners with fans cheering them on, and two…
Bing Predicts Reality Show Winners Using New “Bing Predictions” Search Technology
Bing announced today it is launching Bing Predictions, a new feature that uses search query data and social signals to predict outcomes and events. To kick-off its latest technology, Bing is applying its new search feature to predict the results of vot…
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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Google Updates Its Privacy Policy
You may have noticed Google’s Privacy Policy has been updated as of March 31, with a red letter “Updated” call-out the site’s home page preceding Google’s Privacy & Terms link. This is the first time the company has updated the policy this year, following an update…
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Bing Testing New Search Results Design
Bing is testing a new search results layout that changes the color of the logo from gray to the yellow/orange, changes the color of the search button and removes the gray background color from the right side rail. Bing has also cleaned up the interface…
Want News About New York In Yahoo News? Too Bad.
If you try to search Yahoo News for [new york], you will be out of luck. Yahoo News is returning an error that reads “we did not find results for: new york.” Here is a screen shot: Other states do work, such as Florida or California, but not New York. Why? We are not sure, […]
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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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Google Now Allows You To Rearrange The Google Navigation Bar
Google announced last night that you can now, or in the upcoming weeks as Google rolls it out, customize and rearrange the order of the products and apps within the Google navigation bar as you like. Meaning, if you want to move up the Google Maps icon…
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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