Tag: "Bing"
Why did Bing sign a deal with Encyclopedia Britannica?
When it comes to the search engine industry, it is definitely a race between two horses, but the ultimate winner is the search engine users. Recently, Google launched its knowledge graph which was aimed at ensuring that the users get more relevant answers to their queries. This development quickly shifted the balance and established Google […]
Read More | ShareMicrosoft launches their own Social Network – So.cl
The whole world seems to be going social and Microsoft has followed suit with a quiet launch of its new social networking site, www.so.cl. This website is already displaying principles that Facebook had in its infancy, with its core objective being to allow socialization among learners. So.cl, which is pronounced as ‘social’, aims at combining […]
Read More | ShareGoogle – 94% of Australian Web Searches
I was having a look over at Statcounter.com recently and specifically their public reporting tool gs.statcounter.com. This tool lets you see search engine, browser, mobile search stats etc for almost every country in the world. What has always been interesting is seeing the strength of the Google brand in Australia and how basically everyone uses […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Search integrates Google Plus
Google has made an update to search so that when you are signed in to your Google+ account, you will now get personalised search results from people you are connected with through Google Plus. This means photos, status updates and comments from your friends will now have prominence in Google Search. The best way to […]
Read More | ShareBing Search out of Beta
Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, is now out of beta. Bing and Yahoo7 have struck a deal to power Yahoo Searches in Australia – if you run a web search on Yahoo.com.au (au.yahoo.com) this is now powered by Bing. Therefore your Bing SEO is more important than ever. If you visit www.bing.com it is now localised […]
Read More | ShareMicrosoft releases earning figures FY12 Q1
Microsoft has released their Q1 results for FY 2012, showing continued business and consumer growth across the Microsoft product lines. Key Stats of Interest: – Since the release of Windows 7 in 2009, more than 450 million licenses of Windows 7 have been sold. – Windows 8 will very much have an ‘App based’ layout […]
Read More | ShareSteve Ballmer at Web Summit 2.0
I am always interested to hear the news from Microsoft, after all they have been one of the leaders and forefront of technology for over 30 years. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO is always particularly enthusiastic and exciting on stage. Steve goes on to talk about various Microsoft products, Windows 8, Xbox, Windows Phones and Bing. […]
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