News Corp. approached Microsoft about a deal but talks are in an early stage
Microsoft has discussed paying News Corp. to remove its news Web sites from Google's search results and list them on its Bing search engine instead, The Financial Times reported Sunday on its Web site.
However, the new user interface feature is still at an experimental stage
Google is publicly testing a new image search interface whose results, when clicked on, don't take users to an external Web page but instead display the clicked-upon image at the center of a radiating cluster of similar thumbnails.
Wolfram Alpha is a smart, computational take on the search engine, but it gets even smarter when it's paired with Bing.
Wolfram Alpha is a smart, computational take on the search engine, but its new partnership with Microsoft and its Bing search engine is even smarter.
Bing has added valuable tools and fun technology making it a formidable Google competitor.
Given undistinguished history of Microsoft's late and unlamented Live Search engine, the predecessor to Bing, it's easy to dismiss Redmond as a hapless also-ran in the search market. But given the vast sums of money and resources that Microsoft is investing in its fledging Google challenger, this could change in a hurry.
Microsoft is rolling out some enhancements to Bing including results that draw on Wolfram Alpha's technology
Microsoft is rolling out some enhancements to its Bing search engine, including some that rely on computational information delivered by Wolfram Alpha.
Taking a look at Steve Ballmer's 10 years at the helm of Microsoft
In a little over two months, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer will mark the 10th anniversary of his tenure as CEO, a stretch of time where he has seen software, lawsuits, mergers, acquisitions and competitive battle royals come and go.
Bing users will now be able to search Tweets and see entire Twitter feeds from within the search tool.
Web 2.0 Conference, San Francisco - Microsoft confirmed today that it has integrated Twitter tweets and Facebook status updates into its Bing search results.
The social-networking companies will collaborate with Microsoft to get their status updates and "tweets" on Bing
Microsoft has reached collaboration agreements with Twitter and Facebook to get their members' public status updates and messages indexed and presented in useful ways on the Bing search engine.
Some search results now feature FTC public service ads
Look for a way to fix your credit or transfer money on Microsoft's Bing these days and you'll get some friendly advice from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
Google remains miles ahead, but Microsoft's new Bing engine keeps plodding ahead
Microsoft's Bing continues to show strength as comScore Inc. is set to report this afternoon that the new search engine increased its share of the competitive market by 4.5% between July and August. Bing held a 9.3% share of the market at the end of August to hold third place, according to comScore.
A company executive said Microsoft has developed a tool to target what search ads users are clicking on
Microsoft on Monday demonstrated a new tool for its Bing search engine that will allow advertisers to measure the effectiveness of their ads with online users.
As the search war continues, Bing takes another small step against dominant Google
Microsoft's Bing had a really strong August as the company takes another step in its effort to boost its place in the search engine business.
Microsoft and Yahoo each confirm that U.S. is seeking more data on search deal
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked Microsoft and Yahoo to hand over more information regarding their proposed search partnership.
The potential new feature would allow people to post search results from Bing directly on Facebook and Twitter
Microsoft is testing a new feature called Bing & Ping for its Bing search engine that allows people to share search results on social networks Facebook and Twitter.
Second-place Yahoo trails far behind
The latest worldwide statistics for search engine queries don't paint a pretty picture for Google competitors.