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Microsoft Docs app for Facebook

By Daniel Peiser , Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Docs is a Microsoft Office Web App for Facebook that offers instantly personalized document authorization and sharing on the cloud by integrating Facebook Social Plugins.

Featured on Facebook Platform Showcase, Docs is still in Beta stage but it could be one of the most valuable Open Graph protocol integrations for ...

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An Apple will teach you the difference between Google and Bing

By Daniel Peiser , Monday, December 28th, 2009

Apple Tablet, iSlate: There’s a lot of talk about it these days, building the hype around the new revolutionary Apple computer that rumors say could be launched in… well, nobody knows when exactly yet.

Speculations about the new device are driving Apple’s stock price higher and even the Financial Times blog is linki...

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Bing homepage for Winter Solstice

By Daniel Peiser , Monday, December 21st, 2009

Bing’s daily change of background image lacks the iconic simplicity of Google doodles, but apart from being more frequently updated, it’s an effective way of differentiating itself from Google’s minimalism, associating Bing with Beauty and making users come back to check the picture of the day.

Today is Winter Solst...

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Bing Maps Beta hits the spot

By Daniel Peiser , Monday, December 21st, 2009

Microsoft Bing Maps Beta is a working preview of what Bing Maps could be once it becomes more stable.

New features and tools powered by Silverlight make the experience visually impressive: Bing Maps Apps offer real-time geolocalised Twitter updates, traffic information, 3D photos of landmarks and monuments, local ne...

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Tamiflu doesn’t cure Spam on Bing

By Daniel Peiser , Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Spammy forum user profiles dominate Bing’s SERP for a “tamiflu” query, while Google and Yahoo succeed in detecting spam and showing more relevant results. These fake user profile pages are nothing but a way to sell the popular flu treatment medicine with affiliate links.

You would expect to find more online pharmacy...

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MSN.com Reveals Its Home Renovations

By Richard Bramer , Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Microsoft has just done a complete revamp of the MSN.com homepage with two main objectives in mind, getting their 100 million monthly visitors to spend more time and return more often, as well as optimizing the amount of Bing search traffic that comes from this site. Here is what they have done to make it happen:

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Microhoo Searches for Light at the End of the Tunnel

By Richard Bramer , Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Last week it was speculated that the Microsoft/Yahoo search deal, a agreement that would see Yahoo sell its search ads through Microsoft’s new Bing brand, could be facing some significant delays. On October 27th, the two internet giants were supposed to have concluded all negotiations. However, a filing with the S...

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Bing Sheds Light on Cyber Scams

By Richard Bramer , Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Microsoft began a new campaign against cyber cons on Tuesday by displaying scam warnings within various Bing search results. In partnership with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Postal Inspection Service, and Western Union, Microsoft looks to warn and educate users searching for things like foreclosure rescue, lo...

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Microsoft A ‘Courier’ For Digital Content

By Richard Bramer , Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Microsoft has lately been good at gaining ground in areas that aren’t typically its niche. The latest facet of this expansion could be with its still mythical tablet PC, the “Courier”. A few videos of this new device have been leaked and speculators are now desperate to get any information they can on this see...

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The Bing Highlight Reel: A Path to Success

By Richard Bramer , Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Throughout the month of August, Bing managed to do something no other search engine could: gain market share. Bing gained 0.4% market share month on month in August while Google lost 0.1% and Yahoo remained level. That leaves Bing with 9.3, Google with 64.6%, and Yahoo with 19.3% of the US search market. But the big...

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