Beware: New coronavirus tracking app infects phones with malware
Hackers are taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic by releasing dangerous malware disguised as COVID-19 tracking apps. Don’t download any unfamiliar Android apps outside of …
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Oscars 2016: Can Bing’s predictions outperform the pros?
The 88th Annual Academy Awards are happening on Sunday and Microsoft’s Bing search engine has released its predictions for this year’s winners. Bing has proven …
Bing’s pre-debate prediction: Trump will win Iowa and all other Republican primaries next month
Microsoft’s Bing search engine is very accurate at predicting things. Whether it’s sports results, American Idol winners or politics, Bing’s really good. And Bing already has …
Bing is hiding an awesome easter egg in its search results
For most people, Bing hasn’t yet come close to supplanting Google as their search engine of choice. But Microsoft’s Bing team, to its credit, keeps on …
The impossible has happened: Bing has become relevant
For a long time, it looked like Bing would just go down in history as a failed attempt by Microsoft to compete with Google. But …
Microsoft: Xbox and Bing aren’t going anywhere
Speaking at Re/code’s conference in California, Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella assured gamers that the company doesn’t plan to sell its Xbox division, despite what many …
Microsoft is giving Cortana Google Now-like powers
In addition to creating its own voice-based virtual assistant that can stand its ground against Siri and Google Now, Microsoft appears ready to offer even …
Even Windows Phone users refuse to search with Bing
It doesn’t seem likely that Microsoft plans to give up on Bing anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean its customers are following suit. According to …
Ballmer fights back against Bing, Xbox doomsaying
Outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer knows that a lot of investors have their knives out for Bing and Xbox, but he’s not having any of …
Making the case for keeping Bing
There’s been a lot of chatter lately from former Microsoft insiders and even reportedly from prospective Microsoft CEO candidates about killing off both Xbox and Bing, …
Elop reportedly on board with killing Bing, Xbox as next Microsoft CEO
Members of Microsoft’s Bing team should get their résumés updated if Stephen Elop becomes the company’s new CEO. Unnamed sources tell Bloomberg that if Elop replaces …
Another one-time Microsoft insider urges company to ditch Bing, Xbox
Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen isn’t the only longtime Microsoft associate who wants the company to dump Bing and the Xbox. Barron’s has flagged some more …
Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen may be pushing firm to ditch Bing, Xbox
As we’ve observed recently, Microsoft has really become a tale of two companies: An unstoppable juggernaut in the enterprise cloud and software market and a …
Study suggests Microsoft’s ‘Bing-it-on’ claims are false [updated]
Surprise! It turns out that people who take Microsoft’s “Bing it on” challenge don’t actually prefer Bing to Google by a rate of 2-to-1. Yale …
Microsoft reportedly still refuses to give up on Bing
There have been few bigger money pits for Microsoft over the last several years than its attempts to compete with Google in the online search …
Microsoft tries to get school kids hooked on Bing with free Surface RTs
Microsoft has come up with a clever way to get rid of some of the millions of excess Surface RTs it has in its warehouses: …
Bing’s gains still haven’t put a dent in Google
The good news for Microsoft: Bing’s market share has grown by two whole percentage points over the past 10 months. The bad news: It’s been …
Microsoft has lost $11 billion trying to compete with Google
We’ve known for a while that Microsoft hasn’t been very successful in its attempt to make a Bing a legitimate rival to Google but it seems …
Bing’s brand problem: People prefer Google regardless of search results
Here’s some disconcerting news for Microsoft: It may not matter how good Bing really is because most consumers will always assume it’s not as good …
Bing found to retrieve five times as many malicious websites as Google
It seems that taking the Bing Challenge could make your computer more vulnerable to malware. PCMag reports that a new study from German independent testing lab …
Microsoft working to bring improved voice recognition to its mobile Bing app [video]
Microsoft (MSFT) may be a bit behind Google (GOOG) and Apple (AAPL) when it comes to creating a voice-enabled personal assistant for its mobile devices, …
Gates says Bing is a ‘better product at this point’ than Google
Don’t tell Bill Gates that he has to use Google (GOOG). During an “Ask Me Anything” session at Reddit, the Microsoft (MSFT) cofounder praised his …
Microsoft takes aim at Google with new ‘Scroogled’ ad campaign [video]
Over the past few months, Microsoft (MSFT) has launched a number of anti-Google (GOOG) advertising campaigns to help move users away from Google’s services. The Redmond, Washington-based …
Google’s U.S. search market share closes in on 70%
It looks as if Microsoft’s (MSFT) efforts to dethrone Google (GOOG) as the search engine king have failed. The Internet giant’s search market share hit …
Bing and Windows 8 are helping Microsoft’s brand image
Don’t look now but Microsoft (MSFT), the company that cornered the market with word processing and spreadsheets, has finally become cool. According to research from …
Google chairman interested in wooing Yahoo away from Microsoft
Yahoo’s (YHOO) decision to go with Microsoft’s (MSFT) Bing as its underlying search technology hasn’t exactly upended the search engine market, and now Google (GOOG) …
Microsoft admits that its campaign to turn ‘Bing’ into a verb has been a massive flop
In an ideal world, Microsoft (MSFT) would like to have the word “Bing” become synonymous with online search instead of “Google” (GOOG). But we can’t …
Bing gets even more social, allows you to search through your friends’ Facebook photos
Microsoft (MSFT) on Thursday announced a new update to its Bing search engine that will bring deeper Facebook (FB) integration to the service. The company’s …
Live from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s CES 2012 keynote
It’s the end of an era. Microsoft announced last month that this year’s Consumer Electronics Show keynote will be the company’s last for the foreseeable future. The …
Microsoft launches Bing Deals website
Microsoft announced and launched a new deals website on Friday tied to its growing Bing suite of services. Bing Deals is a shopping site that …
