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Bing Boldly Brings Bing Bar

The Bing Team has announced the release of an updated version of the Bing Bar to help you with access to all kinds of things while your online.

You can download the new Bing Bat at http://toolbar.discoverbing.com/toolbar

We took a back to basics approach for this release, guided by one key principle: . . .

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Highlight and Search in Windows Phone 7

Although Copy and Paste functionality is not presently on Windows Phone handsets the feature is coming soon in the first update to the mobile OS.

However, as shown by PocketNow in the below video, there is a limited ability to highlight a word and bring it into the Bing search app on . . .

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New Windows Phone 7 Commercial With Bing and Voice

Thanks to Tom over at WinRumors for the heads up on this new commercial that features an airport traveller, the Windows Phone 7, Bing and voice search.

I have used the voice recognition on my LG Quantum several times in my vehicle and it works very well.  I have even had . . .

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Bing’s Most Popular Searches for 2010

It is almost December which means it will be the new year before we know it.  That in turn means looking back at the past year as well as looking ahead to predict what we may see in 2011.

However, before we start that there will be a lot of focus in . . .

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Bing and Facebook Get Social

 

After the recent announcement about the enhanced connection between Facebook and Bing in search results one of the key concerns by many was privacy.  Facebook has recently had a few flaps about privacy as they have introduced new features and so it is a legitimate concern.

Here is a video that explains . . .

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How Internet Explorer 9, Bing and HTML5 Will Change Search

During the Internet Explorer 9 Beta Keynote address last week Jeff Henshaw, the Bing Search Group Manager, shows why the world of search is about to change in a significant and permanent way.

So what do you think of these changes?  Superfluous or welcomed?

Related Posts Internet Explorer 9 . . .

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