Matthew Panzarino’s Bing Impressions
Matthew Panzarino’s Bing Impressions The Next Web’s Matthew Panzarino tries Bing search on his iPhone for a month and reports back with his real-life impressions: The design is largely cleaner and more attractive than Google’s more cluttered results, and more preview text helps you decide on which link to follow. But, if you’re even reading...
Lingual Brings Speedy Voice Translation To Siri On Jailbroken iPhones
Since the Absinthe jailbreak tool was released for Apple’s A5-powered devices last week, we’ve seen all sorts of tweaks that maximize Siri functionality on the iPhone 4S. The latest is one of the most impressive. It’s called Lingual, and it provides quick and easy...Siri, where did my mobile ad revenues go?
Are Google, Yelp and Facebook scared of Siri? If they aren’t they should be, as should any mobile website, service or app that depends on advertising. Siri is the first user interface that shifts our attention away from our phones' screens, but it won't be the last.
Mozilla and Microsoft release custom Firefox with Bing
Microsoft and Mozilla have announced a special release of Firefox that integrates with the Bing search engine. The build, which is called Firefox with Bing, is available for users to download from a Microsoft-hosted website.
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Quick tip: Siri can search with Google, Yahoo or Bing
For iPhone 4S users out there, you probably know that Siri can search the web for keywords of your choosing. But did you also know that you can tell it on the fly which specific search engine to use to find your results?
Bing for iPad Begs the Question: Who Needs Search Apps?
Microsoft introduced its new dedicated Bing iPad search application Thursday, and my first impression is that it offers more useful features than Google's iOS app in a better package. Yet while it may outclass the competition, I also doubt I'll ever use it again.
Microsoft Releases Bing for iPad
Bing for iPad has just been released onto the iTunes App Store and it is Microsoft’s first app to make it onto the tablet device. Just like their Bing iPhone app and the Bing website, the daily image is the first thing you’ll notice with the app and it looks beautiful on the iPad’s screen....
Bing for iPhone gets major overhaul, minor tweaks for Android
Microsoft has updated its Bing for Mobile apps for iPhone and Android with a bigger focus on streamlining how mobile users discover relevant local information. Separately, the software giant has updated m.bing.com with "th...
Microsoft Launches Revamped Bing App for iPhone
A few hours ago the official Bing app for iPhone received a major update, which brings it to version 2.0 and introduces a lot of new (and nice) features I’m sure will make several iOS users reconsider Microsoft’s search engine app. Bing 2.0 comes with new sharing possibilities and deeper integration with Facebook, Foursquare and...
Welcome to the social: Bing uses Facebook friends to power search
During a live event at Microsoft's headquarters today, Bing and Facebook announced that Facebook's social data is being added to Bing. In an optional Facebook module, Bing now shows what has been "Liked" by your friends and offe...
Citing relevance, Mozilla to include Bing in Firefox 4 search box
Mozilla has announced its plans to update the search options in Firefox 4, the next major version of the popular open source Web browser. Google will remain Firefox's default search engine, but Microsoft's Bing search will be ava...
