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Bing Home Page Springs to Life With Fall Video

By Guest PostSeptember 23, 2011Technologyannual financial analysts meeting, autumn hued video, baby animals, bing, home page, hotspots, html5 enabled browser, images, laura kern, Microsoft, natural evolution, search engine, stephanie horstmanshof, web is alive, xbox live

*Bing introduced video to its home page today to celebrate the start of fall, bringing motion to the iconic visuals that have helped differentiate Microsoft’s search engine.*

REDMOND, Wash. – Sept. 23, 2011 – Bing is celebrating the first day of fall with a first for its users: an autumn-hued video on its home page.

Visitors to the U.S. Bing home page today will be greeted by a time lapse video of the sun slowly rising over fall foliage. The video – visible to people using an HTML5-enabled browser – is the first to appear on the Bing home page, where eye-grabbing images have become an iconic part of the search engine’s brand, said Stephanie Horstmanshof, managing editor of Bing. Friday’s video represents the next step in Bing’s efforts to bring people into an experience they can’t get anywhere else. (more…)

What Women Want in Bed?

By PravdaJuly 3, 2011Culturea billion wicked thoughts, air force f 1, american neuroscientists, bikinis, bing, cheerleaders, cinderella dresses, CNN, detective agency, erotic, evolutionary perspective, female brain, female libido, Google, gossip about orlando bloom, hawaii, legolas and heterosexual erotica, libido, Lord of the Rings, male brain, mechanism of the sexual desire in women, men differs, movie star, naked photos, ogi ogas, orlando bloom, pornography, romantic theme, sai gaddam, scientific evidence, sexual button, sexual desire, sexual partner, sexual signaling system, socially aggressive, software, vampire stories, viagra, watch porn, women in bed, Yahoo

What is really important for women in bed? Not only men but also scientists have been looking for an answer to this question. There is a multitude of different opinions from both sexes. The authors of a new book, famous American neuroscientists, argue that the mechanism of the sexual desire in women and men differs greatly.

In a recent U.S. book called A Billion Wicked Thoughts, famous scientists, neuroscientists Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam argue that the female brain is much more complex than that of a male when it comes to the choice of a sexual partner. For their findings, they used statistical data from billions of queries related to sex from Dogpile search engine that combines search results from Google, Yahoo! and Bing, their own experience in sexuality and psychology, as well as the latest scientific evidence about differences in brain activity in men and women. (more…)

Geeky Gifts for Dads & Grads

By Guest PostJune 11, 2011Technologybeautiful web, ben the pc guy, bing, Facebook, father day, gift ideas, internet explorer 9, kinect, kinect for xbox 360, laptops and netbooks, mango, microsoft office 2010, microsoft store online, windows phone 7, xbox 360

*Find great gift ideas for Father’s Day and graduating students, from the fun – Kinect, hot-selling games for Xbox 360 – to the functional: including the latest and lightest laptops and netbooks, Windows Phone devices and great deals on Microsoft Office 2010.*

REDMOND, Wash. – What dad or grad wouldn’t be thrilled to unwrap an Xbox console with Kinect or the latest super-fast, lightweight laptop or netbook? Explore our wide range of gift ideas from hot hardware accessories and blockbuster games to free services such as Bing and Windows Live. (more…)

Bing Makes Search Social with Help from 500 Million Friends

By Guest PostMay 17, 2011Technologybing, bing bar, chris pirillo, exabytes of data, Facebook, facebook fan pages, friends, human perspective, laptop, like, Microsoft, mother in law, paul yiu, pc magazine, sean suchter, search experience, search technology center, social, social features, stefan weitz, us weekly, web

*New social features in Bing let users make decisions with help from their Facebook friends.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Bing is adding 500 million new friends, and they’re all going to help the search experience become a lot more social. (more…)

comScore Releases April 2011 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

By Guest PostMay 11, 2011Technologyaol, april, ask network, bing, Comscore, comscore qsearch, google sites, Microsoft, qsearch data, u.s. search marketplace, web search, yahoo search direct

RESTON, VA, May 11, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in April with 65.4 percent of search queries conducted.

The April 2011 qSearch data reflect the impact of Yahoo! Search Direct, Yahoo!’s new feature that delivers search results in real-time while users type their query. Yahoo! Search Direct was available only on Yahoo! U.S. Web Search for the month of April. (more…)

Bing Travel Summer Forecast: Airfares Rise Nearly 15 Percent, Hotels Up 7 Percent

By Guest PostMay 5, 2011Technologyairfare, bing, bing travel, bing travel hotel rate indicator, facebook app, fareologists, global travel industry, hotel costs, krista pappas, microsoft corp., summer flights, summer travel season, Wi-Fi, wish list

*Fareologists offer insight for how travelers can save money during a tough travel season.*

REDMOND, Wash. — May 4, 2011 — The Fareologists at Bing Travel (https://www.bing.com/travel) today issued their forecast for the 2011 summer travel season, predicting airfare and hotel costs will continue to swell. Compared with last year, airfare is expected to be up 15 percent, with tickets averaging $561, up from $485 last summer. Summer hotel costs will rise by more than 7 percent, with average costs at $242, versus $227 last year.

“Airlines are making deeper cuts in capacity, and surcharges are burgeoning,” said Krista Pappas, global travel industry director at Bing. “With oil prices on the rise, travelers can expect fares to continue to climb to offset fuel costs. Airlines also will continue to charge fees for their services, such as more leg room, premium boarding, baggage fees, Wi-Fi, food and entertainment.” (more…)

Microsoft Reports Record Third-Quarter Results

By Guest PostApril 28, 2011Economy, Technologybing, diluted earnings per share, dynamics crm, financial results, kevin turner, kinect, kinect for xbox 360, lync, Microsoft, microsoft corp., microsoft platforms and applications, office 2010, peter klein, sql server 2008 r2, third quarter revenue, us search share, windows 7, xbox

*Strong enterprise and Xbox momentum drive revenue growth of 13% and earnings per share of $0.61.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Apr. 28, 2011 — Microsoft Corp. today announced third-quarter revenue of $16.43 billion for the quarter ended Mar. 31, 2011, a 13% increase from the same period of the prior year. Operating income, net income, and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $5.71 billion, $5.23 billion, and $0.61 per share, which represented increases of 10%, 31%, and 36%, respectively, when compared with the prior year period. Diluted earnings per share included a $0.05 tax benefit primarily related to an agreement with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to settle a portion of their audit of tax years 2004 to 2006.

“We delivered strong financial results despite a mixed PC environment, which demonstrates the strength and breadth of our businesses,” said Peter Klein, chief financial officer at Microsoft. “Consumers are purchasing Office 2010, Xbox and Kinect at tremendous rates, and businesses of all sizes are purchasing Microsoft platforms and applications.” (more…)

comScore Releases March 2011 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

By Guest PostApril 13, 2011Technologyask network, bing, Comscore, Google, google sites, Microsoft, search queries, Yahoo

RESTON, VA, April 13, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in March with 65.7 percent of search queries conducted. (more…)

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