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Bing National Tailgating Championship to Decide America’s Top Tailgaters

By Guest PostOctober 25, 2010Technologybing, bing national tailgating championship, brats versus burgers, dallas, danielle tiedt, decision engine, football, fort worth, joe cahn, Microsoft, recipes, tailgate to tailgate, tailgaters, tailgating institute of america, taxicab, team jersey versus winter coat, the commish, tia, weather

REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 25, 2010 — Brats versus burgers; team jersey versus winter coat; early departure versus post-game party in the parking lot — all are important game-day decisions for football fans and tailgaters this time of year.

Today, Bing, the Decision Engine from Microsoft Corp. that provides football fans with everything they need to make these vital game-day choices, is introducing a new competition that will celebrate tailgating and crown the team that makes the best tailgating decisions in four key categories: cooking, sports trivia, parking lot athletics and team spirit. (more…)

comScore Releases September 2010 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

By Guest PostOctober 13, 2010Technologyalgorithmic explicit searches, aol llc, ask network, bing, Comscore, comscore qsearch, Google, google instant search, Microsoft, mywebsearch, organic search, qsearch, query, u.s. search marketplace, Yahoo

RESTON, VA, October 13, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), 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 September with 66.1 percent of searches conducted, an increase of 0.7 share points from August 2010. (more…)

Windows Phone 7: A Fresh Start for the Smartphone

By Guest PostOctober 11, 2010Technologyandy lees, bing, camera shutter button, dell, elegant operating system, facebook photos, htc, joe belfiore, lg, marketplace, Microsoft, myerson, people hub, Samsung, smart design, smartphon, social networks, terry myerson, windows phone 7, zune

*The phone delivers a new user experience by integrating the things users really want to do, creating a balance between getting work done and having fun.*

Editor’s note – Oct. 11, 2010 – information regarding the initial availability of Windows Phone 7 in the U.S. has been updated.

REDMOND, Wash. – Oct. 11, 2010 – The goal for Microsoft’s latest smartphone is an ambitious one: to deliver a phone that truly integrates the things people really want to do, puts those things right in front of them, and either lets them get finished quickly or immerses them in the experience they were seeking. (more…)

Bing REDU Aims to Galvanize National Education Discussion

By Guest PostSeptember 8, 2010Education, Technologyadam sohn, administrative term, bing, cameron evans, company’s citizenship, dreamspark, empower people, imagine cup, longstanding programs, redu, stem

*REDU, a new Bing-powered website focusing on education, will help parents, teachers, students and education advocates learn more about the state of education, have conversations about education and take action to bring about change.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 8, 2010 — When it comes to education, more is more. That’s the idea behind REDU, a new Bing-powered education emporium that gives students, parents, teachers and people in general a place to learn, talk and take action.

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Bing Launches Search for World of Warcraft Gamers

By Guest PostSeptember 2, 20101 commentTechnologyarmond williams, bing, bing gallery, blizzard, bloodvenom blade, chestplate, frisbee, ice crown citadel, kevin wallace, lise brende, Microsoft, mmorpg, patrick mendenall, ring of rotting sinew, septic stitches, visual search gallery, world of warcraft, wow

*Bing launches a visual search gallery this week to help millions of World of Warcraft players find and learn about armor, weapons, and other in-game gear.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Bing launched a new World of Warcraft (WoW) visual search gallery on Wednesday, hoping to wow some of the game’s more than 12 million players.

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Microsoft Engkoo Helps Teach English to Chinese Internet Users

By Guest PostAugust 26, 20101 commentTechnologybing, champagne, China, chinese, chor, engkoo, english, frank soong, internet, matt scott, ming zhou, natural language, phonetic search, search technology

*Engkoo, a new language assistance search technology released by Bing in China, helps Chinese speakers learn not just English words but the language itself, complete with slang and idioms.*

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 26, 2010 — Teach someone a word and help them once. But teach a search engine linguistics, and it can help people learn an entire language.

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Back to School: Are Teachers Equipped to Teach ‘Digital Natives’?

By Guest PostAugust 16, 20101 commentEducation, Technologyanthony salcito, beth simon, bing, digital natives, educators, k–12 students, liveedu, Microsoft, microsoft education, military, onenote, steve kerr, teacher guides, Technology, university of washington

*Many teachers are using Microsoft tools and training to help prepare their students for the future, and are encouraging their peers to embrace using the technology that students are growing up with.*

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 16, 2010 — Educators are preparing to go back to school, and they’re starting to do so with more than pencils and books. The “digital natives” that fill their classrooms are restless, and teachers are altering their curricula to keep those students engaged and prepared for the future. Microsoft wants to help.

Digital natives are people who have had access to digital technology for most of their lives—in other words, most of today’s school children.

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Microsoft Reports Record Fourth-Quarter Results

By Guest PostJuly 23, 2010Technologybing, fourth-quarter revenue, kevin turner, microsoft corp., operating income, peter klein, windows 7, windows azure, xbox, xbox kinect

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. announced (July 22) record fourth-quarter revenue of $16.04 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, a 22% increase from the same period of the prior year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $5.93 billion, $4.52 billion and $0.51 per share, which represented increases of 49%, 48% and 50%, respectively, when compared with the prior year period.

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