Up for some good times with your Windows Phone 7-toting friends? Firing up the new We’re In app puts you on the fast track for geolocation-powered fun. Select friends from your phone’s contacts, let “your peeps” (Microsoft’s words, not mine) know what you’re up for, and let the app know how long you’d like to […]
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Bing adds iPhone apps to mobile search results
Microsoft has rolled out a new feature that lets iOS users discover mobile apps related to their searches. Say you’re looking up movie showtimes. Movie-related apps such as IMDB or Fandango might show up in your Bing mobile search results. You have to scroll through a few more traditional listings before you find the app […]
Microsoft Bing to be default search engine for BlackBerry phones
Research in Motion and Microsoft have announced a deal to make Bing the default search provider for BlackBerry phones. Bing services will also be tightly integrated into the operating system, including Bing maps and location services, local deals, voice recognition, and more. Since this isn’t just a series of apps, but rather deep system-level stuff, […]
Microsoft launches Bing app for iPad
Microsoft may be building touch-friendly features into Windows 8 to optimize the operating system for tablets, but that isn’t stopping the company from pushing out apps for other tablet platforms. Today Microsoft launched Bing for iPad, bringing Microsoft’s search, weather, news, and other information to Apple’s tablet. The Bing home screen is a looker, with […]
Microsoft Bing for mobile gets faster search, new features — but not for Windows Phone 7
Microsoft has updated its mobile Bing web site with a number of new features. But like the last major update to m.bing.com, all of these new features require a browser with HTML5 support, which currently rules out the browser on Windows Phone 7 devices. So what’s new at Bing for iPhone and Android users? Real-time […]