Microsoft finally decided to take some of the billions of dollars in their coffers and pay a developer to build them an iPhone app. That’s exactly what they did, and so they just launched the One Note iPhone app. OneNote allows users to create and view notes and lists whenever you need them. Sync your […]
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Google’s planned acquisition of ITA Software’s flight information search engine, called Matrix Airfare Search, is creating quite a buzz, and a near desperate push back from Google’s competitors such as Microsoft. The problem, as opponents see it, is that Google will have an unfair advantage in the flight search information space if it is allowed to […]
Right on the heels of Google announcing their GOOG 411 service is coming to an end, Bing just announced that their Android app is now available in on all Android Markets in the United States via all major mobile phone carriers. Microsoft made the announcement today via their Bing blog, and continued with saying that […]
After 3 years of service, the Google 411 service will be shut down today for undisclosed reasons. Google’s 411 service allowed you to called dial 800-GOOG-411 or 877-GOOG-411, talk your search request and in essence the search result would come back to you in audio. Google would then place the call for you, on your […]
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What Is Up With Microsoft’s Grammar?
Ok, I’ve gotten over the whole “grammatical flow” issue I had (and still have) with the Windows Phone 7. I mean, isn’t that just awkward to say? It sort of hurts my mouth muscles a little bit each time I say – and my brain tweeks whenever I read it. To add to the discontent […]
Bing is set to release the new Facebook Connect integration called “Instant Personalization” into their search results starting today. This brings a new element to search results that we have yet to see – social integration and search results based on Facebook friend’s likes and dislikes. Most powerful, for now anyway, is the fact that […]
Facebook Live just finished an event where Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft VP’s were talking about bringing “instant personalization” to search results. This is where, when you search for something on Bing and you are logged into Facebook, you’ll be able to see if any of your friends have interacted with the same search […]