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A Quick Guide to Microsoft’s Personal Assistant Cortana
One of the main features of Windows 10 is Microsoft’s voice-based virtual assistant Cortana, which has been ported from Windows Phone to the desktop
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A ‘Bad Code Update’ Took Down Bing and Yahoo Search Engines
A source has said a “bad code update” that failed to roll back was responsible for the outage that took out Microsoft’s Bing, and also Yahoo’s search engine which relies on Bing.
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The Bing Homepage Gets an HD Revamp
Good news for those of us who love the Bing homepage images, as of yesterday, Microsoft has finally announced that the site will now host high-definition images up to 1920x1080 pixels along with a few other new features.
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Bing Update Makes Searching for Animated GIFs a Lot Easier
Microsoft has added another feature to Bing, with an easier way to search for animated GIFs - just in time for Halloween too
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Google Says That Amazon, Not Bing, Is Its Largest Search Competitor
Google’s Eric Schmidt is in Germany trying to calm the waters after the country raised concerns over the company’s dominant position in the market. Specifically, Germany is worried that Google has too much control over search and that it could, if it desired, significantly harm European companies by removing or downplaying those results when searched.
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A Quick Guide to Microsoft’s Personal Assistant Cortana
One of the main features of Windows 10 is Microsoft’s voice-based virtual assistant Cortana, which has been ported from Windows Phone to the desktop
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A ‘Bad Code Update’ Took Down Bing and Yahoo Search Engines
A source has said a “bad code update” that failed to roll back was responsible for the outage that took out Microsoft’s Bing, and also Yahoo’s search engine which relies on Bing.
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The Bing Homepage Gets an HD Revamp
Good news for those of us who love the Bing homepage images, as of yesterday, Microsoft has finally announced that the site will now host high-definition images up to 1920x1080 pixels along with a few other new features.
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Bing Update Makes Searching for Animated GIFs a Lot Easier
Microsoft has added another feature to Bing, with an easier way to search for animated GIFs - just in time for Halloween too
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Google Says That Amazon, Not Bing, Is Its Largest Search Competitor
Google’s Eric Schmidt is in Germany trying to calm the waters after the country raised concerns over the company’s dominant position in the market. Specifically, Germany is worried that Google has too much control over search and that it could, if it desired, significantly harm European companies by removing or downplaying those results when searched.
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