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Bing intros robust product results for snappier impulse shopping

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If you can't even remember when you've last used Bing, you'll find a deluge of new features next time you visit. The latest among these perks is a more elaborate result page for product searches, making the engine a potentially dark and dangerous place for chronic spenders. When you look up a product term such as "DSLR cameras" or "smartphones," you'll now see a list of the most popular models in that category. That's not the deepest end of the rabbit hole, however, as searching for a particular model rewards you with a summary of its specs, links to reviews and a list of alternative items. Microsoft will also equip the page's ads with product images in case none of the things in those lists wins you -- or your credit card -- over. Unfortunately, you'll need to rein in the call of your inner shopaholic for now -- the update's not yet available for everyone, but outgoing CEO Ballmer and Co. will roll it out in the coming months.

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Bing for Schools pilot begins, lets users earn tablets for classrooms

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Bing for Schools pilot launches, lets searchers earn Surface RTs for classrooms video

Now that back to school season is upon us, Microsoft has launched its promised Bing for Schools in a pilot phase. The test lets more than 800,000 K-12 students search Bing ad-free while receiving daily learning activities, improved privacy and automatic adult content filtering. Schools wanting to join the pilot can apply today. Those who have long since graduated can pitch in, too: Microsoft has launched a program that lets Bing Rewards members contribute their credits toward Surface RT tablets for their preferred schools. All you need to know is available through the source links; we're just wondering where Bing for Schools was when we were kids.

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Microsoft Offers Ad-free “Bing for Schools” with Free Surface RT Tablets

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The tech giant, Microsoft is a rival of Google in that it too wants to reach those gaining education through dedicated studious efforts. Especially young minds that are malleable are the target...

Microsoft Bing app suite comes to Windows Phone 8

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Microsoft brings Bing app suite to Windows Phone 8

Have a need for Bing? Microsoft's got you covered. The same suite of apps already available on Windows 8 -- that would be News, Sports, Weather and Finance -- is now ready for your downloading pleasure on the smartphone version of the platform. This move comes just two days after the company updated the official WP8 Bing app, so it seems the mobile team's been hard at work lately. As you can imagine, all four apps have plenty of options for pinnable Live Tiles; your favorite sports team, the weather for your travel destination, preferred stock holding and even Engadget are among the various choices. The apps should be live in the Store today, so expect them to land any time now. In the meantime, we have a full gallery of screenshots for your viewing pleasure.

Gallery: Microsoft Bing app suite for Windows Phone 8

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Bing for Windows Phone 8 update brings simpler views, richer at-a-glance results

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Bing for Windows Phone 8 updated with simpler views, more ataglance info

Microsoft has spent the past several months refining Bing results on the web and the desktop. Now, it's Windows Phone 8's turn. An upcoming Bing refresh for the platform will reduce the search filters to three -- Web, Images and Videos -- while providing more relevant information on the first result screen. The tool is also more likely to show usable results in the first place, with immediate answers available for subjects like flight schedules, movies and word definitions. Photo hunters get some additional love between infinite scrolling and auto-sized thumbnails. Just don't expect the new Bing features right away. Microsoft is delivering the update to American devices over the course of the next few weeks, with international users to follow afterward.

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Google Search for Pressure Cookers and BackPacks Led to Police Inquiry

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Now ordinary citizens will have to be extra careful what they enter in the search engine slot on Google. A Long Island writer named Michele Catalano explained how a squad of armed professionals paid...

Microsoft Bing Expands Autosuggest Categories

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If you are struggling with search page results on the Internet, it might be your own fault. Nevertheless, keeping the dictum in mind that “the customer is always right”, Microsoft recently changed...

Bing updates autosuggest categories, gussies up your vague search parameters

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Bing updates autosuggest categories, gussies up your vague search parameters

Having a hard time finding something on the internet? You're probably doing it wrong -- at least that seems to be Microsoft's supposition. The company has recently revised its Bing autosuggest categories to help users find the correct search parameters for the content they're looking for. The idea is to eliminate erroneous results by suggesting more specific search terms up front. Asking Bing for information on Harry Potter, for instance, presents users with a number of options separated by category: the films, the character itself or the literary series that kicked off the franchise. Selecting one amends the original search with more specific parameters: selecting the book adds "wikipedia" to the end of the string, while selecting a film from the series tweaks adds the movie's full name to the search heading. A simple tweak? Absolutely, but one that could help vague Bing users get off of Microsoft's landing page and on with their lives.

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Big Microsoft Reorganization Coming

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Microsoft is supposed to announce a major reorganization on Thursday reports AllThingsD. Sources close to the situation say that Steve Ballmer is set to announce drastic changes. Microsoft wants to...

Big Microsoft Reorganization Coming

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Microsoft is supposed to announce a major reorganization on Thursday reports AllThingsD. Sources close to the situation say that Steve Ballmer is set to announce drastic changes. Microsoft wants to...