Windows 8 App Refresh – Bing Search BlogBing News app is now customizable, offers offline reading, and supports RSS; Bing Maps now has "improved driving, transit and walking directions, as well as up-to-the minute traffic incidents notifications...
They have tremendous reach into almost everyone's lives through Windows 8, Office and Xbox, as well as to a lesser extent, Windows Phone. The day they decided that Bing Ads (formerly known as Microsoft adCenter) had to be different from AdWords.
When it comes to global smartphone share, Android leads at 51.2 percent, followed by iOS at 43.5 percent, and Windows at 4.1 percent, Kantar Worldpanel reported. Bing hits back on AdWords enhanced campaigns.
In a statement today, the company said that the deal would allow it to dedicate more of its resources to creating "beautiful and relevant" in-app ad experiences on Windows 8, Skype, Xbox/Kinect, Windows Phone, Bing, and MSN.
From Windows Phone to Windows 8 and even Xbox Live, the theme previously known as "Metro" brings tiles of various sizes and colors to the user experience. Bing rolled out a trio of changes this week. In addition to revamping the design of Friends...
With the introduction of Windows 8 and touchscreen-friendly laptops, the tablet and laptop segments are losing their distinction. As SEW reported earlier today, Google launched a new style of campaign in AdWords, called Enhanced Campaigns.
Open External Links in New Windows People are almost always talking about absolutes in terms of "this is how XYZ will reduce your bounce rate," and so on. I don’t subscribe to this school of thought; bounce rates need to be looked at subjectively.
Want to quickly view how a page looks in different size browser windows? They definitely provide the most bang for your SEO buck. Thorough audits take time, need to be guided by experienced SEO professionals, and need to leverage the right tools to...
Skype has rebuilt, an ad-friendly platform for Windows 8. To start, the ad formats will only be available to devices using Windows 8, Microsoft's new operating system. While most operating systems have been designed to form the basis for...
Experian said this may be in part due to the launch of Windows 8 which offers Bing as the default search tool for users, although Google is unlikely to be losing much sleep over the issue as yet. Online searches for Windows 8 increased by 120...
The Symbian platform was fourth in the market with a 2.3 percent share, followed by Windows Phone with a 2 percent piece of the market. Along with the continued strong sales of Apple's iPhone 5, a new crop of handsets powered by Windows Phone 8 is...
While Microsoft operates online, with its Bing search engine for instance, it still relies on its PC-based Windows operating system (OS) and Office software. Additionally, Windows PC sales have taken a nosedive as consumers opt for cheaper tablets...
There is little over a month to go until Microsoft releases Windows 8 along with their newest embedded Internet Explorer 10 browser that will feature Do Not Track enabled by default. In recent days, Google has also unveiled new Chrome features for...
Most notably, Bing added a suite of Bing for Windows 8 apps to provide a unique search experience on Windows 8 devices. Continuing their aggressive positioning to get people to try Bing, Microsoft and Amazon have partnered up to make Bing the...
The sweepstakes offers many prizes, including a Microsoft Surface tablet, Xbox 360 with Kinect, Windows Phones and more, just by tweeting. There will also be in-store activations in various Microsoft stores, right up through the upcoming Windows 8...
Windows 8 is set for an October 26 release date, but Microsoft introduced its Bing for Windows 8 app last week. Emphasizing the user experience, the Bing Search Blog stated they "completely reimagined search" for Windows 8.
Session Buddy lets you select and save tabs or windows in your browser. Between social media campaigns, link building tasks, analytics reports, meetings, networking events and all that other good stuff that fills the inbound marketer’s time, there...
Microsoft’s other applications are for .azure, .hotmail, .microsoft, .office, .skydrive, .skype, .windows, and .xbox. ICANN today revealed its big list of applicants for 1,930 new generic top-level domains.
The mobile version of Office will be offered as a bundled package with the Windows 8 RT package on ARM hardware. Google has acquired mobile productivity firm Quickoffice in a bid to bolster its Apps platform.
Mozilla has accused Microsoft of failing in its commitment to give Windows users a choice in browsers, a charge that previously saw Microsoft become the subject of a U.S.antitrust case. The accusations relate to Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8...
