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Bing Maps to get Nokia branding on all devices - including rivals'
EXCLUSIVE: Elop explains 19 January 2012 10:49 GMT TweetNokia CEO, Stephen Elop, has told Pocket-lint that we shall soon be seeing the Nokia brand name within other devices and not just the company's own phones.
"You'll starting seeing the word 'Nokia' on a map that you get from Microsoft properties...
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Xbox 360 Dashboard update pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON Bing search, Metro-styling and more... 5 December 2011 5:00 GMT TweetMicrosoft is set to release its most ambitious Xbox 360 Dashboard update in the six-year-old console's life to date, and Pocket-lint was invited to a swanky location in the heart of London to test the new features.
Available for download globally...
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Bing Events helps you plan your social life
Search engine takes on Doodles too with video homepage 23 September 2011 13:51 GMT TweetLooking for something to do this weekend? Well, Microsoft thinks that its pipped Google to the social planning post by announcing Bing Events.
According to a memo sent to Pocket-lint, Bing Events is "the first time a major search engine has...
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Bing launches dedicated smartphone m.bing.com site
Desktop features hit the mobile 21 July 2011 16:17 GMT TweetBing search is set to hit smartphones with its own dedicated m.bing.com site that includes a lot of the features found on its desktop companion.
The smartphone search site will now show Bing's daily image and hotspots as well as quick links...
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HTC CEO confirms continued support of Windows Phone 7
HTC-flavoured Mangos on the way 26 May 2011 12:00 GMT TweetHTC Chief Executive Peter Chou has reaffirmed his company’s support of WP7, announcing plans to bring out handsets powered by the new OS update, nicknamed Mango.
“We have some Windows Mango phones,” Chou told...
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Facebook friends Bing, sticks tongue out at Google
More search integration for the social network 17 May 2011 12:03 GMT TweetBack in October Facebook announced that it had teamed up with Microsoft, with news that social network would become integrated within Bing.
At the time Mark Zuckerberg described Microsoft as "the underdog" and stated that the company was a...
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Windows Phone 7 mango update Bings in new features
New stuff detailed by developers 9 May 2011 12:30 GMT TweetWanna know what's coming up in the Windows Phone 7 (or should that be 7.5?) update, but can't be bothered to waste 58 minutes of your life listening to a load of WP7 developers discussing it?
Then fear not, because we (or rather our pals at...
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Bing teams with BlackBerry, Ballmer hints at new BlackBerry OS in the works
New features as Bing becomes default search 3 May 2011 14:38 GMT TweetSteve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, put in a surprise appearance at BlackBerry World in Florida on Tuesday at RIM’s keynote speech.
Slagging off Android and promoting Windows Phone along the way, Ballmer confirmed that Bing will be the default...
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Bing searches for the gamers in us
Directly on the search results page 3 February 2011 15:22 GMT TweetBing has thrown casual games right into its search results - giving office workers up and down the country yet another way of killing the hours before home time.
If you search for any of the 46 games included in the new platform, you'll be...
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Google and Microsoft: Handbags at dawn
Public Bing search spat rolls on 2 February 2011 14:13 GMT TweetWe always imagined that when Google and Microsoft finally decided to take one another on in a publicly fought battle, there would be robots and fire and lots of guns that went "pew, pew, pew".
But no, the two tech giants are fighting it out...
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Microsoft pre-congratulates Golden Globe winners of tomorrow
Colin or Natalie who? 16 January 2011 23:36 GMT TweetMicrosoft has used the Golden Globe Award ceremony in the US to premier its new slogan “Be What’s Next”.
The slogan, first announced last summer, has finally after months of waiting made it into the real world.
Microsoft...
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Microsoft Bing reveals 2010's most searched for celebrities: Cheryl Cole, basically
And scandals... Oooo.... 31 December 2010 15:53 GMT TweetThe new year is thundering towards us like the queue outside the Harrod's sale, but let's spare a thought for 2010 and the most important stories, people and events we've witnessed.
Not in technology, of course, but in the juicy world of celebrities,...
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Kim Kardashian getting the Bing hits
Bada, bada, bada, bada....Bing 30 November 2010 14:52 GMT TweetThe web is a glorious thing. It gives us an unprecedented wealth of knowledge, with a vast amount of information available to us at the click of a button, or the stroke of a key.
In seconds, we could be reading Captain Alexander Grant's...
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5 best Microsoft successes
FEATURE Resplendence from Redmond 25 November 2010 12:00 GMT TweetIt has to be said that, as a rule, large, successful companies have one over-riding problem - people getting fed-up with how well they're doing.
Although some huge multinationals, Apple being a case in point, are able to retain a degree of...
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Facebook Bings in your friends
Zuckerberg keen to stress that Microsoft is a "good ally" 14 October 2010 9:30 GMT TweetFacebook has teamed up with Microsoft (and stuck the boot in to Google at the same time) by announcing that the giant social network will become integrated within Bing.
Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at Microsoft's HQ in the heart of Silicon...
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