August 31, 2010 9:31 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
Microsoft and Yahoo say they are moving forward with their effort to transition search advertisers to Redmond’s set of search ad tools.
Beginning Tuesday, Yahoo advertisers can begin migrating their campaigns to Microsoft’s AdCenter, though users will still need to use both Yahoo and Microsoft [...]
August 24, 2010 9:36 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
A week after it began shifting to Bing for its search results, Yahoo says it has finished the transition, at least for its main search results in the U.S. and Canada.
The move comes more than a year after the Microsoft and Yahoo reached a [...]
July 14, 2010 4:00 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
SAN FRANCISCO–Still just a year old, Microsoft clearly doesn’t expect Bing to be able to go out there and earn a living.
But, no longer a newborn, Bing will need to do more than look pretty to win parental affection. Microsoft is counting on further [...]
July 13, 2010 10:33 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
SAN FRANCISCO–Microsoft Senior Vice President Satya Nadella said on Tuesday that he is pleased that Bing has gained nearly 5 percentage points of market share in its first year, but said he is not kidding himself into thinking that is a victory.
“None of us [...]
July 13, 2010 10:33 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
SAN FRANCISCO–Microsoft Senior Vice President Satya Nadella said on Tuesday that he is pleased that Bing has gained nearly 5 percentage points of market share in its first years, but said he is not kidding himself into thinking that is a victory.
“None of us [...]
June 24, 2010 10:37 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
American Idol host Ryan Seacrest walked the red carpet on Tuesday at Microsoft's Bing event in Los Angeles.
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Ina Fried/CNET)
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif.–Though best known as host of American Idol and American Top 40, Ryan Seacrest is also a big techie.
In between spinning songs on the [...]
June 23, 2010 11:33 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
Microsoft used Hollywood as a backdrop on Tuesday to launch new entertainment features for Bing.
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif.–Although the focus of Bing’s latest update is on entertainment, Microsoft insists it is more substance than fluff.
“Entertainment has turned out to be a very high-volume, high-query [...]
June 22, 2010 8:46 PM PDT
by Ina Fried
The future of entertainment was the topic of debate for a star-studded panel that featured Twitter founder Biz Stone, actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Microsoft Senior VP Yusuf Mehdi, American Idol host Ryan Seacrest, Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow, musician T-Bone Burnett, Hangover director Todd Phillips [...]
June 22, 2010 6:37 PM PDT
by Ina Fried
The event, hosted at Soho House on Sunset Boulevard, got off to a late start thanks to LA traffic.
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Ina Fried/CNET)
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif.–Microsoft is hosting a celebrity-laden event here on Tuesday, announcing a variety of new entertainment features it hopes will give Bing a little [...]
June 22, 2010 6:37 PM PDT
by Ina Fried
The event, hosted at Soho House on Sunset Boulevard, got off to a late start thanks to LA traffic.
(Credit:
Ina Fried/CNET)
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif.–Microsoft is hosting a celebrity-laden event here on Tuesday, announcing a variety of new entertainment features it hopes will give Bing a little [...]