The North American Aerospace Defense Command—or NORAD—switched its Santa Tracker for Google Maps to Bing. Michael Kucharek, spokesperson for the project, told ABC News that it was a mutual decision. NORAD’s Tracks Santa also follows his social media—including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and [Full Story…]
NY Humankind Expo to Present Innovative Technology
June 28, 2012 at 4:03 pm
This Friday, Bing and Big Think present the For Humankind pop-up expo. The event features science, technology, and design innovations that support the human experience. Some companies involved in the expo include Microsoft, Sonar, and Kimetric. The expo highlights the devices and ideas that amplify [Full Story…]
Bitly Plans to Challenge Google with New Search Engine
December 6, 2011 at 11:11 am
NY-based startup Bitly, known for its link shortening technology, is now focusing on creating a consumer search engine that will include "trendy" topics as the core of its search results. Although, as Business Insider points out, it will be difficult to compete with major search engines like Google [Full Story…]
Microsoft ‘Mango’ Unveiling on May 24th in NY
May 12, 2011 at 5:01 pm
According to ZDNet, the unveiling of its Microsoft's new 'Mango' Windows Phone update will be taking place in NY on the 24th of this month in a VIP preview. Mango, which may be called the Windows Phone 7.5, is expected to launch late summer or early fall and is rumored to include an HTML5 compliant [Full Story…]
Microsoft Drops Ad Agency JWT From Bing, Office
May 12, 2011 at 11:07 am
JWT, a worldwide advertising agency headquartered in NY, has recently lost much of its business with Microsoft. JWT was responsible for launching the company's search engine Bing in 2009 and for growing its market share to 30 percent. Despite their successes, Microsoft also hired Crispin Porter [Full Story…]
The NY Tech Meetup is Not a Business Meetup
August 4, 2010 at 10:29 am
NYConvergence ORIGINALBy Jim Flood During last night's monthly NY Tech Meetup at NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, one audience question really got under MC Nate Westheimer's skin. The founders of startup Philo, a social network/check-in app based around TV viewing, had just [Full Story…]
Creativity and Technology Hosts Interactive Workshop
June 7, 2010 at 8:11 am
Creativity and Technology is hosting a one-day interactive workshop with Boulder Digital Works, June 10 at Pier 94, 8AM to 6:30PM. Participants are expected to roll up their sleeves and let their creative juices flow, the organizers said. For more information and registration visit the web site [Full Story…]
Microsoft Unveils New MSN Mobile Home Page
May 13, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Charles Johnson, general manager for mobile advertising at Microsoft, offered a sneak peek of the new version of its MSN mobile home page at the OMMA Mobile 2010 conference in New York yesterday. The new site, optimized for smartphones, features a cleaner, more streamlined layout with a white [Full Story…]
Foursquare Integrates With Bing Maps at #SESny
March 26, 2010 at 2:50 pm
At the Search Engine Strategies (SES) 2010 Conference & Expo this week in New York City, foursquare added its location based app service to Microsoft's Bing Maps. Previewed at the conference, the integration allows users to search Bing maps to see where their friends are checking in [Full Story…]
Bing Beats Google for Times Square Bomb Threat News
December 31, 2009 at 7:08 am
TechCrunch found that Google was still displaying two-day old news results about preparations for the New Year's Eve celebration in Manhattan's Times Square about 15 minutes after news began appearing about the possible bomb threat posed by an abandoned van.Bing, meanwhile, turned up [Full Story…]
Bing and Google Compete for New York Diners
November 28, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Mediaflect's Dorian Benkoil recently noticed when looking for a venue at which to have a business lunch in New York City that an advertisement for Bing appeared on Google Maps hawking "local restaurant listings" and one on Bing promoted Google Maps' ability to find "the [Full Story…]
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