Microsoft releases Socl: Firm's own social network

After a year long period of beta testing, Microsoft has released its new social networking project to the general public.

by Greg Lockley
on Dec 6th 2012 at 12:42PM

Microsoft updates built-in Windows 8 apps in time for October 26th launch

Before Windows 8 gets if official release, Microsoft has decided to update virtually all of its built-in apps.

by Laura Barnes
on Oct 5th 2012 at 12:04PM

How to use Pinterest

Lorelei Gibb from Dolphin Computers tells you everything you need to know about using Pinterest for your business.

by Laura Barnes
on Oct 4th 2012 at 5:25PM

Microsoft adds Facebook friend tagging to Bing

Bing will now offer friend tagging in searches, allowing users to ask friends directly to help with their queries.

by Laura Barnes
on Jul 31st 2012 at 9:35AM

Microsoft launches new preview of Windows 8

Microsoft has made a release preview of its new Windows 8 operating system available for download.

by Laura Barnes
on Jun 1st 2012 at 10:26AM

RIM goes Bing for BlackBerry

BlackBerry maker RIM is set to climb into bed with Microsoft to offer the Bing search engine and Bing Maps as the default services on new BlackBerry devices.

by Mat Bettinson
on May 5th 2011 at 10:06AM

Microsoft apologises for Japan quake tweet

Microsoft has apologised for a tweet published by the Bing marketing team relating to the earthquake in Japan.

by Mat Bettinson
on Mar 14th 2011 at 5:23AM

Bing more accurate than Google

Google's result accuracy falls considerably below rival search engine, Microsoft's Bing.

Analysts rubbish Google copy claims

Industry analysts have said that Google's recent accusations against Microsoft's Bing search engine are "silly" as it would be almost impossible to use the supposedly stolen data in a meaningful ...

by Matt Grainger
on Feb 7th 2011 at 12:54PM

Microsoft hits back at Google "copy" accusations

by Mat Bettinson
on Feb 3rd 2011 at 6:41AM

Microsoft caught copying Google search results

Google unveiled the results of a sting operation which shows that Microsoft have been capturing Google search results and placing them into the competing Bing search engine.

by Mat Bettinson
on Feb 1st 2011 at 9:50PM

Google beefs up image search

Google has updated its image search service with several improvements including a new "dense tiled" layout.

by Mat Bettinson
on Jul 21st 2010 at 3:24AM

Microsoft forms partnership with Motorola

Motorola has signed a deal with Microsoft to bring Bing search and maps to phones entering the Chinese market.

by Matt Grainger
on Mar 11th 2010 at 11:00AM

Ballmer: Google 'did it right first'

Steve Ballmer has said that Bing could capture a majority share of the search market, despite the apparent domination of Google.

by Matt Grainger
on Mar 3rd 2010 at 10:43AM

Microsoft-Yahoo deal given the go-ahead

European and US regulators have approved Microsoft’s search engine partnership with Yahoo, paving the way for the two firms to take on market leader Google.

Yahoo adds tweets to results

Yahoo has followed in the footsteps of Google and Bing by incorporating tweets into its search results.

Microsoft tests cause Bing outage

Microsoft has blamed an outage of its Bing search engine on a “configuration change” during testing – the latest setback in its challenge to much larger rival Google.

Entanet slams News Corp

Publishers such as News Corp should embrace the internet, rather than blocking users' access to free news stories, internet service provider Entanet has said.

Google allows publishers to limit free online content

Google will allow news publishers to limit the number of stories users can access free via the search engine, after some media companies have decided to start charging for content.

Microsoft and News Corp in talks over Google boycott

Microsoft has offered to pay News Corporation to have its news sites removed from Google, in an attempt to loosen the internet giant’s grip on the search engine market.