Just about a month ago, Microsoft announced that it would end free access to its Bing Search API and start charging a minimum of $40 per month for the service. Today, the company is officially launching the Bing Search API on its Windows Azure Marketplace, but unlike its previous announcement, the company has decided to [...]

A week after previewing the revamped Bing, Microsoft has released the latest version of its search engine to people in the U.S. Head over to Bing.com/new to test out the new social features as well as annoy your friends with questions in the process… Tweet This Post

As all the major search engines continue to add social search features to their feature line-up, it can often look as if there isn’t any space left for startups in this space. Wajam begs to differ… Tweet This Post

Microsoft’s search engine Bing now accounts for 30% of U.S. web searches, according to a Experian Hitwise report. Bing-powered queries — made up of searches from Bing.com and Bing-powered searches on Yahoo and the websites of other notable partners — accounted for 30… Tweet This Post

While Google keeps cramming its search results pages full of tools and social content, today Bing confirmed with me the full roll out a redesigned search results page that completely clears the left sidebar, and replaces the tabbed header with a cleaner set of links… Tweet This Post

Never again will Windows Phone owners worry about ordering raw beef in Spain without first knowing what’ll arrive on their plate. That’s because the crew at Microsoft have updated the Bing Translator app, which is available for free in the Marketplace… Tweet This Post

Bing and decide? How drab. Instead, you can now use the number two search engine to embarrass your friends. Microsoft’s search engine has today introduced a feature called “Linked Pages” that encourages searchers to connect to Facebook and start linking search results to themselves… Tweet This Post

msnNOW Homepage The homepage highlights top trends, biggest movers and topic tabs.Click here to view this gallery. One of the Web’s oldest portals, MSN, is about to dive headfirst into one of the Internet’s hottest trends: Social Media… Tweet This Post

Microsoft says it’s started a private preview program of the next version of Office to a “select group” of customers. Going far beyond just refining and enhancing existing applications, the next version of Microsoft Office, codenamed “Office 15,” will unite the software suite with the company’s cloud and mobile platforms… Tweet This Post

The first thing you need to keep in mind about Google is that it’s not a search company. It’s an advertising marketplace. Now, with the introduction of Search Plus Your World earlier this month, Google has shown us that it’s got enough clout that it can more or less ignore its original customers, the individuals [...]

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and other search engines “overwhelmingly” direct music fans to illegal copies of copyrighted tracks online, a coalition of entertainment industry groups has told the government… Tweet This Post

Video: Bing is for #Doing: Kevin Pearce’s Story Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, is launching an ad campaign this weekend featuring winter sports athletes whose can-do spirit underscores the brand’s new tagline, “Bing is for Doing… Tweet This Post