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Bing Maps gets distance calculation and more features to make trips easier

Bing Maps gets distance calculation and more features to make trips easier

July 5, 2022
Microsoft has announced a handful of new features for Bing Maps for anyone trying to use the service to plan trips. The new Bing Maps feature include distance calculation, a gas price finder, and parking finder. Distance calculation is the newest of the bunch, and it's actually somewhat surprising this wasn't available before. When you input...
Hacker group Lapsus$ leaks 37GB of Microsoft source code for Bing and Cortana

Hacker group Lapsus$ leaks 37GB of Microsoft source code for Bing and Cortana

March 22, 2022
Microsoft has been the target of an attack by hacker group Lapsus$, with 37GB worth of internal files now showing up online. According to the hackers, the leak originates from an Azure DevOps server that the hackers managed to find their way into, and it contains source code for many Microsoft products, including Bing and...
Bing is adding new experiences to make it easier to plan trips

Bing is adding new experiences to make it easier to plan trips

February 22, 2022
Microsoft's Bing search engine is getting a handful of new experiences designed to make it easier to plan trips to a specific location. The new experiences also make it easier to learn more about that place, iconic landmarks, and even food. When you search the name of a place you want to visit, Bing will now...
Microsoft launches Bing Wallpapers to bring beautiful images daily to your Android device

Microsoft launches Bing Wallpapers to bring beautiful images daily to your Android device

May 8, 2020
While Windows Mobile may have lost the race to Android, Microsoft is far from giving up on the mobile platform. Over the last couple of years, the company has released a number of successful apps, both on Android and iOS, that address several shortcomings on both the platforms. Some of these apps, including ones from...
SwiftKey keyboard adds a button to search on Microsoft Bing

SwiftKey keyboard adds a button to search on Microsoft Bing

November 30, 2018
The ability to use 3rd-party keyboards is a quintessential Android feature. Over time, keyboard apps have evolved to become much more than just a way to input text. Swiftkey is easily one of the most popular keyboard apps out there, and now it can do web searches right from the keyboard with Bing. It's common nowadays for...
Microsoft adds Visual Search to Bing to compete with Google Lens

Microsoft adds Visual Search to Bing to compete with Google Lens

June 22, 2018
While Microsoft is leading the pack when it comes to its Azure cloud platform, there are many areas where they seem to be stepping on the heels of Google. We recently highlighted the redesigned Microsoft News application with its overhauled UI and AI suggestions. This came shortly after Google launched the redesign of their news...