Apple is ditching Bing and will now use Google to power the default search engine for Siri, Search within iOS (iOS search bar), and Spotlight on Mac. TechCrunch reported Monday… Read More
John Oliver is an Emmy winner for good reason — his HBO show “Last Week Tonight” is funny and smart and pretty much just what we need every Sunday after… Read More
Can a computer fill out a March Madness bracket better than humans? So far this year, it doesn’t look like it. As the Sweet 16 kicks off Thursday with four NCAA… Read More
Can Villanova repeat as national champs? Is this finally Gonzaga’s year? How far will Northwestern go? Don’t ask us. If you really want help with your NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship bracket,… Read More
Embed from Getty Images The New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons — the two best teams in the National Football League — will square off on Sunday in Super Bowl… Read More
It may not be surprising that lack of sleep leaves you less sharp, but researchers have now quantified the effect with a surprisingly large sample: More than 30,000 people who… Read More
Microsoft Bing is out with its election predictions again this year with a few new features that detail campaign spending by state and search interest by demographic. Bing’s election portal has… Read More
The Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers kick off the NFL season tonight in a rematch of Super Bowl 50, and based on a Bing prediction that gives Carolina a… Read More
Microsoft is turning its search engine into a TV and streaming guide for the Summer Olympics. Bing today revealed details about its plans for the massive sporting event that kicks… Read More
Back in 2009, GeekWire co-founders Todd Bishop and John Cook took to the streets of Seattle and asked random passersby a simple question: What is the name of Microsoft’s search engine? At the time,… Read More
Post updated below with video from panel. Janes of Digital events may seem like swanky cocktail parties, but they are all about the business of promoting equality in the workplace.… Read More
Microsoft’s experiment with AI chatbot Tay may not have gone too well, but the company is still working on other chat bots to help users converse with artificial intelligences more naturally. A… Read More
It is officially March Madness at Microsoft. The Bing team already put out its data-driven predictions for this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Now, it’s setting new Guinness World Records. A… Read More
Editor’s note: Sign up for our GeekWire March Madness contest, with a chance to win tickets to the GeekWire Sports Tech Summit in July. Microsoft Bing is back at it… Read More
Bing may have been developed as a search engine, but Microsoft is increasingly using its power to predict the future. In recent months, we’ve seen it prognosticate on who will win Super Bowl and March… Read More
With an expanded Guide to the Academy Awards, Bing is offering film fans a range of insight and tools dedicated to making the most out of Hollywood’s biggest night. Because… Read More
As a business, Twitter is struggling. But dang, the social media platform sure is providing some serious entertainment this week. After Wednesday gave us Wiz Khalifa and Kanye duking it out, and… Read More
An Internet search on the evolution of the Bing logo returned some fresh hits Thursday as tweaks were made at the 6-year-old Microsoft product. It’s the third variation of the logo, which… Read More
Embed from Getty Images We’re still two months away from the craziness that is March Madness, but Microsoft is getting a head start on its predictions for the annual college… Read More
Bing Predicts updated its NFL playoff picks after Wild Card weekend, but still thinks the Patriots will win Super Bowl 50. Using models which involve “traditional statistical models coupled with social listening and… Read More
The NFL Playoffs start this weekend, but before the first ball is even kicked off, Microsoft’s Bing Predicts is forecasting who will win each game all the way through to the… Read More
Microsoft released a new tool this week that uses big data analytics to let you know where presidential candidates stack up on the issues, and how they compare to you. The “Bing… Read More
As we’re getting close to the end of the year, Bing has revealed the most-searched items of 2015. Who and what ruled? Caitlyn Jenner and Tom Brady took the celebrity… Read More
Searching the web on mobile is a different experience than searching through a desktop browser. On a desktop, you might want to read the entire James Bond Wikipedia page. But when you’re… Read More
Microsoft Bing wants to help you win your fantasy football league. Starting this season, Bing is using its prediction algorithms to project how NFL players will perform each week. The search engine… Read More
Microsoft debuted new APIs for Bing this morning, making its knowledge and action graph available to third parties, but buried in that announcement was something that should concern Google. The updated… Read More
Microsoft is giving Seahawks fans a reason to use its search engine over competitors. Bing teamed up with Seattle’s professional football team to launch a custom version of its Rewards program… Read More
Bing’s prediction engine is having a good summer. Bing Predicts, which crunches huge amounts of data and uses a series of algorithms to predict who will win everything from the Academy… Read More
Microsoft is turning over its display advertising business in the U.S. and eight other markets to AOL as part of an effort focus on search advertising, the company announced this afternoon. As part… Read More
Microsoft is selling some of its mapping imagery and data to Uber in a deal that bolsters the ride-sharing giant’s recent mapping efforts. The Redmond company is expected to stop collecting… Read More