You may remember that Google recently changed its privacy policy, saying that it will now track users across all of its products instead of keeping individual data sets for each one. Understandably some people might be upset, and Microsoft wants to remind those people of the products it has that compete with Google. Specifically, Microsoft more »

Just in case you have been holding off using Firefox because you have a great love of Bing and for wanted to be able to use a browser that defaults search to Bing — you can now rest easy. Yup, there is now a version of Firefox available that comes with Bing as the default more »

In a recent series of experiments conducted by Columbia University psychologist Betsy Sparrow and her colleagues, evidence suggested that people are more likely to remember things they believe cannot be found online and in turn have a harder time remembering the things they think they will be able to find online. The study also found more »

Browsing to the Bing website on an HTML 5 mobile browser (iOS, Android, BlackBerry) has become a more enjoyable experience. Microsoft has redesigned the Bing mobile homepage for function more like an actual app. Google recently did this with Google Maps, as well as Twitter. Bing for mobile devices goes to great lengths to make sure you continue to use Bing’s services for as long as possible.

This morning Microsoft took stage in New York City to show off some of the new features of Windows Phone 7 coming in the Mango update. A lot of those new features cam as part of the new web experience for the OS which makes the web act like apps. To start off the talk more »

According to a comScore study, Google accounted for over 90% of the searches in Latin America. The region continues to be on the upswing in terms of searching per capita with over 18 billion searches, an increase of 21% over the year prior.The #2 name in searches in the region might surprise you. With Google more »

Bing has officially teamed up with Facebook in a move which will give the social networking site deeply rooted integration into the search engine’s results and algorithms. Here’s what Microsoft had to say about the recent team up: “The best decisions are not just fueled by facts, they require the opinions and emotions of your more »

There has been a lot of BlackBerry news coming out over the past couple days due to BlackBerry World 2011. We’ve seen announcements regarding the BlackBerry Bold 9900, 9930, BlackBerry Balance and important applications that are coming to the PlayBook. Today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced on stage at BlackBerry World that Bing is coming to BlackBerry devices on a much deeper level.

According to Hitwise reports, Bing currently accounts for roughly a third of the search engine market. Surprised? Raking in 30.01% of all US searches, Bing has made some significant strides from last month’s overall share of 28.48%. Google on the other hand has fallen back a few steps from 66.69% market share to 64.42%. Here’s more »

The rumors are true, Nokia today announced a deal with Microsoft that joins the companies in a “strategic alliance.” The deal will bring Windows Phone 7 to Nokia devices, but also bring together other services offered by the companies. Fans of Nokia’s current strategy have little to worry about, though everyone has reason to be more »