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Microsoft today launched an entirely revamped Bing search engine app for iOS, which it is hoping will reimagine search on the iPhone. The Bing app has a new design with a much cleaner interface and a series of quick action buttons that aim to cut down on the amount of typing a user needs to do to get relevant search results. According to Microsoft, existing mobile search engines are a copycat of PC-based search engines - long lists of links - but the needs on mobile are much different. On a phone, people are looking for faster ways to get what they want while minimizing the number of interactions, an experience Microsoft is planning to deliver with Bing. The main focal point of the app is a search button that launches a standard search for any topic, using either words, voice, or an image. This search interface includes popular search topics, like "restaurants near me," and it also includes links to search images, videos, or news, in addition to the web. On the main Bing screen below the search button, there's a series of quick tap buttons that will bring up things people often search for. "Near Me," for example, displays a list of venues that are nearby, and additional buttons like "Dinner" or "Coffee" let users drill down further in the search results without ever having to type a word. There are also quick links to bring up local restaurants, current movies, images, videos, and maps, while scrolling down will open up a list of breaking news stories. Microsoft has put a lot of thought into the Bing search engine, and its results cover everything a person might be looking for. As an example, if you tap the Movie quick link on the home screen, it shows movies in theaters, but it also shows new movies that have been added to Netflix and Amazon Prime, along with popular movies on both services. Tapping on one of these movies brings up information like actors and movie reviews, along with a long list of relevant apps. From the search results, a movie like Nightcrawler can be opened in Netflix, purchased on iTunes, rented on Amazon, or opened in VUDU. Microsoft has made deep linking a major focal point in its new Bing app, and app-based search results that open the relevant app are available for many different types of searches. For example, searching for a popular restaurant nearby and then tapping that result will include all relevant associated apps. A search for a local Chipotle brings up a map, a phone number, and a list of associated apps. Yelp, Foursquare, and Zomato are offered up as apps where reviews are available, while AllMenu is listed as a way to view the menu and Apple Maps, Uber, Google Maps, and Lyft are provided as options for getting there. For a restaurant with food delivery, Bing might offer up the relevant app, or for a restaurant that takes reservations, Bing will provide something like OpenTable as an option. A search for a television show might bring up an option to open it up directly in Netflix, while searching for a particular song includes app links to watch it in the YouTube app or buy it in iTunes. In addition to helping people find things faster, Microsoft is hoping its deep linking will aid users in app discovery, helping them find new ways to do things via apps. The new Bing app also takes advantage of Microsoft's Knowledge and Action Graph, which incorporates 21 billion facts, five billion relationships between entities, and 18 billion actions to give users answers to common questions quickly. That's been coupled with extensive work on indexing apps to build the backbone for the new Bing mobile experience. Last Chance fucked around with this message at 19:07 on Nov 18, 2015 |
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the sex tag is appropriate because bing is the best porn search engine
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# ? Nov 18, 2015 18:59 |
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triple sulk posted:the sex tag is appropriate because bing is the best porn search engine this guy gets it
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# ? Nov 18, 2015 19:06 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niVBUuYaO8Y
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# ? Nov 18, 2015 19:07 |
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BING
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# ? Nov 18, 2015 22:36 |
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...it sounds not so terrible. hold me im confused.
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# ? Nov 18, 2015 22:40 |
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7-Eleven
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# ? Nov 18, 2015 22:44 |
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further up your rear end than ever before
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# ? Nov 18, 2015 22:58 |
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https://youtu.be/bs-qzYfCyEY (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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# ? Nov 18, 2015 23:14 |
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in it voted bing
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# ? Nov 18, 2015 23:16 |
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what's deep linking
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# ? Nov 18, 2015 23:16 |
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boo
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# ? Nov 18, 2015 23:16 |
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the op is long someone sumarise it for me
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# ? Nov 19, 2015 01:35 |
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St Evan Echoes posted:the op is long someone sumarise it for me
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# ? Nov 19, 2015 04:05 |
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bing up your rear end
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:bing up your rear end
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# ? Nov 19, 2015 15:09 |
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new bing app is pretty good. fastest app on ios for sure.
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# ? Nov 19, 2015 16:26 |
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lmao let me download an app for a search engine
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The Management posted:lmao let me download an app for a search engine
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# ? Nov 19, 2015 17:51 |
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The Management posted:lmao let me download an app for a search engine
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# ? Nov 20, 2015 03:07 |
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The Management posted:lmao let me download an app for a search engine
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The Management posted:lmao let me download an app for a search engine
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# ? Nov 20, 2015 07:31 |
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# ? Nov 20, 2015 07:45 |
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that was pretty good
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# ? Nov 20, 2015 07:53 |
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more like bung search for anything on bung dot com
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# ? Nov 22, 2015 03:48 |
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gift that keeps on giving
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# ? Nov 22, 2015 10:12 |
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ms chanandler bong
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GM4Lt5k24s
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# ? Nov 22, 2015 16:05 |
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Ned
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# ? Nov 22, 2015 18:12 |
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Ned Ryerson.
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# ? Nov 22, 2015 18:13 |
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ned ryerson, got the shingles bad senior year and almost didn't graduate. bing again.
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# ? Nov 22, 2015 19:02 |
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yep that sure does look like a search app. thanks for informing us of this momentous explosion of lols
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Amethyst posted:momentous explosion of lols nice
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