Matsuda Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Microsoft has rolled out a big update to the Bing search engine, making the service much smarter than before. Bing is no longer just a website where you can enter a query and get a result. In fact, Bing takes things several steps further and aims to enhance your search experience and hopefully help expand your understanding of the world."At Bing we are committed to giving you the most relevant search results possible. In addition we also strive to provide direct information about the entities that you search for, e.g., people, places, and things, based on our understanding of those entities and their relationships stored in Bing’s knowledge repository called Satori," Microsoft stated in an official blog post.Here are the key features of this new update:TED Talks: If you search for someone who has given a TED talk, Bing will now showcase it in the Snapshot pane.Famous speeches and national anthems: Bing will now showcase influential audio clips delivered by famous people directly in the Snapshot pane.Online Courses: When you search for a University, Bing will showcase the popular online courses available on the Web from leading universities like Harvard and Stanford directly in the search results.See How Universities Stack Up: Bing now provides the ranking and other information of top schools right in the Snapshot pane.Scientific Concepts: Enter a scientific theory and Bing will highlight a snippet in the search results.Historic Events: When you enter in a historic event or era, Bing will showcase a short summary, related people, important dates, and links to learn more.Related People: You can now see a "why" people are related by hovering over the related people images in the Snapshot section.Animal Research: When you search for animals, Bing will show you relevant subspecies so you can quickly narrow down your search.Ask Bing: You can type in a query in the from of a question and Bing will use natural language understanding to give you an educated answer.Quickly Find App and Software Downloads: Search for an app or software and Bing will showcase a description of the software, related options and present you with the top trusted sources for safe downloads.Head over to Bing.com to try out these new features.Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VileTouch Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 still, when you need to know something...you just google it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airstream_Bill Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I try not to Google ANYTHING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VileTouch Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 key word: TRY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nIGHT Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I'm using duckduckgo hehehe! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airstream_Bill Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I'm using duckduckgo hehehe! :PHi, I like duckduckgo but have you tried www.startpage.com ??? It is really good and has https if you want it. Just thought I would mention it to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nIGHT Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I'm using duckduckgo hehehe! :PHi, I like duckduckgo but have you tried www.startpage.com ??? It is really good and has https if you want it. Just thought I would mention it to you.I tried just now. Thanks for sharing it with me Airstream_Bill. Another private search engine bookmarked. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kn_andre Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I'm using duckduckgo hehehe! :PHi, I like duckduckgo but have you tried www.startpage.com ??? It is really good and has https if you want it. Just thought I would mention it to you.May i also Humbly Add that : www.ixquick.com also uses https just like Duckduckgo and Startpage ..... And you could as Well Directly type https://ixquick.com and you are good to Go ... Thats just my 2 cents of thought .. Cheers Everybody ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nIGHT Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 @kn_andre Thanks for the share. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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