December, 2012

In only a few days, the clock will strike midnight and we’ll welcome a new year. As we embark on 2013, let’s look back at the hottest trends of 2012. From PSY’s viral hit “Gangnam Style” to the summer Olympics, Bing offers a glimpse of the most popular people, places and moments of the past year. Baby fever spread like wildfire over the internet with celebrities like Beyoncé, Jessica Simpson, Snookie and Kourtney Kardashian welcoming bundles of joy. In fact, their babies actually hold four of the top five “Celebrity Events” in 2012. How’s...

For more than 50 years, North American Aerospace Defense Command ( NORAD ) has helped children track Ol’ Saint Nicholas as he makes his journey to homes with his trusty reindeer and gifts in tow. This year, Microsoft is partnering with NORAD to make following Santa’s sleigh even easier. The Santa Tracker tool is built on Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud computing platform and incorporates leading-edge mapping from Bing Maps . Children can even track Santa’s movements in real-time on a variety of mobile devices with dedicated Windows Phone and Windows 8 apps, as well as apps...

Bing it On already challenged the nation to select its preferred web search results but now the challenge has risen to a whole new level. It’s time to Bing it On with the holidays for a chance to win a ‘Microsoft Box of Awesome' for anyone participating in the U.S. And what’s a ‘Microsoft Box of Awesome' you might ask? This awesome bundle includes a Windows Phone 8, Xbox 360 with Kinect and a Windows 8 device, and you have the opportunity to win the grand prize of a $10,000 paid trip to any place of your liking in the U.S. Enter the sweepstakes by visiting www.bingiton...