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Bing Image Search Now Starts With Snapshot

in News on January 24, 2011 at 3:24 pm PT

Regular users of Bing’s image search might have been momentarily disoriented on their first visit this week. Today, Microsoft introduced a spruced-up landing page with a tiled display of pictures representing 20 recent top searches. Microsoft bills the change as “a fresh way to enter the image search experience,” and fans of serendipity should also enjoy the occasional entertaining juxtapositions, like Sacha Baron Cohen next to a Goliath birdeater.

Google Makes Its First Real Stab at Mobile Marketing: AdWords on iPhones

in Media on December 8, 2008 at 9:08 am PT

Google is letting advertisers who buy AdWords–its main revenue engine–automatically buy mobile advertising, too. The company says AdWords buyers can choose to have their AdWords automatically show up on phones that support “real” Internet browsers like T-Mobile’s G1 phone and Apple’s iPhone. That’s a relatively small market, but one that’s growing fast, and Google’s first real opportunity to show that it can make money on mobile.