Posts Tagged ‘Bing’

Microsoft Bing Busted By Google Engineers

February 1st, 2011
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Somehow the fine engineers in Google's search department caught wind that Microsoft had been cheating.  Before they confronted Microsoft they wanted to double check what they were hearing. Apparently Microsoft has been watching Internet Explorer users with the Microsoft Bing search bar installed who then search to Google to complete their actual web searches.  Many internet ...

Confirmed: Verizon’s first tablet, the Galaxy Tab, is Bing Free

October 11th, 2010
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Here's an update to the epic "bing" saga mentioned on thedroidguy.com so frequently. This all began when the Samsung Fascinate, A Galaxy S phone, went the route of the Motorola Backflip using another search engine besides "Google Search". At that time a very reliable soure at Verizon told thedroidguy that Bing would be the default ...

The Droid Pro’s Bringing Google Back

October 7th, 2010
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San Francisco CA- CTIA- Motorola has teamed with Verizon Wireless for the next installment of the " Droid Branded" family the "Droid Pro". The Droid Pro is targeted at business users who require the familiarity of a vertical keyboard and extra security for Enterprise and Exchange servers.  The Droid Pro delivers both in a slim, ...

EXCLUSIVE: Samsung I-400 to Verizon Bing Bing Bing

September 30th, 2010
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Pictured here is the upcoming Samsung I-400 headed to Verizon. The bottom shows the secondary display which can carry the time and call related information. There is not much information available except that it has the secondary display and is running Android 2.1 however what is evident and confirmed is this handset is also using ...

EXCLUSIVE: Verizon HTC Merge is Coming Bing is Default..

September 22nd, 2010
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I feel like singing "oh where oh where could my google search  be, Verizon took it away from me" Originally reported in an RUU dump by Androidcentral.com, it is again confirmed that the new HTC Merge on Verizon will come out with Bing as the default search engine instead of Google. Verizon confirmed to thedroidguy.com last ...

Follow Up: Bing to be the default search engine on Some Verizon Android Handsets

September 9th, 2010
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Following our breakthrough story yesterday and our tip that Verizon was replacing Google as the default search engine on it's Android devices with Bing, Business Insider was able to get comment from Microsoft directly. Microsoft replied to Business Insider with this broad statement "Over the coming months, Verizon will announce the launch of new Android devices, ...

EXCLUSIVE: Verizon Dropping Google Search From All Future Androids?

September 8th, 2010
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We've been working on this story since yesterday in regards to the Verizon Samsung Fascinate, A Galaxy S Phone. After the Samsung Galaxy release event in late June we discovered, as the rest of you did, that Bing would be the search on the fascinate. We pinged Verizon spokeswoman, back on July 1, 2010 ...

Unlike Yahoo, Bing Search/Maps easily changeable- Says Verizon

July 2nd, 2010

Thedroidguy.com reported through video on June 30th 2010 that the Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate would come stock with the Bing search engine. You may remember back to December 2009 when Verizon started replacing Google search on their Blackberry handsets with Bing. We thought for sure that wouldn't change on Android devices being that Android is ...