Bing Updates Its Mobile Site (m.Bing.com) With New Features Using HTML5 & Tweets Added to News Results
New features in this update include better and faster image search, real-time transit and directions, app search for the iPhone, and more. Utilizing HTML5, the new features are offered on Smartphone browsers for the iPhone and Android. If you have a Windows Phone 7 device, don’t worry, Windows Phone 7 just announced that it will support HTML5 later this year so these updates will work great at that time.
Other Additions/Enhancements:
Real-Time Transit Info Now Available for Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
AppSearch For iPhone Apps
Movies Organized by Time and Nearest Theater. Reviews, Trailers, etc. also available.
Weather Autosuggest and Instant Answers
The Bing Search Blog Post Has More Info and Video Demos
Direct to Bing Mobile: http://m.bing.com
Also New Today: “Bing News Adds Tweets To News Results (by Barry Schwartz, Search Engine Land)
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.
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