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Microsoft Bing (also known simply as Bing) is a search engine owned and operated by Microsoft.The service traces its roots back to Microsoft's earlier search engines, including MSN Search, Windows Live Search, and Live Search.
Windows Search 4.0 (also previously referred to as Windows Live Search, codenamed Casino or OneView) is the successor to the Windows Search platform for both Windows Desktop Search 3.0 on Windows XP as well as Instant Search on Windows Vista. It is mainly an update to the indexing components, with few changes to the Windows XP user interface ...
Windows Live is a discontinued brand name for a set of web services and software products developed by Microsoft as part of its software-as-a-service platform. Chief components under the brand name included web services (all of which were exposed through corresponding web applications), several computer programs that interact with the services, and specialized web services for mobile devices.
Windows Live, a discontinued brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft; Windows Live Personalized Experience, a web portal formerly known as live.com; Bing (search engine), a search engine formerly known as Windows Live Search and Live Search, whose URL was live.com until 2009; Outlook.com, an online email service ...
Live Search Books was a search service for books launched in December 2006, part of Microsoft's Live Search range of services. Microsoft was working with a number of libraries, including the British Library , to digitize books and make them searchable, and in the case of out-of-copyright books, available across the web.
Microsoft integrated it as part of its Live Search group of tools in May 2008 as Live Search Farecast; Microsoft rebranded it as Bing Travel on June 3, 2009, as part of its efforts to create a new search identity. [76] In 2009, there were allegations that Bing Travel had copied its layouts from Kayak.com; Microsoft denied the allegations. [77]
Live.com lets users add RSS feeds in order to view news at a glance. Building off Microsoft's Start.com experimental page, Live.com could be customized with Gadgets, mini-applications that could serve almost any purpose (e.g. mail readers, weather reports, slide shows, search, games, etc.).
The following Microsoft services have been branded with the word "Live": Windows Live, a set of services and software products mainly aimed at individuals; Microsoft Office Live, a set of services aimed at small businesses; The Live Anywhere initiative, aimed to bring a unified online gaming and entertainment network together