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May 10, 2012, 7:35 PM

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Bing:
Introducing the New Bing: Spend Less Time Searching, More Time Doing  —  In 2009, we launched Bing with a simple proposition: people should expect more from a search engine.  —  Our aim has always been to help you do more with search, and over the past three years we have made exciting strides to realize that vision.
E.B. Boyd / Fast Company:
Google, Alert: Bing Wants “To Model Every Object On The Planet,” Reinvent Search  —  The future of search is not about page rank.  It's about creating giant databases of every person, place, and thing on the planet.  —  Today Bing is announcing a revamp of its front end, to make its search results more useful for users.
Tweets: @johnsheehan
Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:
New Bing calls on Facebook and Twitter to beat Google's Search Plus Your World (hands-on)  —  “90 percent of people consult with a friend or expert before making a decision,” Microsoft says in promotional materials for the new Bing, announced today and rolling out over the next few weeks.
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Head-To-Head: Bing's Social Search Vs. Google's Search Plus Your World  —  Earlier this year, Google made its results more social with Search Plus Your World.  Now Bing has reshaped how it handles social information as part of its “The New Bing” launch.  Which does better …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft to bring full Internet Explorer browsing to Xbox 360 with Kinect controls  —  Microsoft is currently testing a modified version of Internet Explorer 9 on its Xbox 360 console, according to our sources.  The Xbox 360 currently includes Bing voice search, but it's limited to media results.
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Microsoft's Sneaky Success: The Xbox Is the Most Popular Video Player in the U.S.  —  More evidence that Microsoft is increasing its lead in the digital living room race: Data that shows its Xbox gaming console is the most popular non-PC device to watch Web video.
Kate Freeman / Mashable!:
Facebook Rolls Out File-Sharing for All Groups [EXCLUSIVE]  —  Could Facebook become the next Dropbox — or a haven for sharing files without regard to copyright?  —  The social network has revealed to Mashable that all Groups will now offer the ability to send files.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Twitter Buys Personalized Email Marketer RestEngine To Deliver Best Tweet Digests  —  Twitter has just finalized a deal to hire the team and buy the technology of RestEngine, a personalized email marketing service, which could help Twitter deliver email digests of great tweets you've missed.
Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:
EXCLUSIVE: Here's How Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Is Explaining His Bio Scandal  —  Right now, Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is attempting to explain to employees why his official Yahoo and eBay bios said he had a degree in computer science when in fact he does not.  —  We asked Yahoo employees to share this explanation.
More: CNET, AllThingsD and Reuters
John Ruwitch / Reuters:
Apple, supplier Foxconn to share costs on improving factories  —  (Reuters) - Apple Inc and its key supplier Foxconn Technology Group will share the initial costs of improving labor conditions at the Chinese factories that assemble iPhones and iPads, Foxconn's top executive said on Thursday.
Michael Arrington / Uncrunched:
Kara Swisher's “Just Jokin'” Look At Buying TechCrunch  —  Interesting line in PandoDaily's article a couple of days ago about TechCrunch - “Kara Swisher was kicking some tires [about buying TechCrunch] to add the brands to the expanding All Things D franchise.”  —  Then a full retraction yesterday:
Stephen Shankland / CNET:
Google agrees with Mozilla's Windows RT browser concerns  —  Mozilla says only a crippled version of Firefox could run on Windows for ARM chips, effectively restricting user choice to IE10, and now the maker of Chrome says it's worried, too.  —  Google has joined Mozilla in its attempt …
Michael V. Copeland / Wired:
Angel No More: Why One of Silicon Valley's Savviest Investors Has Shut His Wallet  —  Kevin Hartz is sitting this one out.  —  Sure, Hartz is busy with his day-job as CEO of online ticketing startup Eventbrite, but it's not a time management thing that keeps him from his usual angel-investing habit.
More: ForbesTweets: @codinghorror and @jguynn
Greg Sandoval / CNET:
Exclusive: Music locker service MP3tunes.com files for bankruptcy  —  Legal costs piled up over four years as the music service defended itself against a copyright suit from EMI proved to be too much, says founder Michael Robertson.  —  Follow @sandoCNET  —  MP3tunes.com, the music locker service …
More: GigaOM and GadgeTell
Rachel King / ZDNet:
Oracle might only receive $150,000 in damages from Google  —  Summary: In what was once touted as a $6 billion case, Oracle might end up with only $150,000 in statutory damages.  —  SAN FRANCISCO - Oracle's situation in its intellectual property legal battle against Google is looking more bleak by the day.
More: WebProNews
Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
Klik App Does Mobile Facial Recognition in Real Time  —  Is taking pictures of your friends on your phone, tagging their names and uploading them just too darn hard?  Now there's a free helper app for that, called Klik, which launches out of testing today on the iPhone.
Matt Brian / The Next Web:
Apple bid $16m for Chinese iPad trademark but Proview holds out for at least $400m: Reports  —  With Apple said to be entering serious negotiations with Proview, looking to settle the lengthy legal battle over rights to the Chinese iPad trademark, Apple representatives are reported to have offered $16 million for the mark.
Kim Zetter / Wired:
FBI Fears Bitcoin's Popularity with Criminals  —  The FBI sees the anonymous Bitcoin payment network as an alarming haven for money laundering and other criminal activity — including as a tool for hackers to rip off fellow Bitcoin users.  —  That's according to a new FBI internal report …
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Dish Network adds ‘Auto Hop’ commercial skipping feature to its Hopper DVRs  —  One of the main features when Dish Network unveiled its Hopper and Joey multiroom DVRs at CES was PrimeTime Anytime, a setting that archives three hours of network programming, every night on the four main stations …
Edgar Alvarez / Engadget:
Autodesk launches 123D Catch for iPad, lets you turn pics into 3D models  —  Autodesk's had its 123D Catch iPad application in the works for quite some time now, but starting today, you'll finally be able to use that Cupertino slate to turn those beautiful snaps into three-dee creations.
Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:
FreedomPop Revamps Free Data Plan For Their $99 WiMax iPhone Case, Puts It Up For Pre-Order  —  The last time TechCrunch heard from the internet-for-everyone proponents at FreedomPop, they revealed to us that they were working on an iPhone 4/4S case with a built-in WiMax radio that would give …

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