According to the Wall Street Journal report, Microsoft is close to a deal to purchase Skype, the Internet’s site with the most members. Think Facebook has the most members? Nope. Skype does, and Microsoft is thinking about buying it for $7 billion to $8.5 billion dollars. Why would Microsoft want Skype? Actually my estimation, it [...]
I know this isn’t necessarily a search blog, which is why I deemed it necessary to post about the Google vs Bing so maybe those who are out of the loop can join in on the discussion! Let’s start with why I’m writing a post on how Google and Bing got beef, because you’re probable [...]
Bing has a pretty amazing mapping system in development. Time travel views, augmented reality views, indoor views, live views from 4G cams (see HTC Evo), Flicker geo-registered imagery, worldwide telescope and actual 3D geometry. Bing maps makes Google maps look like Mad Men’s office politics. Antiquated.
In case you needed more proof that we can’t spell good.
This is what it looks like when the Bing servers crash.
