Comments on: Now You Also Can Call Bing 411.

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:11:33 +0000

Oct.09,2009
Bing has the most beautiful photograpy! Today’s feature of an Amsterdam canal captured my heart in its picturesque beauty and pointed to the Creator as the originator of Impressionism as you gaze apon the reflection of the clouds, trees buildings and boats. AMAZING!

By: ADA Library Blog

ADA Library Blog — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:30:04 +0000

[...] Also: Bing411 is Now Live (via TechCrunch) This appears to be a simple rebranding and enhancement. Microsoft has had two [...]

By: Reiten, Schwimmen, Lesen » Blog Archive » Microsofts neue Suchmaschine: BING

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:19:32 +0000

[...] kann übrigens (genau wie Google) auch angerufen werden oder einfach leicht mit diesem Bing Firefox Add-on als Search Engine in den Firefox Browser [...]

By: This week: Google, Bing, and ‘bawdy houses’ « ECBiE – The Cyberlit Blog

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:57:16 +0000

[...] software to compete with Google Maps, and even 411 business/business category searches. I got the following in another email at work (this tends to happen a lot): Lost in all the excitement around today’s [...]

By: June 3, 2009 | next media update

June 3, 2009 | next media update — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:25:02 +0000

[...] Bing Gets A 411 Number, One Ups GOOG 411 TECHCRUNCH Lost in all the excitement around the public preview launch of Bing, Microsoft’s new search engine, was the subsequent launch of Bing 411. This is a direct swipe at another Google product, GOOG-411. Bing 411 gives you local business listings, as well as local traffic, weather, and movie listings. The voice is a little more obviously computer-generated than Google’s, but it also can get you a phone number, address, or directions. It also tells you how many stars the business has in average reviews. Source> [...]

By: Bing is more a rebranding and repositioning effort than anything else. « ecpm blog

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:41:21 +0000

[...] for the little rant about Bing being so new and exciting. It is exciting and new, but much of the press around Bing is calling old features new, when they are not [...]

By: Search Engine Wars or Race for Users « Broadcast Newsroom Computing

Search Engine Wars or Race for Users « Broadcast Newsroom Computing — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:36:51 +0000

[...] to doubt the two giants are reaching for similar market share. TechCrunch reporters take the description of the competition a bit further pointing out Bing 411 received little attention during the launch of Bing. [...]

By: Jonathan Wong

Jonathan Wong — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:48:22 +0000

And what exactly is classless about the audio demos being in WMA format?

By: Jonathan Wong

Jonathan Wong — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:45:25 +0000

Don’t confuse the Silicon Valley or East Coast Intelligentsia with the rest of the world.

Not everyone in this world has access to or are saavy enough to use a smartphone.

By: bigboy

bigboy — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:22:21 +0000

Josh – no one is on twitter other than the techno-geeks anyway.

By: Bing Gets A 411 Number, One Ups GOOG 411

Bing Gets A 411 Number, One Ups GOOG 411 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:01:37 +0000

[...] [via TechCrunch] [...]

By: ResourceShelf » Blog Archive » Microsoft’s New and Enhanced Search Engine Named “Bing” Debuts on Web

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:31:13 +0000

[...] Also: Bing411 is Now Live (via TechCrunch) This appears to be a simple rebranding and enhancement. Microsoft has had two interactive voice [...]

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:33:42 +0000

http://www.disc...com/mobile/411/

is f*cking classless.

The audio demos are in .WMA (!!!)

MS just doesn’t get the details.

By: luisldq

luisldq — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:24:52 +0000

GOOG 411 isn’t a “product” really, it’s a lab.

By: Microsoft’s Bing 411 offers phone numbers, directions over the phone | Techno Portal

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:24:43 +0000

[...] [via TechCrunch] [...]

By: Angus Davis

Angus Davis — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:54:45 +0000

Erick,
Actually, April 2007
http://www.crun...ee-411-service/

Glad you like it! It has been around for longer than Goog411, and Tellme answers billions of 411 calls every year. In fact, half of all calls to 411 in America are answered by Tellme/Microsoft through large carrier distribution partnerships, in addition to the free services Tellme powers like 1-800-555-TELL and 1-800-555-1212 Toll Free Directory.

The future of this space will be in mixed modality interfaces that do voice in, visual out. Stuff like http://www.tech...obile-launches/ and Google Mobile App, Vlingo and Siri. The multi-billion dollar 411 market in this country is undergoing a shift from “caller pays” to “advertiser pays” — it will be interesting to see if a big carrier actually cuts 411 over to a free/ad supported model.

I’m no longer w/ Tellme but I am happy to see them getting some TC love!

By: Erick Schonfeld

Erick Schonfeld — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:48:05 +0000

First time I ever tried it. Maybe Bing isn’t such a bad name after all.

By: Venkatesh C.R.

Venkatesh C.R. — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:05:36 +0000

William – perfect! I totally agree with you. As you said, if someone pushes MS too hard, then they need to pay the price.

By: nick

nick — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:18:28 +0000

Apparently there are alot of trolls around here who like to bash anything Microsoft. Are you working for Google? if so, what ever happen to the no evil motto?

By: Casey

Casey — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:13:19 +0000

It’s called “Creative Destruction.” A healthy respect for the necessity of competition is even more essential to its success than property rights. Google understands this very well and they have no interest in increasing market share (increasing the size of the pie is another matter). Microsoft, for its part, seems to have caught on to the concept since the Netscape/IE wars, though they still prefer “black box” proprietary solutions to open source.

By: Wade Dorrell

Wade Dorrell — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:55:38 +0000

Ravi was probably refering to Bing 411, not the web propery.

Anyway, my 2c is to try to make your investment (either in Google, or Bing) a little more long term. Going back to Google 10 times a day is likely a waste of time; work on refining your queries in whatever engine you use for a while. I’ve been productive w/ Bing (and before that Live Search, and before that Google, and before that Altavista)… and the only time I was measureably inefficient is when I double-checked results.

By: Offbeatmammal

Offbeatmammal — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:44:42 +0000

you beat me to it!

TechCrunch are really showing how slack their “reporting” actually is with their Bing coverage

By: Notes for 6/1/2009 at MasterMaq’s Blog

Notes for 6/1/2009 at MasterMaq’s Blog — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:36:00 +0000

[...] Bing is now live. TechCrunch notes that Bing 411 also launched. [...]

By: kathy kolb

kathy kolb — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:10:53 +0000

I just tried Bing 411 – it was awful. I didn’t recognize my company name, yet I finally found my company in its category. It was really bad.

Goog 411 gets my inquires right, quickly almost everytime. I’m staying with 1-800-GOOG-411

I don’t understand how Microsoft can launch a 411 service this bad.

By: George Huger

George Huger — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:59:46 +0000

Not true. The first time I heard of 1800-Free-411 was the Tyra Banks Show on antenna TV.*

Viral isn’t limited to the internet.

*No idea why