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Microsoft’s Bing gets a new look, offers new functions
Three years after launching its “Decision Engine,” Microsoft is overhauling Bing to make its online search engine more social. Though it’s taking a different path, Bing’s strategy resembles that taken by rival Google, still the dominant player in search.
As part of the new Bing, people you know, and in some cases, strangers, are more prominently featured in the decision-making mix that includes Facebook and other networks.
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I generally applaud Microsoft’s approach. But not everything in this still-early-stage preview is working smoothly . For one thing, I ran into trouble getting all the new Bing features to show up on the Mac’s Safari Web browser (which Microsoft says is related to the version I’ve been testing and will be fixed). For another, I want to see more users actually have access to the revamped Bing to more fully unleash its potential.
‘Supermoon’ coming this Saturday
Julio Cortez, AP A full moon rises behind the Empire State Building in New York on April 6, 2012.
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Don’t stop at Instagram: 4 other great photo apps
I’ve been hooked on taking photos on my iPhone and sharing them using Instagram since I bought my first iPhone last fall.
With Instagram, I can make my photos look better by using one of the app’s 17 pre-set filters to adjust lighting, color and other things. I can then share my enhanced photos on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram’s own social network.
But Instagram has a limited range of filters and camera effects, and it isn’t always easy to edit pictures with it.
I’ve had a chance to test a wide range of Instagram alternatives during choice picture-taking opportunities over the past few months, including my sister’s wedding in Hawaii in December and a trip to Lebanon this month. I also had my phone for shots along the streets of New York, where I live.
Zynga reports 1Q net loss, higher revenue
Mark Lennihan, AP The corporate logo for Zynga, center, is shown on a billboard at the Nasdaq, in New York.
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Should teachers ‘friend’ students?
At least 40 school districts nationwide have approved social media policies. Schools in New York City and Florida have disciplined teachers for Facebook activity, and Missouri legislators recently acquiesced to teachers’ objections to a strict statewide policy.
In the New York cases, one teacher friended several female students and wrote comments including “this is sexy” under their photos, investigators said. A substitute teacher sent a message to a student saying that her boyfriend did not “deserve a beautiful girl like you.”
Such behavior clearly oversteps boundaries, but some teachers say social media — in particular Facebook — can be a vital educational resource if used appropriately, especially because it’s a primary means of communication for today’s youngsters.
“E-mail is becoming a dinosaur,” said David Roush, who teaches media communications and television production at a Bronx high school. “Letters home are becoming a
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