Bing Crosby, Carmella Bing or Bing cherry?
In my search for “add url to Bing” one of the first things that came up where Bing Crosby and Carmella Bing. This made me wonder where the name Bing came from. Perhaps some programmer at Microsoft was thinking of one of the two Bing’s and a widely cultivated large sweet cherry having glossy dark red skin and firm juicy flesh and came up with “Bing cherry“. It is a pity he forgot to implement “add url to Bing” after searching for images of Carmella Bing. Microsoft indicated that the name Bing “was memorable, short, easy to spell, and that would function well as a URL around the world” and reminded people of the sound made during “the moment of discovery and decision making.” but we know better….
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Chat Catcher News
Shannon Whitley is pleased to announce the completion of an investment round with Ocasta Labs for his Chat Catcher. Ocasta Labs have injected both funds and resources to extend the Chat Catcher team and to accelerate development of the service.
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Bing now Live
We mentioned Microsoft’s Bing, Redmond’s latest search engine to challenge Google’s crown in “De ITbende podcast”. Bing is now live on http://www.bing.com/ . Where is the add URL to Bing ??
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Podcastinfo 5 jaar
De makers van Podcastinfo.nl vieren hun 5 jarig bestaan. Het is de index voor het vinden van de Nederlandse podcast. Er is meteen over gegaan op nieuw Content Management Systeem en een nieuw systeem voor het verzamelen van de podcasts. Bekijk het hier.
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