Film/TV Apr 29, 2011 at 11:44 am

Speaking of How Much Money Microsoft is Spending to Market Bing...

Dan Savage
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They were probably laughing more at the shameless product placement, as opposed to the idea of using Bing as a search engine.
Gern Blanston on April 29, 2011 at 11:49 AM Report this
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Oh, come on. I don't know a single person who uses Bing.
Fifty-Two-Eighty on April 29, 2011 at 11:55 AM Report this
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what is bing
boxcar on April 29, 2011 at 11:56 AM Report this
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They tried to make Bing into a verb on Hawaii Five O
arbeck on April 29, 2011 at 11:57 AM Report this
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Bing and Bob co-star in Microsoft's Road to Ineptitude.
Bing is like Mr. Crosby in "The Country Girl": Hope-less.
Keister Button on April 29, 2011 at 12:00 PM Report this
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I use whatever search product is available by default in my current browser when I type search terms in the address bar (or equivalent). At work, that means Bing on IE. On my computer at home, it's Google (from Chrome). On my iPad, it's whatever Safari uses--I don't actually know but suspect it's Google. Every once in a while I won't immediately find what I'm looking for and might go straight to the page for either Google or Bing. The difference is about as meaningful as Coke vs. Pepsi.
Cascadian on April 29, 2011 at 12:01 PM Report this
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Everyone in my theater laughed at that moment, too. It's saying something, when an audience in a Redmond (!) theater found the Bing reference too credibility-stretching, in a movie featuring a form of time travel...
Brody on April 29, 2011 at 12:02 PM Report this
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Not only is that Bing, but it's also a Nokia N97 (mini?). Two-pronged product placement! They're planting the Microsoft/Nokia partnership into the mainstream hive mind before they release any actual Windows-based Nokia phones.
sven forkbeard on April 29, 2011 at 12:03 PM Report this
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Ned: Ned. Ryerson! "Needlenose Ned"? "Ned the Head"? C'mon, buddy. Case Western High. Ned Ryerson: I did the whistling belly-button trick at the high school talent show? Bing! Ned Ryerson: got the shingles real bad senior year, almost didn't graduate? Bing, again. Ned Ryerson: I dated your sister Mary Pat a couple times until you told me not to anymore? Well?
Phil: NED Ryerson?
Ned: Bing!
Phil: Bing.
jzimbert on April 29, 2011 at 12:04 PM Report this
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@ 6, you know that you can easily change those settings, don't you? Well, maybe not at work if your employer's IT dept are jerks about what you can and can't do.
Matt from Denver on April 29, 2011 at 12:05 PM Report this
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@9: Win. Such a great movie.
theseamster on April 29, 2011 at 12:08 PM Report this
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I just figured he was using a microsoft integrated phone.

But then, I have a friend who used to write for the Bing homepage...sooo...
Arsenic7 on April 29, 2011 at 12:08 PM Report this
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when i get to work and 'bing' search pops up, i type in 'google'.
reverend dr dj riz on April 29, 2011 at 12:08 PM Report this
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Our software dev office forbids using IE, and has for years now, due to its security flaws.
Brody on April 29, 2011 at 12:22 PM Report this
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Bing burn!
treacle on April 29, 2011 at 12:24 PM Report this
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The only thing I think of everytime I hear BING is Chandler!
despicable me on April 29, 2011 at 12:31 PM Report this
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@6 So you're saying Google tastes better than Bing?
redwulf25_ci on April 29, 2011 at 12:36 PM Report this
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this site is rife with apple and google fanboys!! you all have probably never tried Bing, and yet you make fun of it. pretty weak i would say
iliad on April 29, 2011 at 12:43 PM Report this
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Bing is a better porn search engine. When you hover over the results of a video search the clip starts playing.

Just saying, Google isn't the best at everything.
debug on April 29, 2011 at 12:44 PM Report this
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Its called product placement. Cisco, Sun, Apple, they all do it and in most cases, do it to a degree that dwarfs Microsoft.

You see an illuminated Apple logo on the back of a mock laptop? Theres a fee for that.
Kinison on April 29, 2011 at 12:46 PM Report this
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The only people I know who use Bing are Microsofties or Canucks.
Will in Seattle on April 29, 2011 at 12:51 PM Report this
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@19

That fact alone should make Bing more used than Google.
biffster on April 29, 2011 at 12:51 PM Report this
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Bill Gates was at the table next to mine at a restaurant this week (yes, I am that fancy). I tried to see if he'd pull out an iphone, but no luck.

The only nice thing about Bing is the purdy pictures- which I've only seen when linked to through Slog, actually!
ams_ on April 29, 2011 at 12:54 PM Report this
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@4, that wasn't them, that's the Bing brand. "Bing it" was established as a catchphrase the day Bing launched, because Microsoft have to manufacture what Google gets, gratis, by its ubiquity.
starsandgarters on April 29, 2011 at 12:58 PM Report this
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Bing is the default search on a Windows Phone 7 device, and it is not easily circumvented, if at all. It sucks, because the maps are 3+ years old in some cases.
Sir Vic on April 29, 2011 at 1:04 PM Report this
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It doesn't help that the past tense of "Google" is "Googled" while the past tense of "Bing" is "Bung".
Drew2u on April 29, 2011 at 1:10 PM Report this
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@9 FTW
capricorn44 on April 29, 2011 at 1:18 PM Report this
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#26 So the Microsoft version of "google cache" is "Bung hole"?
Keister Button on April 29, 2011 at 1:28 PM Report this
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No, no, it makes sense. I myself intend to try Bing once before I die. Or Bing dies. He just realized it was his last chance.

(I really need to get on that, don't I? Maye tomorrow.)
The Wretched Harmony on April 29, 2011 at 1:39 PM Report this
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Sadly, I downloaded it yesterday and have to tell you. Mobile BING is actually better. It really really hurts me to say it but it is the honest truth.
jessalou on April 29, 2011 at 1:43 PM Report this
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A year or so ago, shortly after Bing was first launched, I recall sitting with a couple of Microsoft friends. One was curious about something, and the other said, without realizing it until it was too late, "Just Boogle it on Bing." We all just kind of stared at him.
Matt Hickey on April 29, 2011 at 2:03 PM Report this
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My girlfriend uses Bing. I use Google. We've bickered.
emor on April 29, 2011 at 3:21 PM Report this
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@19 Good to know.
kersy on April 29, 2011 at 3:52 PM Report this
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I use goodsearch.com for all my searches and every
time I use it , they donate money to my favorite charity, Marijuana Policy Project (MPP)
Chillavision on April 29, 2011 at 3:56 PM Report this
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@1 -- Can't it be both?
MythicFox on April 29, 2011 at 4:00 PM Report this
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I use Bing. I love Bing. I don't work for Microsoft, but Google directions left me stranded three times in a row, so I switched and have gotten to my destination every time since.
HRH on April 29, 2011 at 4:42 PM Report this
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Bing? of the Badda variety? Me Confused
RugbySkin on April 29, 2011 at 4:49 PM Report this
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We use Internet Explorer constantly where I work, and I'm still not used to the built-in search bar being Bing (instead of Google, like it is in Safari on my Mac at home). It is less than useless. I HATE it.
on April 29, 2011 at 5:36 PM Report this
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I use Bing search on my iPhone.
It works well for me.
NotSean on April 29, 2011 at 8:24 PM Report this
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The only person I've observed using Bing in my office is also the laziest. Waste of skin uses waste of browser, go figure.
Squidia on April 29, 2011 at 11:28 PM Report this
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Most nerds who would go see a movie about time travel and alternate realities would laugh at both the shameless product placement and that no character with half a brain would ever use bing. Had the search engine been google, I bet you'd still get the laughs, but not as much. People who don't think there's a difference are really cute though, how can they be different when bing just copies everything google does?
watchout5 on April 30, 2011 at 2:04 AM Report this
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@41 Actually- Google conclusively established that Bing was using Google to produce their results... So- not only is it laughable that anyone would actually be using Bing, but even Bing uses Google.
wittyrepartee on May 1, 2011 at 7:34 PM Report this
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There's a legit reason to use Bing over Google in one particular case. Bing has exclusive access to WSJ articles, so if I'm looking for that, it's good, but otherwise, google it, guys.
JudT on May 1, 2011 at 8:02 PM Report this

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