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• [1] antonio from park slope October 05, 2009 - 10:03AM

  maybe when "bing" becomes a word in the lexicon, i.e. "hey I "googled" you and you won a noble prize.." google has a big advantage..

  
  
• [2] downtown from downtown October 05, 2009 - 10:22AM

  Tried it...probably won't go back - nice background pictures, tho.

  
  
• [3] Tony from San Jose, CA October 05, 2009 - 10:35AM

  Nice to have the alternative... but not up to par.

  
  
• [4] Cory from Manhattan October 05, 2009 - 10:50AM

  This must be the slowest news day/program of the year. Just play some music if nothing is going on.

  
  
• [5] yourgo from Downtown October 05, 2009 - 10:52AM

  Bing Maps has one huge benefit over google that makes me use it. When you zoom on a location it offers a 'birds eye view' which is a satellite image at an angle perspective and it gives you all 4 perspectives of a location. Its a great feature. the image search looks nicer too.

  
  
• [6] Denice from Brooklyn October 05, 2009 - 10:54AM

  I'm not even remotely interested in trying Bing. I don't like or trust the Microsoft brand and am totally turned off by the commercials. I love Google, love Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, need I go on?

  When Google takes over the world I will eagerly become one of their drones.

  
  
• [7] brian from manhattan October 05, 2009 - 10:54AM

  i have completely switched over to bing when i need to use maps on the internet. bing's maps are far superior in many ways - the way it loads, navigates, and most importantly the quality of the aerial images. try the "birds eye" view on an address and you will know what i mean!

  
  
• [8] Jawad October 05, 2009 - 10:55AM

  I must say I gotta give it to Microsoft for thinking that they even have a chance to compete with Google. Thats guts and positive thinking there. Although its gonna be hard to get me off Google.

  
  
• [9] Terri from Brooklyn October 05, 2009 - 10:55AM

  I use both. My default is Google, but I've found Bing better for historical---or should I say, older---documents. Even when searching with the exact title of a document, it often doesn't appear on the first five or even ten pages of a Google search; on Bing, it's often on the first page.

  
  
• [10] Michael from Rockville Centre, October 05, 2009 - 10:56AM

  Why does WNYC think we need to keep up with all the latest electronic gizmo.It's so boring.

  
  
• [11] Jennifer from NYC October 05, 2009 - 10:56AM

  What!? No i phone Brian!?!?!

  
  
• [12] Ben from manhattan October 05, 2009 - 10:56AM

  The caller who mention google being built into browsers has never clicked next to the search bar. If you do, you get a drop down list of many search engines.

  
  
• [13] Allen October 05, 2009 - 10:58AM

  Re: Default Search in Browser

  In Safari and FireFox, yes, Google is the default search engine. In IE its whatever MS is doing.

  Funny thing, however. In Safari, FireFox, IE, and even Chrome (Google's Browser), it is trivial to change the search engine.

  
  
• [14] Brian from Inwood October 05, 2009 - 10:58AM

  I'm a Microsoft product hater for years, but I must say I am VERY impressed with the travel functionality on Bing.

  Also as a graphic designer, I cringe every time I see their squished Bing logo—yikes, what a disaster!

  http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/bing_sets_new_record_in_horizo.php

  
  
• [15] William from Midtown October 05, 2009 - 10:59AM

  wow Cory...maybe you should just send in a list of topics to wnyc so that they can be sure to only have shows that interest you.

  
  
• [16] simponsmovieblew October 05, 2009 - 11:01AM

  for those who grew up digitally resenting MSFT for its dominance and arrogance -- and started using google as soon as it appeared b/c it wasn't MSFT -- this is a pleasant situation indeed.

  
  
• [17] Caitlin from Jersey City October 05, 2009 - 11:01AM

  If Bing is trying to beat Google with shopping searches, they've got some work to do. For example, google allows you to enter your own price range, while bing constrains you to their selection of $0-10, $10-25, $25-50, etc. What if I want to look at items between $17 and $64?

  
  
• [18] bing-less October 05, 2009 - 11:11AM

  [5] google maps does that-- has done it for 2+ years!

  
  
• [19] Cory from Manhattan October 05, 2009 - 11:15AM

  William, if you care about bing, just try it. Talking about it adds nothing. It's not like Brian has a knowledgeable guest techie explaining anything. Same with Letterman. Am I missing something, or are there real issues with real experts, or is Les Gelb and Afghanistan all there is?

  
  
• [20] Anthony from Jersey October 05, 2009 - 07:37PM

  I Googled 'Cezanne Watercolor images' and got maybee ten sites. Half of what came up were for a book available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. After listening to your show this morning I thought to give Bing a try. It delivered over 5,ooo images of Cezanne's watercolors. No books. Just what I wanted.

  
  
• [21] Gershon Nathan from Brooklyn, NY October 13, 2009 - 07:27PM

  I’ve tried Bing. I even signed up for a cash back account.

  It DOES NOT come close to Google.