Yahoo search IS Bing now since the deal,so no real change at all.I do prefer Bing's privacy policy,though I still use Google.I may switch yet over that.
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Microsoft's Bing to Replace Google As Default Search Engine on iPhone?
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Yahoo search IS Bing now since the deal,so no real change at all.I do prefer Bing's privacy policy,though I still use Google.I may switch yet over that.
Don't do it Steve. HUGE long term damage for questionable short term gain.
Where is the love from having Eric EEEEEE. Schmidt on your board for years?
Feeling a little used? Trying to throw the baby out with the bathwater?
Where is the love from having Eric EEEEEE. Schmidt on your board for years?
Feeling a little used? Trying to throw the baby out with the bathwater?
Microsoft is the enemy not Google. I HATE MS and I DO NOT WANT anything MS on my Mac stuff ever!
Bing absolutely blows!!!
C'mon Apple, stop being a lil girl! Just because Google is giving you some competition in other arenas makes you want to associate yourself with Microsoft. Bing sucks!
Shame on you!
C'mon Apple, stop being a lil girl! Just because Google is giving you some competition in other arenas makes you want to associate yourself with Microsoft. Bing sucks!
Shame on you!
Wow. I'm a huge Apple guy. I've using nothing but Macs for 15+ years. My first Mac was an LC III and I remember setting friends up on hand-me-down Classics way back when. I'm 100% Apple through and through. You couldn't pay me to use Windows. But you people have some serious issues. It's just a search engine. Relax! And it's configurable. And Google is, in fact, the enemy. Microsoft took over the desktop two decades ago. Google is trying to take over everything. Absolutely tee-totally everything. This is a very smart strategic move on Apple's part... if it's true. Which I hope it is.
Bing is actually quite good
To all the people who are complaining about Bing... have you even tried it? Sure, it returns different results, but that's a good thing.
I use Bing as my homepage because it's way nicer to look at a carefully chosen photo of the day than a plain search box. I still use Google in my search bar, but this lets me mix up my results a bit.
You should give it a try.
To all the people who are complaining about Bing... have you even tried it? Sure, it returns different results, but that's a good thing.
I use Bing as my homepage because it's way nicer to look at a carefully chosen photo of the day than a plain search box. I still use Google in my search bar, but this lets me mix up my results a bit.
You should give it a try.
Helping Microsoft gain any sort of relevance in any market is a sure fire way to extinguish competition, not promote it. We know what Microsoft does with relevance. Sames goes for Silverlight. The last thing we need is to give Microsoft any kind of control over any kind of web technology, be it search or media or even browsers (look how long it took the web to get back on its feet after MS tried to lock it down... oh wait, we're still stuck with IE6...).
Last time Apple did a deal with Microsoft, they were at their lowest and backed into a corner. They had no choice. Today, they're on top of their game, they don't need this and consumers and the world don't need it either.
Last time Apple did a deal with Microsoft, they were at their lowest and backed into a corner. They had no choice. Today, they're on top of their game, they don't need this and consumers and the world don't need it either.
You keep saying Google is a search engine, but it's way more than that. New fronts... new fronts. Apple has big plans to get in on an emerging market, and Google is a competitor in this market.
It's not about conspiracy theories, nor is it about what Apple or Google actually intended to do. It's all about the law. Google and Apple were already investigated by the FTC for their ties with one another: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/technology/companies/05apple.html?_r=1
Why do you continue to suggest they keep exclusive deals with each other and undergo more scrutiny and investigation by federal authorities?
"Ding, ding, ding"! We have a winner! Very funny!
Heck, this response is all of need-I'm not even going to read through the rest of this thread.
Google want to control the whole market. Look at google books, maps, search engine etc.
I think it's a good move. Bing indeed can be helpful and I'm sure it's gonna be better with time.
So I don't mind that at all. You still should be able to change your favourite search engine.
I think it's a good move. Bing indeed can be helpful and I'm sure it's gonna be better with time.
So I don't mind that at all. You still should be able to change your favourite search engine.
looks to be that apple cares less about what users want and just does what ever they figure gets them more money. this is going to suck big time.
Are you the official spokes person for all users here at this forum?
If true, Hell has officially frozen over...
Actually, if I recall, hell froze over when iTunes was available for Windows.
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Perhaps, like the headline says, Bing will be the DEFAULT search engine. Hopefully users can change preferences to another search engine.
i hope apple gives us the chance to change to whatever search engine we want.
dang, mattwolfmatt was one second faster. well great minds think alike.
dang, mattwolfmatt was one second faster. well great minds think alike.
Riddle me on how you figure this is a strategic move on Apple?
Also, how do you find Google the "enemy?" Most of their features are free. Google has been providing free service(s) for you and me for years, and also Apple has benefited from them tremendously now and in the past. I seriously want you to enlighten me on how this is a strategic move from Apple. I think it's a stupid/selfish move by Apple - Bing sucks!