Xbox's Major Nelson will be joining this week's #BingIt chat where we'll be talking all things Xbox, including Bing on Xbox voice search and how you can earn Microsoft points for Xbox 360 with Bing. In addition, we'll also be talking about our recent release of Bing.com/new - a new experience that brings the best of search together with relevant content from your Facebook friends and experts across Twitter.

Tonight )and always(, we are young. Fun. the band will be performing live at the Bing Lounge in Portland, Oregon on May 29 th and we'll be giving away an exclusive trip to one lucky Twitter follower and guest to attend this epic show. On May 21-22 nd , we will ask our followers to retweet specific tweets from the @Bing handle to be entered into the sweepstakes )one entry per handle(.

Earlier this week, Robert Dietz and Nate Buggia joined Laura Foy in the Channel 9 studios to discuss all things related to the release of Bing.com/New.. Nate and Robert provide an overview of the changes and answer questions that you have posted regarding the release.

Last week at the Search Summit in San Francisco, we showcased a brand new way to search that is designed to help you interact with friends and take action without compromising the core search experience. Starting today, people in the United States can give it a try at www.bing.com/new . Since most of you weren't able to attend the summit, Qi Lu, Harry Shum and I shot a short video where we discuss the design decisions and technical underpinnings behind this release.

Last night marked the season finale of the CWs Vampire Diaries starring Ian Somerhalder and Kat Graham. Dont want to wait until next season to see more of these two? Check out another side of these versatile and inspiring entertainers. After the Gulf Coast Oil spill, Ian created the Ian Somerhalder Foundation and started a movement, empowering thousands of people to help restore the natural balance to the ocean and beaches after the oil spill.

We are pleased to announce the winners, pending official confirmation, of five Nokia Lumia 900s and the Xbox 360® prize pack offered in our April Bing Rewards sweepstakes. Two new sweeps have begun and end on May 31. Keep reading for details on the great prizes were offering and how to enter, but first congratulations to our latest winning Bing Rewards members! The five lucky winners picked in the Nokia Lumia 900 sweepstakes were: Chris M. of Caribou, ME; George E.

In 2009, we launched Bing with a simple proposition: people should expect more from a search engine. Our aim has always been to help you do more with search, and over the past three years we have made exciting strides to realize that vision. Today we are taking a big step forward as we begin rolling out what is the most significant update to Bing since we launched three years ago. Over the coming weeks,

At Bing we are always looking for ways to do a better job building a product that can help you do more, achieve more, and feel more confident about your outcomes. As we sit and dream up the next big set of things we can build to help in this quest, something has kept nagging at us. Namely that too many of the things we see being built today in our industry put the technology first. All too often people have to learn new terms, new interaction models,

Just ahead of the season finale, Kat Graham one of the star s of the CWs supernatural smash Vampire Diaries will be joining us this Wednesday. Kat will field live questions about the show, her career and how the season might end. Learn firsthand, about the amazing things that Kat is off and on the screen. Join us Wednesday, May 9 th from 12-1 p.m. PT to tweet directly with Kat )@katgraham( To participate, follow @Bing,

Bing is getting a new look. Starting today you will notice a fresh, de-cluttered experience designed to help you find the results you want faster. Over the past few months, weve run dozens of experiments to determine how you read our pages to deliver the link youre looking for. Based on that feedback, weve tuned the site to make the entire page easier to scan, removing unnecessary distractions, and making the overall experience more predictable and useful.

Attention, music fans! Alt rock group Death Cab for Cutie, will be giving a live performance at the Bing Lounge in Portland, Oregon on May 11. To share the love, well be giving an exclusive meet and greet to one lucky Twitter follower and a guest to attend the groups highly anticipated show. On April 30 th , we will ask followers to retweet specific tweets from the @Bing handle to be entered into the sweepstakes )one entry per handle(.

From the beginning, Bing has been a place for exploration. The Bing homepage images aspire to spark your curiosity giving you something to talk about and connect with. Over the years, many of you have requested a simple way to enjoy these images as your Windows desktop background. With todays release of Bing Desktop, were introducing an easy way to do just that.

Bing Rewards has launched two new sweepstakes for a Nokia Lumia 900 and a Xbox 360® that will run through May 1st. Continue reading for details on these great prizes and how to enter, but first congratulations to our latest winners! We are pleased to announce, pending official confirmation, the following winners for the three Bing Rewards sweepstakes that ended on April 2nd: The five lucky winners picked in the $500 Target GiftCard sweepstake were: Matthew H. of Roswell,

Were constantly looking for ways to make Bing Bar more useful. The primary way we do this is based on how you are using the product- which features are used most, which arent being used. Youve told us that you love the clean look, convenience, and quick performance of Bing Bar. You also told us that the app buttons we delivered in Bing Bar 7.0 and subsequent releases were valuable and useful. Today we are excited to release Bing Bar 7.1. This new release,

Achtung! =8<0=85! Attenzione! Aufmerksamkeit! 注意! Attention! Today we are releasing an updated version of the Translator App for Windows Phone powered by Bing. Over the last decade, world class researchers - both at our own research labs and around the world have been working on the problem of language translation, the results of which you enjoy today on Bing .

Earth Day 2012 is just around the corner. Were teaming with The Nature Conservancy to inspire you to get out and do something for the environment on April 22 nd . The Nature Conversancy is the leading conservation organization working in all 50 states and more than 30 countries to conserve the lands and waters upon which life depends. Join us this Wednesday, April 18th from 12-1 pm PT to see how you can get involved in conservation. To participate,

Were checking-in and kicking it into high gear on Foursquare Day! Foursquare Day was a grass-roots campaign founded by users in 2010 to celebrate the social media platform. This April 16 th )Foursquare = 4 2 = 4/16, get it?!( were celebrating in true mobile fashion by giving away 6 Nokia Lumia 900 Windows® Phones to our lucky Foursquare followers. To be entered, follow Bing on Foursquare and check-in to any venue with the hashtag #Bing4sq and push it out to Twitter.

Yesterday the first 4G LTE Windows Phones at AT&T, including the highly-anticipated Nokia Lumia 900 began to roll out. You can now go online or visit AT&T and Microsoft stores across the U.S. to purchase. We are excited to get our hands on what is an elegant, intuitive experience that places the user at the center of the experience. Not surprisingly, what excites us the most about these phones is what the team has done with Bing.

Last week, we shared information about a new Bing partnership with The Weinstein Company in support of their new anti-bullying documentary, Bully. Today is the next step in our journey together to help raise awareness of the serious implications of bullying and inspire change. Starting today we will begin airing advertisements in support of the film, with the goal of inspiring people to start doing more to stop bullying.

If youre anything like us, the warmer weather has you dusting off the patio furniture, cracking open the windows and dreaming of long, carefree summer nights. But before we can fully enjoy all that spring and summer have to offer, its time to get organized! To help you kick start your spring cleaning activities, weve brought in the experts on creating an organized, beautiful and happy home John and Sherry of YoungHouseLove .