Bingbot user-agent change coming in the Fall of 2022

In 2019, Microsoft Bing announced new Bingbot user-agent names that fit better with its evergreen Bingbot crawling and rendering service. Microsoft’s Fabrice Canel has now said that by the Fall of 2022 the old user-agent will stopped being used and the search company will transition to the new user-agents fully. Old user-agent. Microsoft said it…

Elon Musk owns Twitter. Here’s what he must decide next.

When Jack Dorsey stepped down as CEO of Twitter in November 2021, the company seemed vaguely at peace for the first time in its tumultuous 15-year history. True, the stock wasn’t lighting any fires, but the company had navigated its way through the Trump storm with a world-changing ban. Trolls and bots were still a…

Everything you need to know about Elon Musk buying Twitter

Elon Musk is buying Twitter. The CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and the Boring Company will add another corporate feather to his bejeweled cap, after the social media platform announced Monday, April 25, that it intends to accept the self-described Technoking’s approximately $44 billion purchase offer of $54.20 per share. Th reactions were decidedly mixed.…

It’s official: Elon Musk buys Twitter

There goes the neighborhood. Elon Musk officially secured an agreement to purchase Twitter Monday (April 25). News that a deal was in the final stages of discussion broke late Sunday, following weeks of public back-and-forth between the social media company and the world’s richest person. “Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced that it has entered…

Bing’s Ethical Shopping hub expands to U.S., Canada

Microsoft Bing’s Ethical Shopping hub is now available in the U.S. and Canada. It launched in December, but only in the UK. In addition, the hub has a new design and the experience can be triggered when people search for relevant queries in English. What is the Ethical Shopping hub? It allows people to search…