Bing finally supports image matching in search
You know Google’s Search by Image feature? Well, Bing now offers the same functionality — albeit more than two years later. Microsoft’s search engine will now let you search for a particular picture, as Google has been doing since mid-2011. While Google’s Search by Image works by dragging and dropping a photo into the text box, Bing’s version uses an Image Match button to pull up different sizes for a given picture. It’s definitely a useful feature, especially if you need a particular resolution or are looking for a particular source. Better late than never, Microsoft, but you certainly are tardy on this one.
Filed under: Internet, Microsoft, Google
Via: The Next Web
Source: Bing Search Blog
FCC approves AT&T’s acquisition of Leap Wireless, with some strings attached
AT&T’s buyout of Leap Wireless is clearly going more smoothly than its failed bid for T-Mobile. The FCC has just approved the Leap acquisition, leaving only the Department of Justice’s A-OK between AT&T and its dreams of additional spectrum. However, the carrier will have to abide by some conditions if it wants all that extra bandwidth. AT&T will have to launch LTE on Leap’s unused airwaves no later than a year after the deal wraps up; the provider must also roll out LTE in parts of Texas within 18 months, offload some spectrum in the state and maintain roaming deals while Cricket’s network is running. These kinds of requirements are par for the course in wireless mergers, though, and we suspect that it won’t be long before AT&T has yet another company under its belt.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Mobile, AT&T
Via: Phone Scoop
Source: FCC
Daily Roundup: Garmin Vivofit review, Amazon raises the price of Prime, and more!
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
Garmin Vivofit review: a truly fitness-focused activity tracker
Garmin’s new Vivofit activity tracker is a truly fitness-focused device. The wearable is waterproof up to 50 meters, lasts a whole year on a pair of removable batteries and has an interchangeable strap. But at $130, would you be better off with a similarly priced Nike FuelBand or Jawbone Up24? Read our review to find out.
This list is brought to you by 25 years of the world wide web
What do GIFs, live animal streams and crowdfunding all have in common? They wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for Tim Berners-Lee’s desire for an interconnected network of information. Yesterday was the 25th birthday of the World Wide Web, so to celebrate, we made this list of 25 things made possible by the internet.
Report: This is what iOS 8 looks like, at least right now
What you’re looking at is reportedly a leaked screenshot of Apple’s iOS 8 mobile operating system, according to the Chinese microblog site Weibo. And if you look closely, you’ll notice the image features the expected Healthbook app, as well as three interesting new additions: TextEdit, Preview and Tips.
Amazon raising Prime subscriptions by $20 to $99 a year
After Amazon acquired Lovefilm and its database of over 70,000 movie titles, we suspected that US Prime customers were subject to a price increase. Now, the announcement is official. Brand new customers have seven days left to lock in their first year of Prime for $79, after that renewals will cost $20 more.
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