Bing Desktop

Bing Desktop
Developer(s) Microsoft
Stable release 1.3.472.0 (1.4.167.0) / June 9, 2014[1]
Operating system Windows XP and higher
Windows Server 2008 R2 and higher (Windows 8.1)
License Freeware
Website www.bing.com/explore/desktop

Bing Desktop is a program developed by Microsoft which allows users to search Bing from the desktop, and to set their desktop background to the Bing homepage image.

Features

Bing Desktop allows users to initiate a web search from the desktop, view news headlines, automatically set their background to the Bing homepage image, or choose a background from the previous nine background images.[2]

History

A beta version of Bing Desktop was released on 4 April 2012.[3] The initial release followed shortly on 24 April 2012, supporting Windows 7 only.[4] With the release of version 1.1 in December 2012 it supports Windows XP and higher.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Download Bing Desktop". Microsoft. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "So what is Bing Desktop?". gHacks. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Microsoft Launches Bing Desktop Beta". Redmond Pie. 4 April 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Bing Desktop Brings Beauty and Convenience to Windows 7". Microsoft. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Microsoft updates Bing Desktop app for Windows XP and higher". Engadget. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

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