tech:

taffy

Bing Gets A New Logo, Fresh Look

Bing

Bing is getting a new logo and a fresh design, as well as updated code.

Lawrence Ripsher (General Manager, User Experiences, Bing): We believe that search can be beautiful as well as functional and efficient. With that as our goal, we evaluated fonts, spacing, color, visual scan patterns, the search box and even the underlying code.

Bing_logo_newIn rewriting the underlying code of its search experience, Bing gave itself a dynamic environment to respond quickly to the future state of the web and how people use it, says Microsoft.

The company went through hundreds of variations of the Bing site, and says will continue the process. You can read more about the redesign in the Bing blog here.

[Images courtesy: Bing]

Just in

U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs — NPR

The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own, writes Andrea Hsu. 

The Coca-Cola Company commits $1.1B to Microsoft Cloud and AI partnership

The Coca-Cola Company and Microsoft announced a five-year partnership on Tuesday. As part of the collaboration, Coca-Cola has committed $1.1 billion to Microsoft Cloud and generative AI capabilities. 

Apple deletes WhatsApp, Threads from China app store on orders from Beijing — CNN

Apple has removed WhatsApp and Threads from its app store in China, following an order from the country’s internet watchdog, writes Juliana Liu.

Singtel, Vonage partner to integrate Paragon platform

Singtel has announced a partnership with Vonage, a cloud communications company and subsidiary of Ericsson, to help enterprises and telcos innovate and scale their services through Singtel's orchestration platform, Paragon.