Bing 2.0 Release Imminent?

September 12, 2009 · Print this article, Visited 550 times, 1 so far today

The next version of Bing is quite impressive and will be released in the near future, according to a couple of Microsoft employees.  In fact, two of the corporation's employees have indicated on Twitter that Bing 2.0 should come out within the next 20 (or maybe even 7) days.

Yesterday, Microsoft held a large employee meeting at a baseball stadium in Seattle.  Monte Enbysk, a senior editor of Microsoft Office Live, tweeted following a demo there, "Bing 2.0, out this month, has some exciting new features.  Imagine seeing maps plus pics from the neighborhood of a restaurant to try."

The tweet was later deleted, but Mary Jo Foley saw it, and you can view Twitter Search evidence of it below.

Sushil Choudhari, a software design engineer, also had something to say, stating that the "super impressive" Bing 2.0 will arrive next week.

So, assuming that this isn't some sort of repeat of the Facebook/TechCrunch prank, a significant Bing update right around the figurative corner.  And considering that reviews of Bing in its current form have been pretty positive, it's difficult not to wonder how close Bing 2.0 will come to the Google benchmark.

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