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Microsoft announces Bing Visual Search

Rumors were running wild this weekend after Microsoft’s private show last week where some new Bing 2.0 features were shown. Today Yusuf Mehdi of Microsoft is…

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Bing visual searchRumors were running wild this weekend after Microsoft’s private show last week where some new Bing 2.0 features were shown. Today Yusuf Mehdi of Microsoft is announcing a new features called Visual Search which uses SilverLight to let you navigate through your search results etc.. Users who go to Bing.com/visualsearch will be able to see about 50 initial “classes” or galleries (pets, celebrities, handbags, shoes etc..), which they’ll be able to browse.

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