Spark Foundry was the big winner at last night’s Bing 2017 Agency Awards event. With offices in both New York City and Chicago, Spark Foundry was named Agency of the Year for the US and Innovator of the Year, and the team’s Colette Trudeau took home the Trailblazer of the …

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Spark Foundry takes home Bing’s 2017 Agency of the Year Innovator of the Year awardsSep 15, 2017 by Amy Gesenhues Hosted by the Daily Show’s Trevor …

No matter where they’re located or what market they serve, retailers around the globe have questions about how consumers use search and Amazon. At Bing (my employer), we’ve found that retailers — regardless of size — ask us about the same three things: Where do consumers look for products online? …

Kashin / Shutterstock.com We all know the Google mobile first index is coming soon, probably in the next few months or so. To prepare, it seems like Google is encouraging webmasters to go responsive with their web sites. Google has just published a how-to on moving your m-dot site to …

Photo: tessholliday on Instagram  While your back to school days may be in the past, you can certainly kickstart your fall reading list this season. This autumn, a number of celebrity biographies are set to hit the shelves. From tales of Hollywood to stories of inspirational women, we’ve curated a roundup …

Floods are one of the most costly and destructive natural disasters. A tremendous threat to both human life and property, floods occur in nearly every part of the world. Fast-moving flood waters are dangerous and unpredictable. Floods don’t have to be as severe as those in Mumbai or Houston to …

A new malware attack, dubbed BlueBorne, is spreading in the wild, thanks to a combination of eight different vulnerabilities affecting Android, iOS, IoT devices, Windows, and Linux. The security research firm Armis writes: BlueBorne allows attackers to take control of devices, access corporate data and networks, penetrate secure “air-gapped” networks, …

Google launched the Pixel and Pixel XL last year on October 4th, and exactly one year later we’re probably getting a look at the Pixel 2. Google has debuted an ad campaign for an event on October 4th, where it promises to unveil a smarter smartphone. That couldn’t get any …

At Apple’s unveil event for the iPhone X and iPhone 8 this week, the company announced the A11 Bionic, an SoC with a six-core CPU, Apple’s first custom GPU, and what the company is calling a Neural Engine. Apple isn’t really talking much about the hardware, beyond saying this: The …

One of the most intriguing features of Apple’s new flagship phone, the iPhone X, is Face ID. It replaces the fingerprint sensor and Touch ID with facial recognition. This is made possible by Apple’s new TrueDepth front-facing camera system. TrueDepth also enables Apple’s new Animojis and other special effects that …