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Media features • Video thumbnail Preview where, by hovering over a video thumbnail, the video automatically starts playing • Image search with continuous scrolling images results page that has adjustable settings for size, layout, color, style and people.[25] • Video search with adjustable setting for length, screen size, resolution and source
Instant answers • Sports. Bing can directly display scores from a specific day, recent scores from a league or scores and statistics on teams or players. • Finance. When entering a company name or stock symbol and either stock or quote in the search box Bing will show direct stock information like a stockchart, price, volume, and p/e ratio[26] in a webslice that users can subscribe to. • Math calculations (e.g., 2 * pi * 24).[27] Users can enter math expressions in the search box using a variety of math operators and trigonometric functions[28] and Bing will provide a direct calculation of the expression. • Advanced computations. Using the WolframAlpha computational engine, Bing can also give results to advanced math problems (e.g. lim x/2x as x->2) and other WolframAlpha related queries (e.g. calories in pizza). • Package tracking and tracing. When a user types the name of the shipping company and the tracking number, Bing will provide direct tracking information. • Dictionary. When "define", "definition" or "what is" followed by a word is entered in the searchbox Bing will show a direct answer from the Encarta dictionary. • Spell check. Will change frequently misspelled search terms to the more commonly spelled alternative. • Best match (plus similar sites) • Product shopping and "Bing cashback" • Health information • Flight tracking • Translate. Auto translation of certain search phrases, often with phrases including "translate" or "in English." For example, to translate "me llamo" from Spanish to English you would simply type "translate" me llamo in english and you will be redirected to a search results page with Bing Translator with your translation from Spanish to English.
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Current traffic information Business listing People listing Collections Localized searching for restaurants and services Restaurant reviews Movies played in an area. When a current movie title is entered in the search box Bing will provide listings of local theaters showing the movie. When a city is added to the search box, Bing provides the movie listings localized for that city. • City hotel listings. When 'hotels' and a city name is entered in the search box Bing can provide hotel listings with a map. The listing leads to a detail search page with the hotels listed that holds extended information on the hotels and contains links to reviews, directions reservations and bird eye view of the hotel. On the page with the listings the list can be refined by settings on ratings, pricing, amenities, payment and parking