Jing and Bing
Posted by Jacque on June 24th, 2009
Add free Jing to your apps arsenal
Three TechSmith products works well together, including a freebie — Jing. The other two are SnagIt, which I use almost daily, and Camtasia Studio, which I have used to create online workshops.
Use Jing to capture what you see on the Web, make a point, and share instantly. According to Jing, you can do something personal such as narrating your vacation photos, or use it professionally to collaborate on a design project or share a snapshot of a document.
A friend, Jean Kent, who teaches web development, uses Jing to respond to student work that needs some corrections or changes. It’s quick to do and she uploads the Jing video to ScreenCast.com and sends the link to the student. Jean’s surveys of her students tell her they really appreciate her using Jing to give them feedback.
If the free version of Jing doesn’t have enough features for your needs, Jing Pro is only $14.95/year
bing making headway
A few days ago, TechChruch noted that bing, Microsoft’s new search engine, was having a strong showing, according to comScore stats. Its market share increased to 12.1 percent during bing’s second week, up from its previous showing.
When bing was introduced, I tried it out as my default search engine and was so pleased with the results, I continued to use it. Usually with a new search engine, I find myself quickly going back to Google for everyday searching. Then yesterday while once more investigating a topic of interest to me, I felt I had exhausted bing and tried the same search with Google. I was rather startled to discover good relevant sites I had not found with bing — now I am back to relying on Google.
August 6th, 2009 at 1:45 am
my initial test result shows that Bing is as good as Google when displaying relevant search results. Google might be having a tough competitor with Microsoft’s own search engine.
October 21st, 2009 at 7:29 am
Bing does give search results much like Google but i would have to say that Google still gives more relevant search results.
February 4th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
i think that Bing is not as good as Google. Google would still index new websites faster than Bing. Microsoft would still need a lot of catching to do with GoogleBot.