Bing adds tweets from prominent tweeters to its results (opens in new tab)

I disagree. Normally, yes, MS seems desperate, however, I think realtime search is really needed, and this is going to be seen as an important development looking back 24 months from now.

Out of curiosity, I've been trying Bing out for a few weeks. It doesn't feel desperate at all; incredibly, it's actually good. And I've been surprised at how much I enjoy its well-chosen and often beautiful pictures of the day---as with (restricted) Twitter results, a tiny differentiator vs. Google, but I suspect an important one.

MSFT might, just might, not be quite as dead as we thought.

hey it works, before bing I used to go to yahoo as my 2nd search engine, now I go to bing.

It hasn't found any better results than Google yet, but the interface etc, makes it much more useful than Yahoo.

I don't see any search engine replacing Google for me though, its just too ingrained in me. And then there is the firefox aspect, where my first search pretty much goes to Google by default

Also known in startup circles as "release early and iterate"?

I think you put a little too much weight in follower count. There are a lot of methods to drive up your follower count (following big names, finding accounts that auto follow back, etc). If your followers aren't people that actually chose to follow you because you provide some value, what good is your number in determining importance?

That's a brilliant quote.