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Mashable: Your Facebook Photos = Bing’s New Homepage

By Kevin Barenblat
July 1, 2009

Context Optional’s Bing Photo Contest was covered by Mashable:

One of the unique aspects of Bing is the background images it uses on its homepage, that include information about the picture when you roll over various parts of it. The feature actually originated on the previous incarnation of Microsoft’s search engine – Live.com. Now, the search engine is turning over the homepage image to Facebook users, at least for a day. The company has launched a Facebook application that lets users upload their own photos (with a summer travel theme) for consideration and vote on those uploaded by others. Ultimately, the Bing team will select finalists from the highest rated photos and then let users vote again to determine which image will be featured on the homepage on August 3rd.

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