Bing now shows ‘snapshot’ information for medication and food inside its search results

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Microsoft is slowly updating Bing with many of the deeper and contextual information features found on Google Search.

The latest additions show detailed, glanceable facts about food and drugs in a self-contained 'Snapshot' on the right-hand side of its search results. The idea is to offer you some of the most commonly requested facts and figures about popular items.

If Bing can serve up accurate and relevant information within its own search engine, it saves you from clicking any of the links in the main results page – saving you time and effort.

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Microsoft is continuing to enrich the Bing knowledge repository with the addition more new entity types. Recently they added 150 million doctors, lawyers and professionals to Snapshot on the Bing results page. Today they are taking it a step further with the addition of glance-able information on food and drugs. Drugs Who discovered aspirin? What are the risks associated with aspirin? What is the chemical formula? Now in a quick search you can explore more about a given drug directly within the Snapshot frame. Food How many calories are in a banana? How about Vitamin C and Magnesium? Similar to how you can consult the side of a box in the grocery aisle, Bing now showcases nutritional information for common foods directly in the Snapshot experience. Source: Bing blog

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