Microsoft combines the power of Bing and Wikipedia in new app for Windows 8.1

Bing Wikipedia Browser

What happens when Microsoft takes the Bing Knowledge repository and combines it with Wikipedia? You get a new app for Windows 8 called Bing Wikipedia Browser. It'due south a brand new app in the Windows Store that gives you enhanced search capabilities and content recommendations. Let's check it out.

Here's what Microsoft says you get Bing Wikipedia Browser for Windows 8:

Search and browse manufactures with comfort
Explore related topics with the bottom recommendation bar
Flip through all images in an article in high resolution
Share interesting topics with your friends

We already have an official Wikipedia app in the Windows Store, and so why do we demand ane from Microsoft? Few differences. The official Wikipedia app is certainly serviceable for your needs, but the Bing Wikipedia Browser has a few extra features and a level of polish you won't find with the official app.

Bing Wikipedia Browser

Nosotros'll be using Bing Wikipedia Browser to admission Wikipedia on our Surface 2 going forward. We're big fans of how the app volition show you related topics and related people using Bing, something y'all don't get with the official Wikipedia app. We likewise adopt the layout of scrolling vertically to read the Wikipedia articles. A scattering of buttons in the upper right mitt corner requite you quick access to specific functions. You tin browse the images in an entry, view the contents of the page, favorite the page and much more than with those buttons.

Bing Wikipedia Browser for Windows viii is a nice app for using Wikipedia. Download information technology today from the Windows Store.

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