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Microsoft Bing Mobile App - Microsoft unveiled a slew of new mobile, local, travel and social-media features for Bing in an effort to make the search engine more competitive with search-industry leader Google. One new feature aimed at social media fans is the option to rank search results based on what a Bing user's friends have "liked" on Facebook. Microsoft also updated its Bing mobile apps -- for smart phones such as the iPhone, Android and Windows Phone 7 handsets -- to enable users to make reservations using the popular OpenTable service or order takeout using Grubhub, all from within the app. Once checked in to a restaurant using OpenTable, a Bing app user can then "check in" at the restaurant using social-media location services such as Foursquare and Facebook Places. Microsoft Bing Mobile App Another new location-based feature for the Bing apps are reminders that users can set to pop up on their smart phones when Bing recognizes that its near ...