Today is the 57th Anniversary of the Bar Code

The Bar code was invented on Oct 7 1952 in The United States, but the technology took off 20 years after when Laser Sensors were invented. Today on Google's website you can see they replaced the Google logo to a Bar Code that reads Google.
The first product that used a Bar Code was Wrigley's Gum. Now there is a Bar Code for every product available in the market. Those little stripes contain information about the product, price, manufacturer information. etc.

Microsoft launched Bing!

Bing is a new search engine created by Microsoft which launched today in an effort to take on rivals like Google and Yahoo search engines. www.bing.com displays a different background image every day.

Bing has pretty much the same options as rivals, with the addition of popular news displayed on the bottom of the page.
One of the new features is called Bing cashback, where people gets money back from eligible purchases made through the site giving you the choice to purchase from PayPal.

Move the mouse over the background image and you will find relevant information and links related to the background.
The page layout for pictures and videos looks simple but good. The page for news looks innovative and informative.

Only time will tell if Microsoft's Bing will be a success and a great competitor for Google and Yahoo!