Bing’s search results are getting a bit more informational thanks to a new partnership with Encyclopedia Britannica. They’re calling it “Britannica Online Encyclopedia Answers,” and it adds extra ...

Microsoft has signed a deal with Encyclopaedia Britannica to add entries from the reference work to Bing. The tie-up means summaries of topics using data from the Encyclopaedia will be added to some ...

The Encyclopaedia Britannica has been the most prestigious general encyclopedia in the English language for what seems like forever. But it has always been expensive, and a bit stodgy. Today, when ...

CHICAGO - Hours after Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. announced it will stop publishing print editions of its flagship encyclopedia for the first time in more than 200 years, someone among the editing ...

In January 2014, Google made a fundamental change to its search product: It started showing answers to user queries directly in so-called snippets, no further clicks required. But what started out as ...

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After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica will cease to publish its flagship line of reference books and will concentrate instead on its digital offerings. “We’d like to think our tradition is not ...

The massive, iconic Encyclopaedia Britannica is now officially out of print. The staple of your local library, that 32-volume set, will be no more. The company’s final edition, from 2010, still ...

Encyclopaedia Britannica finally reached its Video Killed The Radio Star moment this year. The venerable 244 year old institution will no longer publish print editions of the encyclopedia, focusing ...

A.J. Jacobs, an editor at large at Esquire, read the Encyclopaedia Britannica for his memoir "The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World." He is the author of ...

Microsoft has signed a deal with Encyclopaedia Britannica to add entries from the reference work to Bing. The tie-up means summaries of topics using data from the Encyclopaedia will be added to some ...