Microsoft may be building touch-friendly features into Windows 8 to optimize the operating system for tablets, but that isn’t stopping the company from pushing out apps for other tablet platforms.

Microsoft has rolled out a new feature that lets iOS users discover mobile apps related to their searches. Say you’re looking up movie showtimes. Movie-related apps such as IMDB or Fandango might show ...

The company is quietly developing this feature, turning Bing Image Creator into a more comprehensive media generation tool. While Microsoft has not made a formal announcement, code within the Bing ...