Face-off: Does Spotlight need better Web search?
On Thursday Microsoft announced details of its Windows 8.1 update. Since Microsoft owns both operating systems and a search engine, it’s not surprising that one of the new features in Windows 8.1 is improved Web-search integration.
Microsoft's sample Windows 8.1 search.
Unlike Microsoft and Google, Apple doesn't have its own search engine. And to date, search-engine integration in OS X and iOS has been pretty limited. If you search in Spotlight on an iOS device or a Mac, you’ll be offered the option of searching for the term you typed on your default search engine or in Wikipedia.
Microsoft, on the other hand, will be providing Windows users with an integrated set of search results featuring both the contents of the Windows PC in question as well as from the Internet:
In Windows 8.1, the Search charm will provide global search results powered by Bing in a rich, simple-to-read, aggregated view of many content sources (the Web, apps, files, SkyDrive, actions you can take) to provide the best “answer” for your query. We think this will really change the way you interact with the Web and with Windows making it quicker and easier to get things done.
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