Ms. Dewey was a web search engine by Microsoft, first unveiled in October 2006. Ms. Dewey was an Adobe Flash–based experimental interface for Live Search, where the eponymous Ms. Dewey, played by actress Janina Gavankar, acted as an interactive search …

Initially, Ms. Dewey was intended to run for no more than 60 days. There were nearly 900,000 visitors in the first 90 days and it ended up staying live for almost 2 years. Ray Ozzie, former CEO of Microsoft, was interviewed about it and it was a finalist at Cannes. I came up with the initial idea and it is one of the projects I am most proud of.

Feb 7, 2018 · Before Bing (and Siri), Microsoft Search was struggling to challenge the likes of Google and Yahoo. Traditional efforts weren’t working, so they were despera...

Aug 19, 2024 · Ms. Dewey was also designed to simulate a conversation. After you entered a query, she would “speak” to you, reading out the search results or providing commentary. This was a stark contrast to the text-heavy results pages of other search engines at the time. Ms. Dewey could also deliver some interesting facts, trivia, or just playful ...

Janina Zione Gavankar (/ dʒ ə ˈ n iː n ə ɡ ə ˈ v ɑː ŋ k ər /; born November 29, 1980) [1] [2] [3] is an American actress and musician. She is trained as a pianist, vocalist, and orchestral percussionist, and she majored in theatre at the University of Illinois Chicago. [4] [5] [6] Her roles include Eva "Papi" Torres on Showtime's The L Word, Shiva on The League, Leigh Turner on The ...

Meet Ms. Dewey. Before Bing (and before Siri), Microsoft Search was struggling. And traditional campaigns weren’t working. Microsoft loosened the reins: Anything goes. Just make it engaging, they said, and weave in search. Six months—and a few hundred ideas later—Ms. Dewey was born. A brilliant, sassy, virtual librarian, backed by 600 ...

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Oct 18, 2006 · That's the idea behind Ms. Dewey, a comely, "interactive" librarian who stands around waiting for you to type a search term—and throws out the occasional smart remark if you take too long.

Oct 17, 2006 · Ms. Dewey is reminiscent of previously popular viral ad sites like Burger King's Subservient Chicken, but considerably slicker, and actress Janina Gavankar is a lot more appealing than a guy in a ...

Mar 6, 2015 · The Ms. Dewey website was an Adobe Flash-based experimental interface for Live Search. The interface features a modern-looking cityscape as a backdrop with the character on the left side, while ...