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bootcat:news:important_announcement [2012/06/06 10:14] – eros | bootcat:news:important_announcement [2012/06/06 10:27] – [A new version will be released soon] eros | ||
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====== A new version will be released soon ====== | ====== A new version will be released soon ====== | ||
- | On May 17, 2012 Bing announced that **version 1.0** of their Search API (a fundamental service used by BootCaT) will be decommissioned on August 1, 2012. This means that the current version of BootCaT will stop working on that day. | + | On May 17, 2012 [[http:// |
Moreover, Bing is no longer allowing users to register for version 1 of the Bing Search API, this means that, while existing AppIds will continue working until August 1, **new users will not be able to obtain an AppId and therefore will not be able to use BootCaT**. | Moreover, Bing is no longer allowing users to register for version 1 of the Bing Search API, this means that, while existing AppIds will continue working until August 1, **new users will not be able to obtain an AppId and therefore will not be able to use BootCaT**. | ||
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* if you have an AppId you should be able to continue using it until August 1, 2012 | * if you have an AppId you should be able to continue using it until August 1, 2012 | ||
- | * if you **don' | + | * if you **don' |
* borrow an AppId from someone else | * borrow an AppId from someone else | ||
* wait for the next version of BootCaT to be released | * wait for the next version of BootCaT to be released | ||
+ | ====== BootCaT and Bing are two very different things ====== | ||
+ | The authors of BootCaT (mostly people working at the universities of Bologna and Trento) are in no way affiliated with Bing (a commercial search engine controlled by Microsoft). |