Tuesday’s Tech Trends: Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s Patent Requests, Google Inc (GOOG)’s Deal & Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) With A New Look

Microsoft debuts new Bing logo with revamped search-results page (LiveMint)
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) isn’t the only Web property with a new look. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s Bing search engine is unveiling on Tuesday a revamped website with a redesigned logo. The brand features a simpler typeface created to be simple, real and direct that better matches the font used on other Microsoft products, Scott Erickson, senior director, brand and creative at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post. The company also changed how it displays search results, moving from three columns to two.

Outstanding Features that would make iOS 7 the Best Mobile OS (USFinancePost)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) -3.18% is set to unleash its updated operating system on September 18. iOS 7 would be a wholly redesigned and further improved OS for its popular devices—iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. This early, the experts are asserting that the upcoming update would feature radical new look along with better security and functionality features.

Brazil May Require Google, Facebook to Store Data Locally (BusinessWeek)
Brazil may require Internet service companies such as Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) to set up local data storage centers, a senior government official said today. Internet service companies would have to follow Brazilian privacy laws and the government may also decide to store sensitive data such as tax information within the country, Internet Policy Secretary Virgilio Almeida told reporters in Brasilia after a meeting between industry representatives and President Dilma Rousseff.

BANKS PUT CUSTOMERS FIRST WITH MICROSOFT DYNAMICS CRM (PR-BG)
At the Sibos global financial services event in Dubai, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) today announced that a number of leading global financial institutions are modernizing their business operations and choosing Microsoft Dynamics CRM as the platform to shift from transaction-based businesses to customer-centric businesses. Microsoft Dynamics CRM has been designed from the ground up to help businesses engage and delight their customers by delivering exceptional customer experiences and interactions.

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