Microsoft forms Bing alliance with Facebook, Twitter
Published: 22 Oct 2009 09:44 BST
Microsoft is indeed including real-time search results from Facebook and Twitter in its Bing search engine thanks to two partnerships, search head Qi Lu and senior vice-president Yusuf Mehdi announced at the Web 2.0 Summit on Wednesday.
The Twitter partnership, which will bring all real-time public tweets to Bing, went live in beta on Wednesday at Bing.com/twitter. The Facebook deal, which will access all information shared publicly on the social network, will arrive "at a later date", Mehdi said. It is all part of Bing's strategy to harness "the emerging hot area of real-time information", he added.
No financial terms were disclosed for either deal; in a talk later in the day at the Web 2.0 Summit, Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said "no money changed hands" in its deal with Microsoft.
For the full story, please visit Microsoft partners with Facebook, Twitter on CNET News.
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