Exclusive: Guess Who Else Is Coming to Dinner? Twitter-Microsoft Bing Deal Confirmed, But So Is Facebook-Bing [BoomTown]
All Things Digital Oct 21 09In a stunning one-two punch, Microsoft will announce separate nonexclusive deals today with both Facebook and Twitter to integrate their real-time feed of status updates into the Bing search service. According to sources, Microsoft (MSFT) digital head Qi Lu will announce the deal onstage in a few hours at the Web 2.0 Summit. BoomTown reported earlier today that the Microsoft data-mining deal with Twitter was poised to be announced. The first-mover deal by Microsoft, needless to say, is a solid blow to Google, who has also been talking with both companies about a similar arrangement, because--for the first time--data will be available on Bing that is not on the search giant. Full story...
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