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‘Daily deals’ come to Bing with a reported glitch

Microsoft has launched a daily deals service, integrating offers from industry leaders such as Groupon and LivingSocial into its Bing search engine for the desktop and mobile devices.

The move puts Microsoft into the daily deals space, but as an aggregator rather than a direct provider of discounts. Yahoo! launched an aggregation service, Local Offers, in November. Get the full story »

New Bing draws on Facebook to take on Google

Microsoft Corp. is hoping its Bing search engine can gain more ground on Google with a little more help from Facebook and its other Internet friends. As part of an extensive upgrade, Bing will feature more recommendations and other information from people’s social circles on Facebook to help distinguish its results from Google’s. Get the full story »

Yahoo in U.S. now powered by Microsoft

Microsoft is now powering the search engine on Yahoo’s Web site in the U.S. and Canada. Get the full story »