Comments on: Microsoft Strikes Bing Deal With Twitter, Facebook: The Official Announcement

By: Microsoft a First-Mover With No Advantage in Twitter Deal | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:26:02 +0000

[...] (MSFT) may have gotten the jump on Google (GOOG) when its Bing search engine became the first to allow users to search Twitter in real time, but that victory is largely an empty one. Because while being first is generating quite a bit of [...]

By: Sam Harrison

Sam Harrison — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:25:20 +0000

I find no value in Twitter’s endless babbling stream and very little in facebook’s either

putting search on top of these is hype, mainstream people don’t care one iota

By: Derick Schaefer

Derick Schaefer — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:32:11 +0000

Many, including myself, have written Microsoft off. However, this move coupled with their direction from the jellyfish acquistion (cashback) could provide them a leg up. As Google goes down “build paths” like SideWiki, a window of opportunity could be created.

In my 10 years of working with Microsoft, I never saw a pure partnership of this nature in a space they quazi competed in. This is a good thing for all. On the flip side, they have a long trail of carnage in previous partnerships: 3Com, IBM, Sybase, Citrix, . . .

By: Bing Adds Twitter and Facebook Posts to Search Results, Should Google Worry? | The Far Side of Tech

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:08:25 +0000

[...] Things D got the scoop this morning on two upcoming deals Microsoft has made to integrate real time updates from Twitter and Facebook [...]

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Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:53:42 +0000

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