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Information Technology News Microsoft's mashup aim: outdo Google
Information Technology News Microsoft's mashup aim: outdo Google | Microsoft's mashup aim: outdo Google |
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| Written by Stephen Withers | |
| Thursday, 15 March 2007 | |
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So far, Google has been far more successful in encouraging developers to use its APIs to create mashups displaying various types of data on Google Maps. Examples vary in seriousness: you can combine your salesforce.com data with Google Maps, find liquor stores in Toronto or petrol stations in Ireland, or follow the locations of international cricket matches. We'll wait and see what comes out of the MVP summit.
Late last year, Jonathan Pincus, general manager of strategy development in Microsoft's online services group, challenged the company to start moving on "web time not on traditional Microsoft time" in exploiting its search resources and technologies.{moscomment}
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