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The buzz around realtime search of social networks has mostly surrounded Twitter and Facebook. Collecta, OneRiot and the search giants, including Microsoft, Google and Yahoo all tap into Twitter (and Facebook too) to capture the realtime stream of content. But MySpace is also getting into the game, recently releasing a set of real-time APIs that both OneRiot and Google will be tapping into to provide content from the social network. Today, real-time search engine Collecta has launched a search platform that offers a real-time view into MySpace.

Microsoft has released a mobile version of Bing on the App Store that works on the iPhone and iPod touch.

Microsoft and News Corp. have held discussions about a partnership that could result in News Corp. removing its newspaper content from Google's search engine while continuing to feature it on Microsoft's online properties.

Microsoft is shedding the beta tag for its custom Bing search engine that caters to users in the United Kingdom with a localized offering.

Microsoft seems to have decided that this week is “roll out new features” week for its upstart search engine Bing. Yesterday the search engine infused new features into Bing Maps, and it also transformed MSN Video into Bing Video.

Microsoft has struck non-exclusive search deals with Facebook and Twitter to integrate real-time status updates and tweets into Bing's search results. Microsoft online services division president Qi Lu and Yusuf Mehdi ...

Microblogging service Twitter is in advanced talks with Google Inc and Microsoft Corp about licensing its data feed to the companies' search engines, a Web blog associated with the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

After months of slow but steady increases in its market share, Bing's share of the search market in the US and globally fell for the first time in September.

According to the results of a new survey by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index, Google's users are extremely happy with their search engine. Google scored 86 points out of a possible 100, followed by Yahoo with 77 points.

Bing's share of the search market grew another percentage point in July, indicating that some of those initial users may be sticking around for the long haul.