Google, and Microsoft Bing, each announced deals to access Twitter’s store of public data in real time on Wednesday, in the latest sign of escalating competition between the two search engines.
The deals are expected to ramp up the efficacy and lure of search results, by allowing users to scan real-time Tweets: 140-character stream-of-consciousness messages that Twitter hosts on its popular website.
Published 22 October 2009, 16:17 IST