Redmond, Wash. – Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) on Thursday announced the launch
of a new daily deals aggregation feature on its Bing search engine, which will
include over 200,000 offers in 14,000 U.S. towns.
The service includes offers
from Groupon, LivingSocial and Restaurant.com, among others, and is powered by
deal aggregation The Dealmap.
Using the mobile version of Bing, users can click
on a "Deals" button and have location-based deals delivered to their
smartphones.
The service will also alert users to deals when they are browsing
a business, restaurant or attraction from their phones.
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(Bing blog)