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		blantonl on Sept 23, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook Timeline Interesting to note that Facebook Timeline uses Microsoft's Bing maps for all mapping presentation. Direct shot across Google's bow? I'm a Facebook developer and followed these instructions from none other than TechCrunch to get my timeline profile up and running. http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/22/how-to-enable-facebook-time... In any case, I thought the Bing Maps integration is a pretty significant item to note the growing competition between Facebook and Google on the social scene.

tolmasky on Sept 23, 2011 | [–]

Also, Microsoft owns part of Facebook, so there's that.

natrius on Sept 23, 2011 | | [–]

Facebook has been using Bing maps since Places was launched.

rwolf on Sept 23, 2011 | [–]

It's in a similar vein to the recent Skype integration.

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