Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Uber buys mapping assets from Microsoft Bing | ZDNet

tbd if there are other Bing-related deal dimensions

"Uber has acquired a series of mapping assets from Microsoft Bing as the alt-cab company works to build out its own mapping service.

The assets include the cameras Microsoft used to collect mapping imagery data, a datacenter in Colorado, intellectual property and roughly 100 engineers who have worked primarily on Bing maps and image collection."
Uber buys mapping assets from Microsoft Bing | ZDNet

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