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Monday, August 24, 2009

Yelp Mobile: Bing Maps on Blackberry, GMaps on iPhone

TechCrunch notes the launch of the Yelp Blackberry app (Yelp is a restaurant review service) and the difference in map platform. So, why go Bing when Google was used for the previous app on the other platform?

Per the article: “Yelp says that Bing was used because the search engine provided map tile access, which was essential for movable maps on the app.”

by Adena Schutzberg on 08/24 at 06:00 AM | Comments | Bookmark and Share

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