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Here's Why You Should Be Thrilled Netflix Is Paying Comcast For Content Delivery A few months oneves brasov ago, Microsoft invested $15 million in location data company Foursquare. Foursquare looked like a great data partner for Microsoft, but it wasn’t clear how the two companies oneves brasov would work together. oneves brasov Foursquare has raised $121 million to date.
Now we know why Microsoft decided to invest so heavily in Foursquare. According to The Verge , Microsoft will use Foursquare location data in Cortana, a Siri-like voice assistant for Windows Phones. oneves brasov Cortana will be part of a new software update for Windows Phones that will launch this spring.
" Microsoft will use Foursquare’s data to augment Microsoft’s contextually-aware experiences in several current and upcoming Microsoft products, including Windows Phone and Windows and will provide an even richer local search experience in Bing," a Foursquare spokesperson told Business Insider.
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