Bing will start using Wolfram Alpha's data in search results following a licensing deal.
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Microsoft's Bing search engine is getting a little help from a very smart friend.
Wolfram Alpha and Bing have reached a licensing deal that allows Bing to present some of the specialized scientific and computational content that Wolfram Alpha generates, according to a source familiar with the deal. The deal was reported earlier by TechCrunch.
Representatives from Microsoft and Wolfram Research declined to comment on the deal.
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