Apple's updated Spotlight search capability in OS X 'Yosemite' includes tighter integration with Microsoft's Bing search.



From All About Microsoft:

A few years ago, stories were circulating about Apple's iCloud being powered behind the scenes by Microsoft Azure. Neither Microsoft nor Apple officials would comment, but the leaks claiming Apple's iCloud was using Azure on the back end were never disproven.

(I asked Microsoft officials again today whether Azure has a role of some kind in Apple's newly announced iCloud Drive storage offering. Again, no word.)

Cut to 2014. At Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple execs mentioned Bing a few times during their presentation about Apple's revised Spotlight search functionality. Spotlight allows users to type on their desktops (rather than clicking on the magnifying glass in the menu bar) to search for apps, documents and other information.

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