Microsoft's purchase of AOL patents may be about a Google map...

Microsoft's purchase of AOL patents may be about a Google map war

April 9, 2012,


Summary: If you connect the dots AOL’s patent sale to Microsoft may have a lot to do with the Bing Maps, Mapquest, OpenStreetMap trio vs. Google Maps.

Microsoft bought AOL’s patents in a deal valued at $1.056 billion and may have just accelerated a Web map war with Google.

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http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/microsofts-purchase-of-aol-patents-may-be-about-a-google-map-war/73489?tag=nl.e539