Money | Facebook Facebook: Bing's New Friend Microsoft search engine adds social features By Kevin Spak Posted Oct 14, 2010 8:08 AM CDT Copied Microsoft Online Services Division President Qi Lu, left, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, speak at Microsoft’s Silicon Valley Campus, Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) Microsoft’s Bing is about to implement some intriguing new Facebook-powered features, the companies announced yesterday. Results on Bing will now show you how many of your friends “liked” that item, and any related links they’ve shared, the New York Times reports. This social data will also factor into which results show up. “It isn’t just about the common connections between data and the offline world, it’s about connections between people,” said one Microsoft VP. The deal represents a tightening of the Facebook/Microsoft partnership—the House That Gates Built owns 1.6% of Facebook, and helped introduce ads to the site. Read These Next The Supreme Court just struck down President Trump's tariffs. President Trump struck defiant tone after tariffs loss at court. Patrick Dempsey, Shonda Rhimes pay tribute to Eric Dane. Somebody gave Osaka a pile of gold to pay for fixing old pipes. Report an error