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 Melinda French Gates reacts to her ex showing up in new Epstein files. Sarah Ferguson said she cut off Epstein. Not quite, emails show. The voice behind 'Joy to the World' has died at 83. Trump signs bill to end the latest government shutdown. Report an error