Norad 'Santa tracker' drops Google Maps for Bing this Christmas
Norad 'Santa tracker' drops Google Maps for Bing this Christmas
It could be the most controversial technological break-up since Apple ditched Google maps for its own inferior version.
On Wednesday, the North American Aeropsace Defense Command (Norad), announced that it has teamed up with Microsoft Bing to power its annual "Santa tracker" after its previous partner, Google, announced it was launching its own version.
Norad, which usually spends its time monitoring the air space above the US and Canada for unexplained or criminal aerospace activity, has "tracked" the worldwide progress of Santa's gift-giving journeys at Christmas since 1955. For the past five years, it used Google Maps to display its "data", which is hugely popular with children.
Norad said the split from Google Maps, who it had worked with to track Santa since 2007, was a mutual decision.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/dec/19/norad-santa-tracker-google-bing
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