Microsoft is targeting the iPhone as another avenue for boosting usage of its Bing search engine.

On Thursday, Microsoft released a software developer kit designed to make it easier for iPhone developers to build access to Bing into their applications. Using the SDK, a developer can build an iPhone application that searches Bing for Web information, images, videos, news and phonebook results.
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Apple has approved a streaming music application from Spotify for use on the iPhone, even though the program will compete with Apple’s own iTunes service.
Rumors have circled in recent weeks that the app had been denied.

Spotify is an advertising-supported music service that lets end-users stream music to their computers free of charge. The service is available in the U.K. and by invitation in countries including Sweden, Norway, Finland, France and Spain. Users can opt to pay for a version of the service without ads.
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