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Just call him Kris Bing-le: Microsoft maps to track Santa this year

12/18/2012

Has Google been naughty and Microsoft nice? The organization that tracks Santa's travel route has decided to dump Google Maps and use Microsoft's Bing Maps instead to keep eager Claus-watchers posted on the jolly guy's location. North American Aerospace Defense Command started tracking Santa from Peterson Air Force Base in 1955, when a kid phoned the base in hopes of speaking with St. Nick. NORAD has used Google Maps since 2007, but a spokesman says, "NORAD and Google have decided to go their separate ways and pursue other opportunities." Like stalking the Tooth Fairy or following the Easter Bunny? [Source]

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