As daily deal sites, apps and newsletters proliferate (in fact, The New York Times revealed its high-end version Wednesday), the need for a tool to aggregate and present those deals in a meaningful way for consumers has become apparent.
Enter Bing, which Thursday launched a web-based platform called Bing Deals that collects and organizes deals from top providers such as Groupon, LivingSocial and Restaurant.com.
To access Bing Deals on your iPhone or Android (somewhat amusingly, Windows 7 users can't access the feature), simply point your browser to m.bing.com, select "deals" from the main menu and specify your location to pull up deals. You can sort deals by their proximity or category or by search.
For reasons beyond us, this same service isn't extended to desktop search. If you search for the name of a business, a green Deals icon will appear with a link to further information, but it's not possible to browse for deals in the same way, as far as we're aware.