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OneSearch, one product Yahoo ( NSDQ: YHOO ) keeps highlighting despite through its own troubled times, has got another deal. The web-based version of the mobile search app will power search for Virgin Media's new mobile portal in the UK from December 8. OneSearch already this year inked similar partnerships...
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There are four major wireless carriers in the U.S., and all but Verizon Wireless ( NYSE: VZ ) have a default mobile search provider. Both AT&T ( NYSE: T ) and T-Mobile USA use Yahoo! ( NSDQ: YHOO ) and Sprint ( NYSE: S ) Nextel uses Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ). If Verizon Wireless chooses Yahoo!, that...
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Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) is planning to launch a new version of search on the iPhone that will allow users to conduct searches by using their voice, and asking questions, such as "Where's the nearest Starbucks?" or "How tall is Mount Everest?" The sound is converted to a digital...
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Microsoft is finally close to edging out Google on a search deal, and this one is on the mobile side: it is close to finalizing its deal to become the default search provider on the carrier's phones, and is even offering guaranteed payments to the carrier of approximately $550 million to $650 million...
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Microsoft ( NSDQ: MSFT ) is trying hard to snatch away the search deal that Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) has been working on with the second largest U.S. carrier Verizon Wireless ( NYSE: VZ ), and has offered a much sweeter rev share deal as part of it, reports WSJ, citing sources . MSFT saw an opening as Google...
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People are searching for more local items on their mobile phones as the popularity of smartphones rise and become more common, according to a six-month study conducted by The Kelsey Group. Release . Several companies are competing in this space, including online giants, such as Google ( NSDQ: GOOG )...
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-- Taptu providing search to itsmy.com: Taptu announced today that it's providing search capabilities to www.itsmy.com , a mobile social network with more than two million users. Taptu's search helps users find mobile content such as videos, music, images and will render it for different phone...
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The $150 million BlackBerry Partners Fund has announced its first three investments totaling $16.7 million. They are: buzzd, a social network, Digby, a mobile storefront provider and WorldMate, a travel management tool. These three represent the fund's first investments, but last week, the investment...
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The BlackBerry Partners Fund, a $150 million pool of money focused on apps and services for the RIM-made device, had a little contest of its own (a la Google's Android developer challenge) and today awarded $150,000 from its venture fund to three companies: Poynt, Strands Social Player and Nobex...
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To get the excitement rolling for the upcoming availability of the first Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) phone, T-Mobile USA has planted a number of devices in the hands of a select group of reporters, and I was lucky enough to get my hands on one. Over the past few days, I did my best to determine the best and...
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Even with the first Android device set to launch in a matter of days, Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) still has the iPhone and the inherent opportunities it presents high on its mind. The company has been meeting with ad agencies recently to show off different ways to integrate advertising into searches conducted...
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Bruce Stewart, who left Yahoo's ( NSDQ: YHOO ) Connected Life division last month, where he was responsible for the business development activities and product implementations in the Americas, including the AT&T ( NYSE: T ) MEdiaNet implementation of oneSearch, is now joining kgb as CEO of the...