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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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If you haven't heard about the widget wars yet, you are about to. Last week, I moderated a panel at the Open Mobile Summit. The subject was "Apps in the Cloud," which explored the difference between accessing content through applications, which are downloaded to the phone, and content that...
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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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It's not all bad news for Yahoo ( NSDQ: YHOO ) these days. T-Mobile USA has picked the company's OneSearch platform for its default search engine on mobile phones, InfoWorld reports . The carrier will be placing a OneSearch button on phones under a deal expected to be announced at the Open Mobile...
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Yahoo ( NSDQ: YHOO ) CEO Jerry Yang will step down from his post as soon as the board finds a suitable replacement, and BoomTown broke the story. The official release from Yahoo is out. Kara also has his full memo to the Yahoo team, in which Yang says he'll participate in the search for his successor...
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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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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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Economic uncertainty will affect mobile advertising for at least two years, at which point marketing agencies will expect clients to increase their ad budgets, reports The Financial Times . Jean-Paul Edwards, executive director of futures at Manning Gottlieb OMD, which is part of Omnicom, a marketing...
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Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. is taking the wraps off its new handset subsidiary, INQ Mobile, this week and hopes to pick up where others have left much to desire. Coming from a carriers' point of view, the company doesn't hide the fact it wants as many customers as possible to access content on their...
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Geraldine Wilson has been appointed to the position of CEO at Truphone , a London-based company that enables phones with Wi-Fi to make regular phone calls and send text messages using the Internet, according to a press release . Previously, Wilson worked at Yahoo ( NSDQ: YHOO ), where she was responsible...
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Voice-Enabled Search Comes to Yahoo ( NSDQ: YHOO ) oneSearch and Yahoo Go 3.0: Yahoo has integrated a voice-enabled search engine into its oneSearch application on Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) Series 60 devices and Yahoo Go 3.0. Once the new version of oneSearch is installed, users can access the voice-enabled...
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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...