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Google Search for Windows Phone Gets Redesigned

Google has just announced the availability of a new flavor of its Google Search application for devices powered by Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system. The new flavor of the app arrives on devices with features such as Google Autocomplete, which offers search predictions to speed things up. It also inclu...

8 March 2012
02:15 GMT

Google Intros New Mobile Search Features

Google has just made a series of changes to its mobile search page, so as to enable users access various information much easier than before while on the go. Just as reported yesterday, a few hours before Google made the changes official, the mobile search page will enable users access info on nearby places easie...

15 June 2011
02:10 GMT

Michigan State Police Denies Unconstitutional Use of Phone Forensics Device

The Michigan State Police (MSP) denies having used mobile phone forensics equipment to bypass people's Fourth Amendment protections and claims it only uses the devices in criminal cases.The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), one of the top civil rights watchdogs in US, accused the MSP of dribbling FOIA (Free...

21 April 2011
02:58 GMT

Yahoo! Mobile Search Integrates GetJar Apps

The finding of applications for mobile phones has just become easier with the new partnership that Yahoo! and GetJar announced, which was aimed at integrating the 75,000+ applications from GetJar's portal into Yahoo! Mobile Search. Not only would end-users have the possibility to access applications much more e...

19 November 2010
05:21 GMT

Google Gives Mobile Search a Facelift

Today, Mountain View-based Internet giant Google announced a series of new changes to its mobile search service. According to the company, these changes affect the look of Google Search results for mobile and were meant to provide users with a consistent overall experience. Moreover, it seems that the Google search ...

6 May 2010
02:48 GMT

Microsoft's Bing to Power Yahoo Mobile Search Too

Redmond-based Microsoft and Yahoo announced on Wednesday an agreement according to which Microsoft’s Bing search technology would power Yahoo's search and advertising for the following 10 years. While the deal involves the mobile sites as well, it seems that this part is not exclusive, and Yahoo is enabled...

30 July 2009
04:32 GMT

Google Announces AdSense for Mobile Search

A recent post on the Google Mobile Blog announces that Google has added a new AdSense product for all mobile network operators and mobile website owners all over the world. The new AdSense for mobile search offers carriers and mobile publishers a simple and easy way to embed a Google search box on their websites or p...

11 February 2009
06:24 GMT

Mobile Search Collaboration Between Cgogo and Lenovo

Cgogo, one of the biggest providers in China's mobile search industry, recently announced a collaboration with Lenovo, another important company from China that manufactures handsets and other electronic equipment. The cooperation's goal is to boost mobile search services as well as information search in or...

19 June 2007
09:28 GMT

Skyhook Wireless Launches Loki 2.0

Skyhook Wireless announced at the O'Reilly Where 2.0 conference the release of Loki 2.0, a new version of the platform that delivers location-aware search services. Developed using Skyhook's Wi-Fi Positioning System location engine, Loki 2.0 adds new user controls, an updated look and feel, support for the ...

4 June 2007
10:08 GMT

InfoSpace Provides Mobile Search Solution to Virgin Mobile

InfoSpace announced a partnership with Virgin Mobile to provide the wireless carrier with a complete suite of mobile platform services, including the addition of a customized, integrated mobile search solution. As a result of the deal, Virgin Mobile will be able to offer its customers the ability to search the Intern...

4 June 2007
08:55 GMT

AskMeNow to Introduce Natural Language Search of Wikipedia

AskMeNow announced a preliminary agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization behind the well-known online encyclopedia Wikipedia, to introduce a natural language desktop search and mobile search of Wikipedia. The beta site for the desktop search will be developed by AskMeNow's natural la...

1 June 2007
10:05 GMT

World Directories and mobilePeople to Introduce Mobile Directory Search Services in Europe

World Directories, a local search and advertising company, has entered a partnership with mobile search services provider mobilePeople, to introduce a mobile directory search service in Belgium, Portugal and the Netherlands. Goudengids and Dutch Goldenpages, Belgium's equivalent of local directory information, ...

8 May 2007
09:14 GMT

Access Files, Emails, Music and Videos on the PC Remotely from the Mobile Phone

Mamma.com, a provider of search technology for the Internet and desktop space, announced an add-on for its Copernic Desktop Search product targeted at the mobile phone users community. The plug-in allows users to search and access their emails, files, music, pictures, videos and other content stored on the PC, remote...

2 May 2007
10:19 GMT

BooRah and 4INFO to Launch Mobile Restaurant Review Guide

BooRah announced a partnership with 4INFO to launch a new mobile restaurant review guide. The guide is intended to provide an efficient way to find restaurants throughout the San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York metro areas. With this partnership, BooRah plans to extend restaurant reviews and ratings via its Synd...

25 April 2007
09:28 GMT

Tellme Launches Mobile Search Service

Tellme Networks announced the launch of a free service that provides users with new ways to search for information they need from the mobile phone. Tellme allows consumers to perform searches by speaking or typing their query, after which they can choose to hear the result or view it on the mobile's display."Tel...

17 April 2007
10:14 GMT

Alltel Handsets to Come with Carrier-Branded Search

One of America's largest networks, Alltel Wireless and JumpTap, a leading provider of mobile search and advertising solutions have announced that they will be launching the first carrier-branded mobile search application. The application will be pre-installed on handsets that will also feature a dedicated search...

11 April 2007
02:57 GMT

AT&T's YELLOWPAGES.COM Enhances Local Business Search

AT&T announced that its subsidiary YELLOWPAGES.COM has launched a new service that helps users find local businesses more easily from their cell phone. To use the service, consumers simply send a text message to YP411 (97411) with a business name or business category, along with a city and state or ZIP code. YELLOWPA...

2 April 2007
05:03 GMT

Rogers Wireless Selects Nuance for Speech-Based Mobile Search

During CTIA Wireless 2007, Nuance Communications has announced that Canada's operator Rogers Wireless will offer Nuance Voice Control, a speech-enabled mobile search and messaging service on select devices to its subscribers. Nuance Voice Control is a comprehensive subscription-based system driven entirely by n...

30 March 2007
05:49 GMT

LG And Google Announce Partnership

It's nice to sit and watch how Google and Yahoo are competing against each other to conquer the mobile search world. What's interesting is that so far both of the two companies have reached some sort of agreement with mobile phone manufacturers Samsung and LG. After the Yahoo! and LG deal concerning the di...

28 March 2007
05:48 GMT

VoiceSignal Announces Free Ad-Supported Voice-Enabled Mobile Search Platform

VoiceSignal, a developer of mobile voice technology solutions, announced partnerships with Enpocket and Third Screen Media to integrate relevant advertisements into the newly announced VSearch voice search service to be offered by VoiceSignal. VSearch will be offered in a manner similar to popular Internet search eng...

23 March 2007
07:53 GMT

Yahoo Expands the Reach of Its Mobile Search Service

Yahoo! Has expanded the reach of its popular Yahoo! OneSearch service even further, to the Mobile Web in the United States. The service reinvents search and offers consumers exactly what they want on their mobile phones, instant answers. It was initially launched in Yahoo! Go For Mobile 2.0 and is now available for o...

20 March 2007
10:12 GMT

Microsoft to Acquire Voice Recognition Company TellMe

Microsoft has announced that it is going to buy Tellme Networks, the speech technology company, to bolster its communications push and enhance searches over mobile phones. As it is usual in these situations, no financial terms whatsoever were revealed. Microsoft expects to complete the purchase of the company in the ...

15 March 2007
05:58 GMT


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