Channel - Mobile Search

Interactive TV Software Developer Zodiac Interactive Sells Mobile Content Search Engine Zodigo - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 30 Apr 2008 04:59 AM PST

Interactive television software developer Zodiac Interactive has sold its mobile content search engine Zodigo in a management buy-out led by Zodigo CEO Matt Johnston, who was also Zodiac’s former SVP…

Should Google Be Scared Of The Mobile Internet? - 4 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 28 Apr 2008 02:00 PM PST

Two weeks ago, a mobile industry veteran declared that the mobile Web as dead, and now this week, BusinessWeek is arguing the exact opposite—that the mobile Internet and not Microsoft…

Mobile Content Bits: MoneyChannel; Greystripe Ad Results; LG Slifter Sweepstakes; iPhone Gets Haptic - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 28 Apr 2008 11:42 AM PST

-- The Money Channel has launched MoneyChannel Mobile, which will offer business, stock market and economic news, as well as stock quotes and corporate announcements. Users will also have the…

Sony Buys Gracenote For $260 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 24 Apr 2008 02:02 PM PST

Sony (NYSE: SNE) Corp of America has bought Gracenote, the media metadata and tech firm which has been around since 1998, for about $260 million and more based on contingencies.…

Microsoft’s Tellme Launches Voice Search For BlackBerry - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 23 Apr 2008 04:40 AM PST

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) subsidiary Tellme today launched voice search for the BlackBerry that allows users to hold down the “talk” button and say a keyword to receive a list of…

Google China Exec: Mobile-Search Volume May Exceed PCs In Three Years - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 22 Apr 2008 08:59 PM PST

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) still trails Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU) in online search in China but has high hopes for mobile growth, Google’s China president Lee Kai-Fu said in an interview with…

Voice-Enabled Local Search Launched For Sprint - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 22 Apr 2008 03:00 AM PST

Sprint (NYSE: S) has launched A voice-enabled local search service has launched. Sprint users can download the FreeMobile411 application, which lets them hold down the talk key and speak what…

KDDI Adds Visual Search From Bandai - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 17 Apr 2008 09:46 AM PST

Japan’s KDDI will launch visual search on its Spring 2008 au line of camera phones, and will make the application available for download to current customers with an au camera…

Mobile Content Bits: 3 UK Adds Fun Text; AOL And Time.com on iPhone; Egyptian Ads; RollingStone.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 15 Apr 2008 11:55 AM PST

-- 3UK/Fun Text: 3 UK is adding Fun Text - a cutesy picture messaging service - to its Planet 3 mobile web portal. Cambridge-based Fun Text - which routes basic…

Russell Beattie Throws In The Towel On Mowser; And Doesn’t Believe In The Mobile Web Anymore - 8 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 15 Apr 2008 09:00 AM PST

In April 2007, a mere year ago, Russell Beattie started Mowser, a mobile browser that would render Web sites correctly for the mobile phone. Today, he’s publicly calling it quits,…

First Nokia Becomes A Content Company, Now Qualcomm? - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 11 Apr 2008 11:46 AM PST

Now that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has made the plunge and has reorganized its business to focus on mobile content through its Ovi portal, it appears others are working up the…

Updated: Mobile Content Bits: Mom’s Luv Txt; FreeMobile411 Launches; Nike’s iPhone Apps; Hockey News - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 11 Apr 2008 10:35 AM PST

-- Mom’s Luv 2 Txt: The Washington Post has an interesting story today about how parents are the fastest growing demographic of text messaging, as they are forced to communicate…

Opera’s Mobile Browser May Find A Home On Android - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 10 Apr 2008 09:20 AM PST

Opera announced today that it has ported a mini-version of its mobile browser over to the Android operating system. The company reports that the task wasn’t easy. Android’s SDK is…

Wireless Take On The Landline Phone; Are Ringtones Next? - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 08 Apr 2008 11:49 AM PST

Here’s a new take on an old business—create an iPhone-like experience for landlines, and maybe you’ll keep a few customers. Embarq, Sprint’s (NYSE: S) old landline company, is unveiling today…

Content, Apps Provider MobiVentures Buys E-mail Marketer PurePromoter For $7.8 Million - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 08 Apr 2008 11:48 AM PST

Mobile content and apps creator MobiVentures is acquiring UK-based e-mail marketer PurePromoter for $7.8 million (3.9 million pounds). MobiVentures has secured $2 million (1.01 million pounds) in financing from Trafalgar…

@ CTIA: Advertising Bits: Vodafone May Share Ad Revs With Subs; Virgin’s Sugar Mama; and Forum Nokia - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 07 Apr 2008 06:08 PM PST

Two years ago at CTIA, only a few companies would even mumble the words “mobile advertising,” but now it’s a part of everyone’s vernacular. Truthfully, that makes it a lot…

AT&T Supporting Visual Search Marketing Service To Make Traditional Ads Interactive - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 04 Apr 2008 03:09 AM PST

AT&T (NYSE: T) has “quietly agreed” to support a marketing service that will allow mobile phone campaigns to link print ads, billboards and product packaging with digital media, reports Media…

Local Matters Acquires Local Mobile Search Firm mobilePeople - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 04 Apr 2008 01:46 AM PST

Media technology provider Local Matters is acquiring Danish local mobile search and advertising provider mobilePeople. The Denver, Colorado-based firm, which specializes in local search, will acquire all of the outstanding…

@ CTIA: This Year Consumer Voice Recognition Gains Momentum - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 03 Apr 2008 11:59 AM PST

With the end of CTIA Wireless 2008 coming to a close in a couple hours, you can start to see the trends emerging in the industry. One of the ones…

Vlingo Raises $20 Million Second Round For Voice-Powered-Search; Yahoo Leads - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 02 Apr 2008 09:41 AM PST

Vlingo, a provider of voice-based mobile services, has raised a $20 million second round led by Yahoo, along with participation from past backers Charles River Ventures and Sigma Partners. Last…

Qualcomm Acquires Xiam Technologies For $32 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 11 Mar 2008 07:14 AM PST

Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) has acquired Irish mobile software developer Xiam Technologies for $32 million. The chip maker plans to bundle the four year old company’s flagship product into its software…

UpSnap And Mobile Greetings Call Merger Off - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 10 Mar 2008 07:36 AM PST

Mobile search and audio streaming firm UpSnap and mobile content delivery company Mobile Greetings have called off their proposed merger in the wake of weak financial markets. The two agreed…

Mobile Search Bits: The Sun Gets Search; Vodafone’s Image Search; Ten Gets Opera Mini; Myiota - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 04 Mar 2008 07:21 AM PST

— The Sun Gets Search: UK tabloid The Sun is launching a mobile search box on its WAP site through a deal with mobile search firm Mobile Commerce. Mobile Commerce’s…

Opera Dumps Yahoo For Google - 3 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 27 Feb 2008 06:54 AM PST

Chalk up this round to Google (NSDQ: GOOG). Norwegian browser maker Opera has dumped Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) in favor of Google, making it the default search engine on the company’s…

Rumors Of Major Cutbacks Swirl Around Motricity—What’s The Deal? - 7 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 25 Feb 2008 05:45 PM PST

Emotions are running high after rumors surfaced that Durham, N.C.-based Motricity might be cutting up to a third of its 650-person workforce and may relocate its headquarters to the Seattle-area…