mobile search

I’ve always found it odd that carriers charge for voice, charge for data and then charge separately for text messages. Isn’t text data? It’s words after all, from a user’s …

What is Google’s game plan for wireless?The easy answer: I have no clue. But as we await the outcome of the FCC’s 700 MHz auction, and the winner of the …

Just one year after tapping Yahoo Inc. to provide search for its mobile browsers, Opera Software is going back to Google Inc.The Norwegian developer said the Internet’s dominant player will …

Yahoo continues to serve as the Washington Generals of the Internet — losing to Google at every turn — but the company seems to be making all the right moves …

Don’t be fooled by the flow of VC funding or the fact that Google Inc. and MySpace are in on it. The truth is, mobile social networking is not as …

Mobile phone design efforts over the past two years appear to have taken the handset as far as it will go, for now, if the handsets coming out of the …

Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. each announced impressive wins at Mobile World Congress 2008 last week, but it was Yahoo’s news that raised eyebrows in the mobile search space.Nokia Corp. …

Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. each announced impressive wins in the mobile search space at Mobile World Congress 2008.Nokia Corp. said it will begin to include Google’s technology with its …

Canadian operator Telus Mobility said it will become the first North American operator to offer Zi Corp.’s mobile search service.The service, dubbed Qix, is designed to allow wireless uses “to …

At least 46.1 million wireless subscribers used mobile search functions in the third quarter of 2007, according to a new report released by Nielsen Mobile. The report is based on …

Online search provider ChaCha last week sashayed onto a very crowded mobile dance floor.The Indianapolis startup unveiled a short-code based version of its search offering, which uses paid human “guides” …

The crowded mobile search space welcomed a new player as ChaCha brought its online service to wireless.The Indianapolis startup unveiled a short-code based version of its search offering, which uses …

It appears wireless Web surfers are more interested in accessing news and mobile content than finding the nearest pizza parlor.AOL last week unveiled the most common searches from its wireless …

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AT&T Inc. said that it agreed to acquire Ingenio, an advertising technology firm whose pay-per-call technology will be integrated into the company’s directory services and local search advertising portfolio.Ingenio’s product …

Motricity Inc. sees more than just a mobile search engine in InfoSpace’s mobile business. It sees a kind of wrecking ball.The Durham, N.C.-based mobile content company is putting the finishing …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or …

Online advertising is quickly moving toward cost-per-action models, but in the mobile world it’s all about the eyeballs. For now, at least.A recent study by NetElixir and the e-tailing group …

Thumbplay said it signed an exclusive deal for ringtones and other mobile content across the AOL network. AOL is integrating Thumbplay’s content through AOL Music, AOL Games, the AIM instant-messaging …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or …

It’s no secret that advertising dollars are finally coming to mobile. But for now, at least, it’s the high-profile publishers that are bringing in the cash.How big mobile advertising will …

Mobile users are increasingly turning to Google Inc., but on-the-go searches remain dwarfed by PC queries, the Internet giant said in an earnings call yesterday.Google, which saw its quarterly net …

All that cash being poured into voice-activated search is beginning to look like a good bet.A recent study from Usable Products Co. indicates speechrecognition technology finally may have become user-friendly. …

So this is what they mean when they talk about “the mobile search wars.” Google last week in a long-awaited move took its AdWords mobile, placing paid links on search …

T-Mobile International launched a mobile search service for European t-zones customers in the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands, with plans to expand to the Czech Republic later this …