James Quintana Pearce
Feb 9, 2009 6:10 PM
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has added some functionality to its oneSearch service—starting with voice search, less than a week after Google added it to the G1. Secondly, there’s an auto-locate feature available on certain devices so that Yahoo can return local search results based on a combination of cell tower triangulation…
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Tricia Duryee
Apr 2, 2008 12:30 PM
Following Vodafone’s (NYSE: VOD) Arun Sarin, Yahoo’s EVP of Connected Life Marco Boerries came on stage to tell the audience about its various mobile phone products. As part of his presentation, he launched OneSearch 2.0. Releases. OneSearch is Yahoo’s mobile search application that it launched 13 months ago. Since then,…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Apr 2, 2008 11:41 AM
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 August, the Cambridge, MA-based start-up raised $6.5 million, for a total raise of $26.5 million. The investment from Yahoo (NSDQ:…
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James Quintana Pearce
Dec 20, 2007 9:50 AM
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has announced its biggest carrier deal to date: America Movil, which has 143 million mobile subscribers. The deal will see oneSearch as the default mobile search engine on America Movil’s mobile portals in 16 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean. Yahoo will customize and deploy localized…
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