Dec 20, 2011 3:06 PM
Nuance has acquired Vlingo in a combination of two of the most prominent independent speech companies left, as mobile companies continue to eye sophisticated speech-recognition software as an important input method.
Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, nuance, vlingo
Nov 9, 2011 12:47 PM
Apple’s use of the Siri voice assistant in the iPhone 4S has been one of the most-talked about features on the new device, but Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is not the only company interested in voice-powered services: it turns out that Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has made its own acquisition in this…
Posted In: Apps, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, Samsung, nuance, siri, vlingo, yap
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,…
Posted In: Companies, Yahoo, marco boerries, onesearch, vlingo
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:…
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Search, Technologies / Formats, Companies, Yahoo, onesearch, vlingo
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