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AOL Launches Mobile Search Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 1, 2005 - 11:13am.
Dulles, Va. - America Online said on Thursday that it has launched mobile search services, allowing users to search the web, comparison shop and access local listings from their mobile phones, smartphones and PDAs. The new services use content analysis technologies from InfoGin to automatically adapt search results and web pages for browser-enabled mobile phones.
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Mobile Search Service 4INFO Raises $8 Million in Funding

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 22, 2005 - 9:26am.
Palo Alto, Calif. -- 4INFO, a developer of services that allow users to search for information on their mobile devices, announced that it has raised $8 million in a new round of venture capital funding led by U.S. Venture Partners. Draper Fisher Jurvetson also participated. San Mateo, Calif.-based 4INFO's free service -- which works with all major wireless carriers -- allows users of cell phones and PDAs to search for such information as sports scores, weather, flight information, movie times and stock quotes. Users also can access a comprehensive database of stores and businesses, broken down by neighborhood. For instance, a user can send "starbucks palo alto" to 44636 and the service will return the addresses and phone numbers for all of the locations in the city.
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Yahoo Unveils Mobile Search Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 28, 2004 - 4:45am.
Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Looking to expand its wireless Internet offerings, Yahoo has unveiled a new search service specifically designed for mobile users. The service, which launched Wednesday on Yahoo's wireless Internet portal on several major carriers across the U.S., allows mobile users to search for local information, images and Web resources on an array of mobile devices. Users will have access to standard search engine features, as well as business listings with phone numbers and maps, professional and community generated ratings, thumbnails of more than a billion images, a search shortcuts page enabling quick access to information and a feature that allows users to place phone calls from the search results page. The search engine is just the latest Yahoo stable to go mobile over the past year. Others have included the company's instant messenger and photo service.
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