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| by Patrick Tehan |
Here’s our Mercury News story (free registration) today about 4INFO, the Palo Alto mobile phone search engine company. It tells the story about how Pankaj Shah (left) raised his money.
The story is also part of the Venture Capital Survey carried in today’s Mercury News, which is about the bubbly portions of today’s internet industry. Besides the general area of “Web 2.0,” mobile is the other hot spot, as this story explains.
If you want more on tech trends in this sector, Russel Beattie is covering the mobile Web as closely — and entertainingly — as anyone. See this post of his for why he thinks the U.S. is about to see a revolution of sorts.
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cleerview said:
I believe that Mr. Shah received funding based on his proven ability to execute a business plan, as his idea is not new or elegant. A simple menu-based interface would be better than clunky test messaging. Once again, investors are throwing money at simplistic, been-there concepts.
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lady said:
I personally prefer 411sms service at 411sms.com, the customer service is brilliant!
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bob said:
the site is simple and great…
http://www.mobilephones-info.com
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Hitchhiker's Guide to 650 said:
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Back in 2000, Clay Shirky wrote a seminal piece against micropayments.
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11:52 am
SiliconBeat said:
4Info uses guanxi to get mobile search deal done
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