Verizon may consolidate mobile search with Google deal
Once at each other’s throats, Google and Verizon Wireless may now be close to a deal that would give mobile subscribers a default starting point for all their searches, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Verizon’s reason for the move is a desire to simplify mobile browsing for users. Today, a user looking for something — new ringtones, news, or a mobile website — will have to go to a different application or search box for… Continue Reading
Roundup: Medio v. Google, Sprint jettisoning WiMax?, BugLabs & more
Here’s the latest action:
1. Medio’s roar turning to a squeal?
2. Sprint changing WiMax plans?
3. AOL rumored to be considering buying ad targeting network Quigo for $300 million
4. Bug Labs, for open-sourced electronic devices
5. Semantic search engine Hakia releases social networking tool
6. The amazing $200 Ubuntu Linux “green” PC at Wal-Mart
7. Cisco does its 125th buyout
8. Facebook’s stock has appreciated 33-fold, and then some
9. Internet Brands going public with growing losses, declining sales?
10. Shopstyle signs deal… Continue Reading
Medio raises $30 million for mobile search — to battle Google, Jumptap, others
Medio, a Seattle start-up that gives you search results tailored for your mobile phone, has raised $30 million in a second round of funding to keep up with the mobile search Jones’.
Founder Brian Lent worked side-by-side with the Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. So like the guys at Kosmix, who were close with the Google guys, Lent may feel he has some self-redemption to do. Lent reportedly also turned down the No. 1… Continue Reading
Google acquires wiki company JotSpot; Kraus vindicated
Filling out its portfolio of online office applications, Google has acquired wiki company JotSpot for an undisclosed amount.
Co-founder Joe Kraus (pictured here) says he “couldn’t be more excited,” and we can understand, given his rocky ride several years ago at search engine Excite.
Kraus had been badly burned, and we could sense in Joe an intense, but quiet determination while building Jot that he was going to do this one right.
Way back in 1993, Kraus… Continue Reading