Mobile directory startup V-Enable raising $2.2M
V-Enable, the San Diego startup that offers an information directory service for mobile phones called FreeMobile411, has raised half of a new $2.2 million funding round, VentureBeat has learned.
FreeMobile411’s offering comes in two forms — there’s a downloadable voice search application, through which you request… Continue Reading
V-Enable ’s mobile voice search — goes old school, with live operators
Voice mobile search is hot. Yahoo, for example, just partnered with a startup called Vlingo, which claims to offer the most advanced mobile search technology. V-Enable, on the other hand, is offering a very different new feature: Live operators.
Other free voice search companies, such as… Continue Reading
Promptu raises $5.6 more to hold its own in voice-enabled mobile search
Promptu, the Menlo Park company that uses speech recognition to let you search on a mobile phone, has raised $5.6 million in additional financing.
Voice-powered search is an increasingly competitive field, especially in the hot area of mobile. Google last year filed a patent for… Continue Reading