[…] Yahoo appears to be on a rampage these days when it comes to the mobile landscape.  Last week I wrote about Yahoo and mobile twice:  once to tell you about the new Yahoo! Go (or Y!Go) mobile service and once to tell you about some additional details on the new service, how it was made, and where Yahoo was going with it. […]

[…] And what better incentive for Google and Yahoo to ramp up their mobile offerings than the knowledge that a new competitor might be entering the market.  Yahoo recently rolled out a brand new mobile service called Yahoo! Go Mobile & Google recently annouced new partnerships with mobile phone maker Samsung.  These two aren't going to go down without a fight. […]

[…] Is an $800 Million Acquisition the Ticket to Microsoft Mobile Search Success? Posted by Derick on March 13th, 2007 With more fuel being thrown on the Microsoft-acquisition-of-TellMe fire, it looks like Microsoft is stepping up it's search battle with Google.  But instead of going after Google's Internet search empire, Redmond may decide to thwart a similar takeover of mobile search.  As of yet, there isn't a clearly defined leader in the mobile search market.   TellMe's technology could be adapted to serve as a voice-driven search system for mobile users.  One of the problems with the mobile web is the clunky, shrunken interfaces.  A voice-driven interface could have a big impact on mobile web adoption.   Going after mobile search is a smart move for Microsoft, too.   While I agree that it's never a smart move to completely count Microsoft out of any race, a turn-around on the web would be a monumental undertaking.  Especially since Windows Live continues to perform rather dismally.  I'm starting to wonder if Microsoft can really hope to get anywhere with it's Internet search technology.   The mobile Internet - and particularly search - is another story.   With more consumers going mobile, and more mobile devices going online, the mobile web is poised to become one of the major sources of information retrieval.  In some ways, it already is.  But we've only begun to see the full potential of wireless, mobile computing.   Whoever ends up dominating that search landscape could easily see Google-like success with advertising and adoption.  So far, Yahoo! seems to be going after the mobile search market more aggressively than both Google and Microsoft.  The same advantage that gives Microsoft the edge on PC computers (Windows) is slowly making itself available to Microsoft on the mobile device.  As GigaOM points out, Windows Mobile is growing by leaps and bounds.   A dominating mobile OS could give Microsoft the opportunity to push its search and mobile Internet technologies on more customers.  It worked for Internet Explorer.  The same thing could just as easily work for a mobile version of Windows Live.  And with voice-enabling technology from a company like, say… TellMe… Microsoft would truly have a compelling product on its hands.   Could Microsoft be setting itself up to take over mobile computing in much the same way it has desktop computing?   To me, the strategy would make more sense than any attempts to usurp Google's lead in Internet search.  But what do you think?  […]

[…] When Yahoo first announced its new oneSearch earlier in the year, I was impressed with what I saw.  But my LG Chocolate wasn't on the list of phones that was compatible with Y!Go (the broader mobile service that oneSearch was a part of).  So I had to read about it… look at pictures… all of that.  No actual playtime for Derick. […]

[…] first mentioned Yahoo! Go (or Y!Go) back in January. At the time, Yahoo! was just announcing Y!Go with promises that it would change the way we use the […]