Yahoo OneSearch gets voice support, Vlingo money from Yahoo
By Dusan Belic on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 at 4:41 AM PST In Announcements, Mobile Web, Services, Technologies
Yahoo has recently announced that it is launching the the voice-enabled version of its OneSearch product. Initially, the application is available for U.S. based BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) owners, only, but in the coming months – the search giant will expand to international markets and other platforms.
Yahoo is using a technology from Vlingo, a company which we already covered in the past. At the same time, Vlingo announced $20 in series B financing from Yahoo. Under the multi-deal, Yahoo will get an exclusive right to use Vlingo’s technology for mobile search…
BlackBerry users in the United States can try out the new service by visiting m.yahoo.com/voice on their mobile browsers.
[Via: GigaOm]
