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Amazon acquiring speech-to-text startup Yap to take on Apple's Siri?
Amazon.com has quietly acquired speech-to-text software developer Yap, a move fueling speculation that the digital retail giant plans to build a speech recognition interface to rival Apple's (
Yelp teams with T-Mobile USA for customized local search app
User reviews and recommendations platform Yelp is introducing a new application customized for T-Mobile smartphones running Google's ( NASDAQ:GOOG ) Android mobile operating system, promising tools to
Report: Microsoft mulls another run at acquiring Yahoo
More than three years after Microsoft ( NASDAQ:MSFT ) made an unsolicited $44.6 billion bid to acquire Yahoo ( Nasdaq: YHOO ), the software giant is reportedly mulling another run at the struggling
Google launches contextual ads within mobile apps
Google ( NASDAQ:GOOG ) is rolling out new mobile search ad formats promising more useful and relevant information for consumers who conduct search queries within mobile applications.
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Nuance acquires text input developer Swype for $102.5M
Speech recognition technology provider Nuance Communications agreed to acquire mobile text input solutions firm Swype for $102.5 million. A Securities and Exchange Commission filing states Nuance
Apple launches Siri voice-activated controls with new iPhone 4S
Roughly 18 months after Apple ( NASDAQ:AAPL ) acquired mobile voice recognition solutions provider Siri, the computing giant is finally integrating voice-activated Siri controls into its forthcoming
Social Q&A service Quora expands to Apple's iPhone
Crowdsourced question-and-answer database Quora is responding to multiple queries about its mobile aspirations with the release of its first native application for Apple's ( NASDAQ:AAPL ) iPhone and
Chomp launches auction-based Search Ads for mobile apps
App search engine Chomp introduced Chomp Search Ads, enabling mobile developers to bid on keywords or search phrases that deliver their applications when subscribers input those query terms. The
How Android helped Google win the battle for local
It's no surprise that Google ( NASDAQ:GOOG ) applications and services are omnipresent across the company's Android operating system. Extending Google products to the mobile platform is essentially
Survey: 28% of American adults using mobile location services
Twenty-eight percent of American adults use their mobile phones to access location-based mobile and social services according to a new survey issued by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
