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ALSO NOTED: Meraki funding; Human-powered mobile search; and much more...

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Created Jan 4 2008 - 6:59am

> Mountain View-based free WiFi service start-up Meraki raised $20 million in a second round of VC funding. Article [1]

> Trend: Human guides coming to mobile search services, like ChaCha. Article [2]

> Gartner: Asian users most prolific texters. APAC region sent 1.5 trillion SMS last year. Article [3]

And Finally... Time to revisit the possibility of an Echostar-AT&T merger? Article [4] (WSJ sub. req.)

Source URL: http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/also-noted-meraki-funding-human-powered-mobile-search-and-much-more/2008-01-04

Links:
[1] http://gigaom.com/2008/01/03/meraki-raises-20m-series-b/
[2] http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/03/a-new-twist-on-mobile-search-human-guides/index.html?ex=1357102800&en=0bdd1ee53cace8d7&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
[3] http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2008/01/018549.htm
[4] http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/01/03/time-to-revisit-att-echostar/