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SPOTLIGHT: AT&T launches global smartphone and PDA plans
AT&T announced new global rate plans for smartphone and PDA users who travel abroad. The plans range from $44.99 to $69.99 a month, depending on device class and email platform. They include
Corrected: Nothing travels swifter...
Nothing travels swifter... The tech industry, and wireless industry in particular, loves rumors. Today's issue boasts three of them: our number four story about Dell maybe
Vodafone readying ad-supported mobile services
Vodafone will partner with Internet giants Google and Yahoo to launch a suite of ad-supported mobile services in mid-2007. The operator is currently in negotiations with an unnamed soft drink
TellMe/Microsoft offers free mobile 411
Last week Google launched a free, voice-enabled 411 service that aimed to compete with legacy services and the budding mobile local search sector. Now, TellMe, which Microsoft is in the process of
QUICKLINKS: Steve Jobs iPhone blunder; J2ME Twitter app;
Nokia Video Manager: copies and transcodes videos for mobile. Website Twitlet: a J2ME Mobile Twitter application.
Dodgeball founders bow out of Google
Dennis Crowley and Alex Rainert, co-founders of the mobile social networking service Dodgeball, announced their resignations from search giant Google, which acquired the property in May 2005.
Artificial Life expands into India via Bharti Airtel
Mobile technology and applications developer Artificial Life announced a new partnership with Indian operator Bharti Airtel to release mobile game titles including "V-girl," "V-boy," "V-Penguins"
SPOTLIGHT: No big deals
Why Google's acquisition strategy must hinge on the mobile platform. Article
Google's voice search service
Google quietly launched 800-Goog-411 , a free voice-based directory search service that can recognize speech and read results over the phone or
Google quietly launches "Voice Local Search"
Google has experimentally launched a new directory assistance service that makes use of voice recognition for traditional 411 services. The news is of particular interest given the timing: Google
