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Microsoft In Mobile Search Deal With Verizon
An anonymous reader writes "Verizon Wireless will forge a deal with Microsoft to include the software giant's Live Search on its mobile phones, giving Microsoft a victory over rival Google and ending a months-long dance toward the partnership. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will announce the deal in his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas." InfoWorld notes that Microsoft is rumored to be changing the name of its Live Search service to Kumo, which is Japanese for "cloud."
...I'm glad my Verizon contract is up.
What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?
it's like a search engine?
They should name it "bukakke" because the search results would just keep pourin' in!
And also because using MS is humiliating.
Everyone calls me and they are like, "wassup, dawg?" And I'm like yo, wassup wicchew, homie? And everybody's like, "chillin, homie, chillin." And I'm like, word. That's whassup. Yo then theres texting my girlfriends and like, internet and shit, yo. Yo, cell phones is da fly shiznit, yo. Word.
What about 'fog'? People won't find anything.
Am I eval()? - http://www.monst3r.com.br
I'll drop a brown rope to that!
Microsoft faces an uphill battle as the word "google" is now a verb.
"Microsoft" can be used as a verb too. Trouble is...if I were to say I'm going to "Microsoft something" its not exactly a positive image.
Isn't that, like, almost the name of the Steven King movie? The one wih the rabid dog?
No no no. You're thinking of Carrie.
This guy's the limit!
Yes. All of you.
(Just wanted to be clear on this point.)
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
"Please enter a search term to pay for the next ten minutes. The search results and limited advertising will be randomly inserted during awkward pauses in your conversation."
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Except of course that Verizon charges and arm and a leg for unlimited data, so Microsoft just spent millions on making sure about 114 people will get their search engine as the default.
If you don't know what AltaVista is (was), get off my lawn.
You are trying to switch your search engine to Google? [Cancel] or [Allow] Allow
Are you sure? [Cancel] or [Allow] Allow
Please hold while we connect you a Verizon Service Representative [Cancel] or [Allow] Allow
"Hello this is Tom? How can I help you?"
Can you hear the representative now? [Yes] or [No] Yes
"Yes, I'd like to change the search engine on me phone."
Can you hear him now? [Yes] or [No]
"For the love of God, yes!"
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.