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Microsoft In Mobile Search Deal With Verizon

Posted by kdawson on from the sea-spider dept.

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."

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  1. This makes for a fine game of Chess. by gcnaddict · · Score: 4, Interesting
    It's interesting how Microsoft nailed Dell for search. They've now got Verizon as well, which leads me to think that either:
    1. Microsoft offered more money, or
    2. companies are getting weary of partnering with Google and dealing with Google's bottomless desire for control.

    It'd be interesting to see how all of this plays out.

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  2. Re:Let me be the first to say... by Shakrai · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...I'm glad my Verizon contract is up.

    I don't really care as I'm in the (apparently shrinking) pool of people who only use my cell phone to make and receive phone calls.

    Does anybody know what happened to Verizon's much touted plan to provide open access? Funny how we haven't heard anything about that lately isn't it? If I was a cynical person I might assume that they only made that announcement to forestall efforts to impose an open network via the regulatory structure.....

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  3. In Japanese by BetterSense · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "kumo" can also mean "spider"