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Yahoo! introduces mobile search in Latin America

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onesearch.pngYahoo! Inc. announced the availability of Yahoo! oneSearch beta for Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Beginning today, consumers in Latin America are able to access the industry’s leading mobile search experience with localized content presented in Spanish and Portuguese. This announcement continues Yahoo!’s momentum by further increasing the global reach of oneSearch and reinforcing the company’s strong leadership in the mobile industry, and comes on the heels of a partnership with Telefonica announced in October.

Yahoo! oneSearch is an innovative search service explicitly designed to serve the needs of mobile users by delivering results directly in the first screen and thereby removing the need for consumers to navigate through a sea of links to PC Web sites to find the information they want. OneSearch improves consumers’ search experience on mobile devices by integrating content from a variety of sources across the open Web, providing consumers with access to localized news, financial information, weather conditions, Flickr photos, Yahoo! Answers, web images, as well as web and mobile web sites.

Originally posted on November 13, 2007 @ 12:29 pm

eNetez.com claims to be the best and easiest portal/search engine

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new media newseNetez.com is a new Internet portal/search engine that makes topic searches and finding relevant search results easier than ever before.

End-users are now provided the most relevant results for their category-specific or geographic-specific searches while utilizing eNetez.com’s simplified Internet search experience. Its revolutionary keyboard- free “ez” navigation capabilities and refined search results make eNetez.com poised to become the Gold Standard by which end-users search the Internet.

eNetez.com claims an end-user can easily obtain specific relevant information for all countries in the world, all major cities in the world, all states in the U.S., the top major cities in the U.S., and the top major counties in the U.S. The need for random Internet searches that may yield millions of unwanted and irrelevant results has been eliminated.

Maybe a solid proof like survey is needed before any company can say it’s the best in the field. It’s a very risk claim given the dynamic nature of the Internet and the level of competition.

Originally posted on November 9, 2007 @ 3:28 am

ClipBlast! unveils live streaming video indexing

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clipblast.pngClipBlast! announced the launch of Live Video Indexing, an extension of its patent-pending Video Web Intelligent Index technology. This marks ClipBlast!’s first formal move beyond indexing video clips to encompass live and streaming video content.

ClipBlast!’s “smart search” functionality makes use of proprietary technology to more effectively categorize live streaming content and deliver relevant search results, from more than 100 content providers as diverse as CNN, Sky News, Bloomberg, ShopAtHome TV, Telemadrid and many more.

The ClipBlast! video search platform searches the entire web for available content, continuously providing viewers with up-to-date, personalized video content, no matter what the source. ClipBlast! indexes more content providers than anyone on the web.

Originally posted on November 7, 2007 @ 11:32 am

blinkx partners with GONG to bring anime content to fans

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gong.pngblinkx forged a partnership with GONG, the anime TV network that brings cutting-edge Japanese animation. Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx will transcribe and index video content from GONG, making it easy for users to find and watch at www.blinkx.com.

Dedicated to teen and adult anime fans alike, GONG is the first international on-demand, online anime channel in Europe and North America. GONG offers the best in Japanese anime including sci-fi, horror, heroic fantasy and epic space opera content. Currently available online and direct to a variety of devices including computers, mobile phones and MP3 devices, GONG also offers on-demand access to unique Animitles, trailers, wallpapers, news, alerts and free podcasts

Originally posted on November 6, 2007 @ 4:32 pm

Wink joins OpenSocial

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new media newsWink, the web’s largest people search engine with over 250 Million profiles across social networks and on-line communities, has announced its intentions to support OpenSocial

It will release a full version update of its people search engine in one week, improving the profile-building and control features that span social networks like Bebo, Hi5, MySpace and Friendster.

“At Wink we are constantly seeking ways to make it easier and more intuitive to find and connect with old friends, classmates, colleagues and business contacts wherever they are online,” said Michael Tanne, CEO of Wink. “We are encouraged by the efforts of all the companies signed on to support OpenSocial and are eager to use the API to provide enhanced people search capabilities at Wink.com.”

Shane Richmond of the Telegraph has a detailed explanation on the pros and cons of Google OpenSocial

Originally posted on November 2, 2007 @ 3:14 am