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LONDON—Vodafone Group plc announced that it is working with Google Inc. to develop mobile search services, which Vodafone plans to integrate into its Vodafone Live portal. The Google search results …

BARCELONA, Spain-Software giant Microsoft Corp. announced it acquired Paris-based mobile search company MotionBridge. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in June 2000, MotionBridge powers mobile search services for …

Google Inc. and Skype Technologies SA are among the backers of Fon, a Spanish Internet software company with plans to create a global network of 1 million shared Wi-Fi hot …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee seemed cool to the idea that broadband-pipe owners should be able to require some bandwidth hogs-like Voice over Internet Protocol providers, Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.-to …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee seemed cool to the idea that broadband-pipe owners should be able to require some bandwidth hogs like Voice over Internet Protocol providers Google Inc. and Yahoo …

MADRID, Spain-Google Inc. and Skype Technologies SA are among the backers of Fon, a Spanish Internet software company with plans to create a global network of one million shared Wi-Fi …

New agreements, contract details from Philadelphia and a smidge of a slowdown in product certifications kept Wi-Fi circles buzzing last week. In Philadelphia, reports surfaced early last week that the …

WASHINGTON-U.S. tech firms, bedazzled by Internet, wireless and other business opportunities in China’s massively underserved market, find themselves facing intensive scrutiny and criticism from Congress, human-rights groups and others for …

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-The packed mobile search playground got even more crowded as digital marketing company iCrossing Inc. unveiled a new business unit. The company launched mCrossing, which it said will use …

SEATTLE-Yahoo has the early lead in the race to become the wireless Web portal of choice for U.S. consumers, according to new figures from M:Metrics. An average of nearly 13 …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-More than two dozen companies are backing a preliminary “best practices” agreement for wireless Internet content, according to the World Wide Web Consortium. Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 “provides …

SEATTLE-Yahoo has the early lead in the race to become the wireless Web portal of choice for U.S. consumers, according to new figures from M:Metrics. An average of nearly 13 …

Opera Software unveiled what it called a “WAP killer” last week, going global with its Web browser for Java-enabled mobile phones. Opera Mini uses a proxy server to format traditional …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-A 1,500 square-mile high-speed wireless data network covering Silicon Valley is being planned by the area’s civic and business leaders. A coalition called Smart Valley agreed to begin …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Google Inc. launched a personalized tool bar that allows PC users to share Web pages via text messages. The tool bar-installed in a desktop computer-includes a “send to” …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Shares of InfoSpace Inc. edged downward despite a solid fourth quarter that helped the company nearly double its annual profits. The Internet and mobile search provider reported a net …

BOULDER, Colo.-The Mobile Marketing Association is hoping to lay the foundation for mobile search revenues with a new document outlining potential business models, industry challenges and consumer needs. Calling mobile …

When Cingular Wireless L.L.C. managed to squeeze the launch of its 3G network into the last month of 2005, the move catapulted 16 major metropolitan cities into the spotlight as …

Boston’s neighborhood business districts may soon be bustling with free Wi-Fi hot spots thanks to the city’s Main Streets economic development project. But Boston’s free project is different from those …

WALTHAM, Mass.-Supported by advertising revenue, the city of Boston says its public Wi-Fi project currently provides free Internet access in four commercial districts of the city. The city said the …

Wireless is getting Googled. And, well, Yahoo’d. The Internet giants have made numerous headlines in recent weeks as they rush to become the premier destination on the wireless Web. And …

WASHINGTON-News stories late last week highlighted the tightrope wireless carriers must walk as they try to help law enforcement and protect their customers’ privacy at the same time. On one …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Google Inc. continued its charge into wireless, launching a personalized home page for mobile Internet users. The company brought its Personalized Home to handsets, allowing registered Google users …

WATERLOO, Ontario-Google Inc. continues to make waves in wireless, announcing an agreement to bring its instant messaging, mapping and search services to Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry devices. Financial terms …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Google Inc. is working to patent a wireless marketing method that would allow users to dial an advertiser’s phone number with a single click, according to a U.S. Patent …