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Just because the majority of the world's wireless Internet users live in Japan doesn't mean a U.S. company can't join in on the fun.Which is exactly what FunMail Inc. hopes to do. This week, the company launched its Animated Instant Message service on NTT...

DULLES, Va.-America Online Inc. has added its vast array of content and services to OmniSky Corp.'s wireless Internet access solution, allowing OmniSky users to access AOL wireless content and services on mobile devices.This includes such features as AOL e-mail, instant messaging, news, weather and...

OracleMobile added support for two-way wireless messaging devices to its OracleMobile.com wireless Internet portal service, which Metrocall Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. both agreed to make available to their messaging customers.The two-way pager service, called Ask@OracleMobile, allows users to access information based on...

Oracle Corp. introduced wireless Internet software called Portal-to-Go, a universal translator of sorts designed to allow wireless devices to communicate with any Internet site, intranet database or network-aware appliance.Based on Oracle's Internet database software, Portal-to-Go is available to carriers, Internet content providers or enterprise...