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Will Voice-Enabled Mobile Search Kill Directory Assistance?

Search Engine Watch has an interesting article on voice enabled mobile search

The Changing Face of Local

Greg Sterling has written an article about how local search is changing and putting into perspective of different categories and what obstacles still need to be overcome for local and mobile search to work effectively.

When Will Your Phone Help You Find a Parking Space?

In MIT's version of the future, you'd head to that meeting downtown and the city would route you around traffic. You'd get into town and the city would guide you to a parking space. And if the meeting had moved, you'd get to the room and your phone would buzz with a note telling you where to go.
Interesting article too read.

Google Patents Bring WiFi Down To Earth

Interesting article on Googles patents for delivering contextual ads based on access points, a wirless browser and method of delivery for wireless search with ads.

Local Wireless & Mobile Search Services

I see Local Search for wireless and mobile devices taking of 10 fold this year. With hotspots and wireless service providers offering devices that are broadband capable as well as Phone Service with number portability, hey what can be better? I see Local Search services skyrocketing with companies that offer Location Based Information. Social Networks will most likely see the biggest increase of revenue for the reason that information provided by their members can be categorically targeted for their interests, so no matter where their members may be traveling they can easily receive information based on what they are searching for. I see expanded services that include timed alerts when a consumer device logs into a certain tower or hotspot that may trigger another event such as logging into a group or even tasks of clocking into work or the sending of information. Enhanced learned Services that target consumers profile, interests, or business aspects by recognizing where you are and your surroundings in a geographic location can send localized based information. What I think will be a really great service is when a consumer may search for a product or see an advertisement they will be able to query or see results on the closest business that may have that product in stock or not, put a hold on the product or purchase through an online commerce like E-Wallet. VOIP for Mobile devices I believe will probably be implemented by Motorola and Sprint PCS. Think about being able to make a voice call from anywhere there is a hotspot for free. I believe CDMA, TDMA, and GSM will become the Analogs under today's VOIP, based on the recent trends and news. W-CDMA, EDGE, Wi-Max are offering fast and robust services that include advanced mutimedia content which is paving the way right now and is on our doorstep. Local Wireless and Mobile Search will be used by all of these companies and technologies I mentioned here including yes consumers like me from which I just composed this post from my Mobile Device.

Google Talks With Sony and Motorola About Municipal Wi-Fi Nets

Nice article, if you click through you will read how the emergence of Location Based Advertising may be implemented from Google to certain devices. This is something Ive posted on quite a bit. You can see how Wirless Search will play a big role in Mobile Communication and consumers with wireless devices.

Google Talks With Sony and Motorola About Municipal Wi-Fi Nets
InfoWorld reports that Google has had conversations with Motorola and Sony about their products could best be used with municipal Wi-Fi networks. Google currently operates a Wi-Fi network in their home town of Mountain View, CA and is also in the running to build one in San Francisco. Google also sponsors a wireless network in New York City's, Bryant Park.
"We're doing everything we can to make this a playground for devices," said Christopher Sacca, principal in new business development at Google..."
The article also notes that Google is interested in the Sony PSP.
"There's like five million of those in the U.S. now, they've all got Wi-Fi in them. We're trying to do what we can to make those devices able to log on to this network," Sacca said.
Maybe a Google wireless games service (let's call it GGames) is in the works?
The article also touches on how Google might build and pay for wireless networks.
By keeping track of which access point a user is connected to, Google will be able to locate users within two blocks for the purposes of sending them advertising for businesses nearby, Sacca said. Google would sell ads by postal code, potentially uncovering a new class of advertisers among small local businesses that don't buy space in other media today, he said. Google's localized ads would be a more efficient way for them to reach likely customers, according to Sacca..."Highly targeted ads may be able to pay for these things," Sacca said.