G and Y! - Move towards Telecommunications (US) As cell phones move from communications devices to minicomputers and advanced networks make information available everywhere, high-speed Internet services and full-fledged search tools continue to spread Internet technology. A recent WSJ report about Google and Yahoo! moving towards the wireless space makes me think that search engines, combined with other technologies like maps, have the potential to drive comparison shopping with a camera-phone that can read product bar codes. Aided by satellite technology the phone could connect to databases and search services and point out that the notebook in front of you is a lot cheaper at a store five miles away. Smarter software provides consumers with lower prices and means a huge reduction in inefficiency everywhere.

More moves:

• both to roll out new wireless services

Google:

• bought fiber-optic cable capacity
• invested in a company delivering high-speed Internet access
• participates to provide free wireless Internet access in SF (Wi-Fi)

Yahoo!:

• partnered with digital video recorder company TiVo
• SBC Communications is teaming up with Yahoo! (introduce a Y! cellphone)

  ¶ 'G and Y! - Move towards Telecommunications (US)' posted by eA : 7:22 PM