InfoSpace to Join the Mobile Search Race

Mobile Search is red hot right now, with 4info recently landing $8M in funding for it’s mobile offering,…

Yahoo and Google both recently rolling out mobile search and a host of others now in the space, the heat is on.

MSNBC takes a look at InfoSpace’s plans to join the party and covers the growing field of mobile search in the process.

InfoSpace will roll out a new mobile search engine designed for easier use than those offered by Google and Yahoo!, as well as new location-based services that use the company’s massive library of local directory information.

As they note, the only major player without a mobile offering now is MSN, and that can only be a matter of time…

Source: InfoSpace Joins Mobile Search Race

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