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Done deal: Microsoft acquires Tellme

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Tags: Memory, Flash memory, Microsoft Corp., Tellme Networks Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-07

TellMe voice search ready for Windows Mobile 6.5

TellMe voice search ready for Windows Mobile 6.5that's no goodwithout the free souce code.Really? Why?Most people go through the day using all sorts of proprietary products with no real issues or problems. I, for example, have never had a need to have the schematics for my television or even know...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Windows Mobile 6.5, Tellme Networks Inc., Microsoft Windows Mobile

Discussion threads 2009-04-29

TellMe voice search ready for Windows Mobile 6.5

Microsoft will begin offering phone makers a native version of its TellMe voice search technology customized for Windows Mobile 6.5 starting on April 29. But the first Windows Mobile 6.5 phones are still months away from being available to customers. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Voice, Tellme Networks Inc., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-04-29

Selecting a Deployment Platform for Voice-Based Services - On-demand vs. Hosted vs. Premise-based Considerations

Voice-based self-service applications are increasing in both their value to the enterprise and their overall complexity, scale, and rate of change. As a result, companies need to carefully evaluate the different deployment models available in the market - Premise-based, Traditional Hosted, and On-demand - when planning an investment in their...

Tags: Deployment, Voice, On-demand, Tellme Networks Inc., Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

White papers 2008-11-01

A framework for evaluating the True Cost of Ownership of an IVR solution

Want to deliver a superior caller experience while lowering costs? Businesses looking to upgrade their Interactive Voice Response IVR system face investments in a number of areas. When evaluating financial benefits of a proposed IVR solution, it is critical to account for all costs and benefits. This includes costs...

Tags: IVR, Tellme Networks Inc., Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

White papers 2008-11-01

TellMe for BlackBerry 1 (Mobile)

With Tellme on your mobile phone, you can find the nearest businesses based on your GPS location and also get maps, directions, and traffic information right on your screen! Just say it and see it. Click here to see if your mobile phone is ready for Tellme. Also, you can...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Tellme Networks Inc., Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-04-24

Bill Gates on local advertising: Yellow Pages gone in 5 years

Microsoft wagered an estimated $1 billion of its competitive kitty that it will loudly beat search nemesis Google in both the mobile search and local advertising $50 billion challenge, as I report and analyze in What Microsoft is telling Google about mobile search: Tellme Networks, Inc.In buying Tellme, Microsoft aims...

Tags: Cell Phones, Advertising, Google, Local, Marketing, Microsoft, Wireless

Blog posts 2007-05-14

What Microsoft is telling Google about mobile search

Google recently warned investors about the “formidable competition” it faces from number one rival Microsoft, underscoring in particular that Redmond bests Mountain View on the cash resources front.In its acquisition of Tellme Networks, Inc., Microsoft is wagering an estimated $1 billion of its competitive kitty that it will loudly beat...

Tags: SEARCH, Tellme Networks Inc., mobile search, mobile marketing, Google Inc., vision, radio, advertisement, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2007-03-25

What the Tellme deal says about Microsoft

What the Tellme deal says about MicrosoftWell, MS has nothing against services, well, if the services require you tolicense Windows or MS Office. They just need to make sure that they keep those two cash cows a runnin'. Look for MS to put billions into creating dependencies on Windows and...

Tags: Neukom, donation, Microsoft Corp., Tellme Networks Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-03-21

Podcast: HP pretexters get wrist-slaps, the mortally wounded copyright, Red Hat seeks threesome with Microsoft, and Tellme more

Podcast: HP pretexters get wrist-slaps, the mortally wounded copyright, Red Hat seeks threesome with Microsoft, and Tellme moreJustice was not served. Not by a long stretch.The bottom line is this....If I or most others I know had been caught or implicated in fraudulently obtaining records that I had no...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., patent, HP Pretexters, Tellme Networks Inc., Red Hat Inc., podcast, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2007-03-20

Microsoft-Tellme: How the deal went down

News.coms Ina Fried has some of the inside story on how the Microsoft-Tellme deal went down on Superbowl Sunday. It was only a few hours before kickoff on Super Bowl Sunday, but Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer wasnt at home getting ready to watch the Bears take on...

Tags: Tellme Networks Inc., Microsoft Corp., News.coms Ina Fried

Blog posts 2007-03-15

Podcast: HP pretexters get wrist-slaps, the mortally wounded copyright, Red Hat seeks threesome with Microsoft, and Tellme more

This week on the Dan & David Show, ZDNet executive editor Larry Dignan fills in for Dan Farber and we cover the four biggest news stories of the week so far. While the world looks for ways to bridge the digital divide, Microsofts attempts to close the gap between computer...

Tags: Novell, virtualization, YouTube, Hewlett-Packard, Red Hat, VMware, Microsoft, Google, Linux, Berlind, Hollywood on Demand, Entertainment, Software Infrastructure, Podcasts, Dan &, David Show, General, Open Source

Blog posts 2007-03-14

Microsoft please Tellme: Will voice, Internet, software really become seamless?

Microsoft please Tellme: Will voice, Internet, software really become seamless?Not with current softwareI think in order to have that kind of convergence MS needs to trash the current products, and start from the ground up building a new operating system and productivity suite that is designed from the beginning to...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, Tellme Networks Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-03-14

Microsoft please Tellme: Will voice, Internet, software really become seamless?

Updated below: Its official. Microsoft is purchasing Tellme Networks. Financial terms werent disclosed, but the price is expected to be about $800 million. The deal, which was reported by News.com on Monday, is designed to bridge the worlds of speech recognition and the Internet. The question is whether users...

Tags: Speech recognition, SEARCH, Tellme Networks Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2007-03-14

Done deal: Microsoft acquires Tellme

Microsoft announced that it is acquiring Tellme Networks. Financial details were not disclosed, but analysts peg the cost at around $800 million. Tellme has received more than $230 million in funding, employs 320 people and is profitable. The deal is expected to close by the end of Q2 2007. ...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, SEARCH, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft&rsquo, s strategy, Combining Tellme&rsquo, s, Tellme Networks Inc., voice

Blog posts 2007-03-14

Microsoft + Tellme expected today

Microsoft will be holding a press event at 9:30 PST that will have something to do with speech and unified communications. Sounds like the Tellme Networks acquisition that has been rumored for the last few weeks is coming to fruition. Stay tuned...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Tellme Networks Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2007-03-14

Microsoft's software + services strategy takes shape

The news emerging from this weeks Convergence conference and elsewhere shows that Microsofts servers+services strategy for surviving the shift to on-demand computing is crystallizing. Whether it will work is another matter. But here are the strands that seem to be coming together: Office running on web services (ie XML and...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web services, Enterprise software, software, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Dynamics ERP, Tellme Networks Inc., on-demand, strategy

Blog posts 2007-03-13

News to know: Microsoft eyes Tellme; OneCare patched; TI; SXSW pix

Notable headlines: Sources say Microsoft near deal to buy Tellme. Dan Farber: Microsoft’s speech aspirations fulfilled? GigaOM: Tellme Price - $800 Million, or More.Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft quietly patches Windows Live OneCare to fix Outlook problems.Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:90 must have Firefox extensions.Linux software apps - What’s hot and what’s not? Microsoft...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Microsoft Corp., Tellme Networks Inc., Texas Instruments Inc.

Blog posts 2007-03-13

Sources say Microsoft near deal to buy Tellme

Sources say Microsoft near deal to buy TellmeHmm. Will it be renamed "Windows Live Phone Internet Access"?or something equally wordy?A Rose by any other name.. nt.NT as are festering weeds :o):o)

Tags: Sources Say, Tellme Networks Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-03-12

Microsoft's speech aspirations fulfilled?

Microsoft and Bill Gates have been in pursuit of speech technologies for a long time, and news.com is reporting that it may end up buying Tellme Networks for a pretty price (the company has received $230 million in funding so far and is profitable). Speech input has been the next...

Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Microsoft Corp., Tellme Networks Inc., speech recognition

Blog posts 2007-03-12