Microsoft In Mobile Search Deal With Verizon 104
An anonymous reader writes "Verizon Wireless will forge a deal with Microsoft to include the software giant's Live Search on its mobile phones, giving Microsoft a victory over rival Google and ending a months-long dance toward the partnership. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will announce the deal in his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas." InfoWorld notes that Microsoft is rumored to be changing the name of its Live Search service to Kumo, which is Japanese for "cloud."
Let me be the first to say... (Score:3, Funny)
so... (Score:2, Funny)
"Kumo" as a Search name? (Score:5, Funny)
And also because using MS is humiliating.
I like cell phones (Score:2, Funny)
Everyone calls me and they are like, "wassup, dawg?" And I'm like yo, wassup wicchew, homie? And everybody's like, "chillin, homie, chillin." And I'm like, word. That's whassup. Yo then theres texting my girlfriends and like, internet and shit, yo. Yo, cell phones is da fly shiznit, yo. Word.
Re:Cloud? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:This makes for a fine game of Chess. (Score:0, Funny)
Re:Nice try Microsoft (Score:4, Funny)
Microsoft faces an uphill battle as the word "google" is now a verb.
"Microsoft" can be used as a verb too. Trouble is...if I were to say I'm going to "Microsoft something" its not exactly a positive image.
Re:Kumo? (Score:5, Funny)
No no no. You're thinking of Carrie.
Re:What's in a name? (Score:3, Funny)
Yes. All of you.
(Just wanted to be clear on this point.)
"You have one minute left on your call..." (Score:5, Funny)
"Please enter a search term to pay for the next ten minutes. The search results and limited advertising will be randomly inserted during awkward pauses in your conversation."
Awesome! (Score:5, Funny)
Except of course that Verizon charges and arm and a leg for unlimited data, so Microsoft just spent millions on making sure about 114 people will get their search engine as the default.
Re:Who cares? (Score:5, Funny)
Are you sure? [Cancel] or [Allow] Allow
Please hold while we connect you a Verizon Service Representative [Cancel] or [Allow] Allow
"Hello this is Tom? How can I help you?"
Can you hear the representative now? [Yes] or [No] Yes
"Yes, I'd like to change the search engine on me phone."
Can you hear him now? [Yes] or [No]
"For the love of God, yes!"