Msoft buys TellMe - to add mobile / local search assets

Here's a post of the Msoft TellMe deal:

"Microsoft fired a new salvo in its so far unsuccessful war to catch up with Google in the search arena. The software giant bought Tellme Networks, a voice services and automated directory assistance provider. Tellme may not seem too much like an Internet search company at first glance, but it is -- especially when you consider where the next battle over search will be fought.

...When you think about it, then, Tellme is providing its users with search; it's just not Internet search in the form that most of us are used to. It's mobile search and local search, enabled by the telephone's voice interface. As the software giant explained in the press release announcing the acquisition, "Microsoft and Tellme share a vision around the potential of speech as a way to enable access to information, locate other people and enhance business processes, any time and from any device." In short, Microsoft believes that the next arena for the battle to win the hearts and minds of searchers is going to be mobile and local search, and that Tellme has what it needs to win."
SEOChat.com