Google Toolbar Location-Aware

Google have added functionality to manually set user location in their toolbar, their mobile blog reports

ChaCha: Answering questions by humans on your cellphones

In the U.S., ChaCha offers free answers to questions (but it uses humans in call centers).

Google Mobile Search

Google have updated their Mobile Search capabilities; besides the XHTML version, there is now a mobile application which offers Google Maps/Local, News, Web search. The application has location awareness when installed on e.g. a GPS-enabled Blackberry (I tested it on my quad-band Blackberry World Edition), and it is quite useful.

Medical Aid Goes Mobile: Where is the Nearest Emergency Room?

That DigitalCyclone's business includes weather reports for mobile devices is perhaps not surprising, given its name. More unusual, however is a new service offering in the medical realm: ER Finder uses GPS or ZIP codes to locate the nearest emergency room, news.com reports.

Yahoo Claims Answers, Not Links Coming Soon

According to a BusinessWeek feature titled 'The Battle for Mobile Search', Yahoo's Senior Director of Global Mobile Products, Ojas Rege, claims that

Yahoo also plans to expand its oneSearch product, launched in January, 2007, so that all mobile searches performed on Yahoo will return information that users want, rather than a bunch of links.

That would certainly be in the interest of the users.

Best Mobile Search Sites

Here is my collected list of mobile search links for you to enjoy:

• Google Mobile Search [US|UK|US local]
  
• Yahoo! Mobile Search
  
• Yahoo SMS Search [US only]
  
• Microsoft Windows Live mobile search
  
• AOL Mobile Search Portal
  
• Technorati Blog Search for Mobiles
  

Mobile Monday & Mobile Search

If you are interested in the mobile industry, one of the things that you should not miss are the Mobile Monday events in London. Here is the video recording of their recent gathering of Mobile Monday on Search.