YouMail and 4INFO

Have you heard of YouMail?  It's a rather spiffy service that lets you customize the voicemail message on your cell phone by caller.  So if your grandma is calling from the old country, you can set it up so that when she calls, she hears a voicemail message from you in polish, just for her!  Or better yet, if you've got an ex who just hasn't taken the hint - set up your phone so that they get a message from you asking them to back off, and then hangs up on them without allowing them to leave you a message!  There are lots of other bells and whistles too.

What does that have to do with 4INFO?  Well, YouMail can send you a text message when somebody has left you a voicemail.  We're helping out with that piece, and throwing some advertising on the message at the same time, which lets YouMail keep the service free.  Mashable wrote a bit about it yesterday, as did IntoMobile.  Although people tend to dislike advertising, they do like getting stuff for free, and if the ad is for something they want - well, that's just frosting on the cake of this cool service.

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Nettwerk has partnered with 4INFO to bring Avril Lavigne's fans real-time mobile updates and live messages from Avril. Fans can sign up for these messages on Avril's official website and Myspace page. Fans can also text the word “Avril” to 44636 (4INFO) to receive a menu of the latest Avril-related news, gear, promotions and concert and tour information.

   

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4INFO & Spark Networks Partnership

Spark Networks & 4INFO Partner Up

4INFO announced today that it has partnered with Spark Networks plc (AMEX: LOV), a leading provider of online personals services, to provide text message alerts to members of select Spark Networks communities, including BlackSingles.com®, CatholicMingle™.com, PrimeSingles™.net, and Relationships.com™, among others.

Free to all members of these communities, users can register to be notified on their cell phones when they receive emails, e-cards, instant messages and other forms of communications from other members.

"Today's singles rely on their cell phones and PDAs for up-to-the-minute news and information," stated Greg Liberman, President and Chief Operating Officer of Spark Networks. "Our members generally want to be informed as soon as possible if someone wants to communicate with them. By partnering with 4INFO we are able to help our members stay connected to their online communities wherever they go."

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4INFO Announces New Mobile Web Search

4INFO announced today from the Digital Experience event at the Consumer Electronics Show, the launch of its highly anticipated mobile web search engine (http://m.4info.net). Created to deliver instant, accurate results to searchers in as little as one click, 4INFO’s new mobile web search engine gives anyone with a mobile device a simple, free and satisfying way to search for information while on the go. 4INFO will be demonstrating its new mobile web search engine at Digital Experience from 7:00 to 10:00 PM on Sunday, January 7th, 2007.

The new mobile web search engine offers customers the ability to search for information in the way that’s easiest and most comfortable for them --- via an intuitive menu of the most frequent searches or via a traditional search bar. The new 4INFO mobile search engine gives users a single source for direct answers to their queries, eliminating the need to click through numerous web pages for a simple answer.

“Until now searching for information using the mobile web has been a frustrating experience for a majority of people,” said CEO of 4INFO, Zaw Thet. “4INFO’s new mobile search engine eliminates the frustrations related to mobile web search – from multiple keystrokes, to slow download times. With the launch of our mobile search engine, 4INFO further establishes its position as the reliable leader in mobile search and gives customers yet another way to get accurate answers and real results from their mobile devices.”

The Best User Experience: Fewer Key Strokes
While the mobile content universe continues to expand and users are eager to access information from their phones, finding the right information in a timely fashion has proven to be tedious.  4INFO set out to eliminate these challenges by creating a single click “entry” for users who wish to browse the mobile Internet rather than type in a query. As part of the process, 4INFO conducted a series of rigorous tests using the Rapid Iterative Testing and Evaluation methodology, which identified and refined the new intuitive search process.

Methodology: Delivering Accurate Answers
4INFO’s engine, which was built exclusively for mobile, does a semantic analysis of each query and matches it against relevant, focused categories of real-time information most relevant for the mobile user. Unlike web search, the success of mobile search depends on the delivery of accurate answers in the fewest possible steps. 4INFO will always send an answer or instructions on how to better format a query. Because users can find all of their desired information from 4INFO’s mobile site, there is no need to bookmark several different sites.

Try out the mobile web site from your PC, by clicking here.

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4INFO and USA TODAY Expand Partnership

In January, we announced our print partnership with Gannett and USA TODAY, and today we're excited to formally introduce our expansion into USA TODAY's web site and mobile WAP site.  Now 4INFO's sports alert products will also be promoted via USATODAY.com and the USATODAY.com Mobile site. To access the service, on the Web visit http://www.usatoday.com/sports and click on "Mobile NFL Alerts." On a mobile device, visit and bookmark USATODAY.com and click "Sports."

Users can register for real-time NFL scores statistics via USATODAY.com and can choose from team and/or player alerts. Upon registration, subscribers initiate a simple confirmation process that sends a text message to the registered mobile phone. Replying to the confirmation text message will activate the desired NFL alerts.  In addition, alert preferences can be continually managed throughout the season via an online interface which allows for the addition of several settings that can be toggled on and off, including alerts for score changes and player statistic changes, such as scoring, yardage gained, turnovers, injuries, and more.

"Due to the success that we've seen by promoting this partnership in print, based on feedback from USA TODAY's readers and our incredible month over month usage increases, it made sense to expand our reach to USATODAY.com and the USATODAY.com Mobile site," said Zaw Thet, CEO of 4INFO.

"We are pleased to offer this new information service to our users," said Matt Jones, Director of Mobile Products. "Teaching more of our readers how to easily get the information they need, in real-time, will continue to be the focus for both companies."

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4INFO and Opera Expand Partnership

A few months ago, Opera and 4INFO announced Opera’s special edition Goal ‘06 Mini-browser and World Cup Widget.  With the success of the Goal '06 Mini-browser, we're excited to announce the new Opera Mini™ Endzone, which is tailored to NFL, NCAA, and fantasy football.  The sports-specific browsers provide access to text alerts for live scores, news, and statistics for their respective sports.  Opera Mini™ Endzone ‘06 is available for free through SMS, by texting "opera" to 44636, or via download at http://mini.opera.com/endzone.

The Opera Mini™ Endzone ’06 browser allows users to leverage 4INFO’s WAP-based infrastructure for setting mobile text alerts for player stats and game scores. It also provides direct links to NFL, NCAA, and fantasy football mobile sites for users to visit and bookmark.  Opera Mini™ Endzone ’06 delivers the same ease of use and usability as the general build of the mobile browser: device-tailored search and navigation of the World Web Web, including the users’ favorite community, webmail and portal pages. 

“4INFO and Opera, in combination, put more power and control into the hands of the mobile phone user,” says Zaw Thet, CEO of 4INFO.  “This partnership is about access to information and the ease of managing it right from your phone.”

"Opera Mini™ was always intended for this kind of use," says Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. "This powerful small Web browser lets anyone with a mobile phone and a data plan break into the real Web to get their needed information on the go. Opera Mini™ Endzone ‘06 takes the extra step by customizing the experience for football fans."

Learn more about the Opera Mini Endzon '06 and check out all of 4INFO's NFL services!

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4INFO Launches Open Platform

Last month we annouced that 4INFO would be presenting at the prestigious DEMOfall conference!  After much anticipation, we can finally announce the cutting-edge technology that will be presented tomorrow.  4INFO has created Open Platform, an easy and free way for any company or individual to create a mobile service.  A first for the mobile industry, Open Platform allows developers, content owners, and individuals to leverage 4INFO's search infrastructure to make information and applications of their choosing accessible on 4INFO's SMS and WAP search platform by anyone with a cell phone.  Learn more about the Open Platform at http://open.4info.net. Or, download the press release here.

Open Platform features the ability to designate content as searchable, create text alerts for updated news, offer menu-driven information, and more. This search or alerts service can either be an extension of online content or a brand new application.  Developers, content owners, and even individuals can integrate with the Open Platform using open standards such as RSS or XML feeds to avoid the cost and time required to build a proprietary mobile delivery platform.  Open Platform delivers all the benefits of 4INFO's infrastructure, including the administrative features, interactivity, alerts, and personalization, minus the hassle of dealing with billing, subscriber management, and setting up a shortcode.

"People use blogs and Web sites to get information, but they can't be in front of their computers constantly.  Giving them access to the same information on their cell phones that they could previously only get online is incredibly valuable," said Chris Shipley, executive producer of DEMOfall. "4INFO's platform provides this value free to anyone with a data feed."

"Building a mobile platform is complicated and costly.  With Open Platform, 4INFO has removed the barrier for companies and individuals who have a pressing need to make their content mobile, but who can't afford to build it themselves," said Zaw Thet, CEO of 4INFO.  "Making it easy to use the Open Platform with standard web services will extend the breadth of 4INFO's already robust mobile search and alert service, making 4INFO even more valuable to our users and the mobile community."

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DEMOfall Picks 4INFO

4INFO has been selected as a demonstrator at the prestigious DEMOfall conference! We’ll be launching and demonstrating a unique interface for our patent-pending mobile search and delivery platform that is aimed toward both developers and consumers (which we can't publically talk about until 9/25). DEMOfall will be held September 25 – 27 at the Sheraton San Diego Marina in San Diego, CA.

“It is an honor to be selected for DEMOfall and recognized as one of a handful of important, emerging technology companies,” said Zaw Thet, CEO of 4INFO. “DEMOfall is the perfect venue for 4INFO to illustrate an innovative approach to our mobile search and delivery service, which will easily transform how businesses and individuals interact with mobile services.”

Chris Shipley, DEMO’s award-winning executive producer, and her team screen hundreds of applicants to uncover seventy emerging technology companies that show the most promise. The environment of exclusivity makes DEMO conferences a perennial source of mega-deals, unparalleled media coverage, and strong business relationships forged in real time.

“4INFO is revolutionizing the way people use their mobile phones to access information, and I’m pleased to have Zaw Thet and his team present this elegant new offering at the conference in September,” said Shipley. “Audiences will be amazed at how simply 4INFO’s new platform will change the way we consider what information can be accessed via our mobile phones.”

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TV Guide & 4INFO Bring TV Listings to Cell Phones

TV Guide and 4INFO announced today that they have partnered to bring TV listings direct to cell phones. Resulting from this partnership and available immediately, cell phone users will now have the ability to quickly search for channel listings, specific television programming listings, and time-based programming from any mobile phone via SMS or WAP. The service is available to all mobile phone users regardless of carrier, and will allow TV fans to easily locate air dates, times, and channels for their favorite programming while out of town, or just on the go.

The TV Guide mobile product allows viewers to look up television channels and show times based on regional or local service providers. The reply to an initial query uses 4INFO's menu-based system to help a user select from a list of television service providers generated by the initial stated location. This location is then used as a default for subsequent searches. Once a provider has been selected, program matches are returned with airdate and channel. Specific programs can be searched further to locate future airdates. For channel searches, the local channel number is displayed for a given call sign and location.

For television show time and channel information, use:

• "tv" + SHOW + LOCATION (city or Zip)
• Example query: "tv project runway 94107"

To identify a channel number for a particular network, use:

• "tv" + NETWORK SIGN + LOCATION (city or Zip)
• Example query: "tv cbs 94107"

"At TV Guide, we understand just how passionate fans are about their television shows," said Rich Cusick, senior vice president and general manager, Digital Media, Gemstar-TV Guide International. "With this new listings offering, TV Guide and 4INFO are providing consumers unprecedented ease of access to the information they want and need about their favorite shows, wherever and whenever. 4INFO is revolutionizing the feature set available to cell phone users and is an ideal partner to help extend the reach of the TV Guide brand in the increasingly popular wireless content market."

Learn more about getting TV listings on your cell phone.

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4INFO & Fantasy Football Starters Deliver Scores, Stats & Analysis

4INFO and Ready-Set-Go Fantasy Sports LLC, the leader in predictive fantasy sports analysis, announced today their partnership to co-promote NFL products.  Ready-Set-Go helps fantasy football players win by providing customized, expert, predictive software analysis.  Meanwhile, 4INFO provides the means to search or set alerts for NFL scores and player statistics from a cell phone.  The combination of products provides a complete week-to-week solution for the sports or fantasy football fan who wants the latest updates as they happen.

For the week preceding the NFL games, Ready-Set-Go’s Fantasy Football Starters membership-based service provides proven mobile and wireless fantasy football analysis products, including:

•     Draft Analyzer: The only fantasy football prediction engine incorporating real-time player updates, status factors and customized scoring requirements.
•    Trade Analyzer: Predicts the impact a trade will have on your fantasy football roster, by position, and how it will influence every week remaining in your season.
•    Line-up Analyzer: Patent-pending fantasy football software application using real-time player updates and a proven algorithm that predicts fantasy football player & team performance expectations, personalized for your fantasy football roster.
•    Team Analyzer: Analyzes opposing fantasy football teams you face during weekly match-ups.
•    Wireless Starter Alerts: Industry’s first "Starter Alert" mobile wireless notification which reminds you to set your roster, complete with the latest starter recommendations.

Visit Fantasy Football Starters now!

Then on game day, 4INFO provides the perfect solution for dedicated fans who want to follow particular teams or players.  The service allows users to query or have a variety of event-triggered text alerts, for both team scores and player statistics, sent to their mobile phones. Now, dedicated sports or fantasy football fans can get as-they-happen updates and never miss another touchdown, turnover, or injury.

4INFO’s free search functions include:
•    For team scores, text TEAM NAME (ex: cowboys) to 4INFO (44636)
•    For all daily scores, text NFL to 4INFO (44636)
•    For player stats, text PLAYER FIRST and LAST NAME (ex: reggie bush) to 4INFO
•    For schedules, text SCHEDULE + TEAM NAME (ex: schedule raiders)
•    For standings, text STANDING + DIVISION (ex: standing nfc central)

4INFO’s real-time text alerts include:
    •    End of game score alerts for individual teams
    •    Event-triggered text alerts each time the game score changes
    •    End of game stats for individual players
    •    And, for $3.99/month, unlimited, event-driven player statistics for:
        •    Individual Scoring
        •    Turnovers
        •    Yardage Gained
        •    Injuries

Visit 4INFO's NFL page now!

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4INFO + Mission Movers = Community-based SMS

4INFO announced today a partnership with Mission Movers Group, a marketing innovation firm, to provide The Rainier Chamber with the first community controlled text messaging system.  This innovative use of an RSS feed and keyword control over SMS will allow community organizations, businesses, and service providers to distribute their content, programs, and promotions to residents within the community via mobile devices.

The Rainier Valley, in the heart of Seattle, is one of the most diverse, integrated communities in the U.S., with 100 known languages spoken in its small geographic area.  Many people comprising the community are without consistent means to Internet connectivity, but have ready access to cell phones and SMS.  This community network allows the members of the Rainier Valley to access valuable information that is constantly updated by members of the community itself, such as tutoring services, sports scores, coupons, merchant discounts, and more.  To view information for Rainier Valley, users simply text “rvp” and a query, such as “rvp tutor” or “rvp meeting” to 4INFO (44636) on a cell phone. Results are sent back immediately and free of charge.

“4INFO’s mission is to bridge the gap between information and the mobile individual,” said Carol Chi, 4INFO’s Marketing Manager. “Our expertise is to provide individuals with an easy and effective way to search for information on their phones. Because our platform allows for an elegant SMS integration and can be deployed for a number of different businesses, we can also help individuals connect to each other and bring a community closer together.”

“Mission Movers Group is proud to partner with 4INFO and The Rainier Chamber to pioneer a modern method of not only accessing community-level information on the go, but also revitalizing a community in the process,” said Brian Bigelow, Mission Movers Group’s VP of Project Development.  “We hope to duplicate this successful model with other communities throughout the country.”

Any organization that would like to make their content accessible on a mobile platform can send an email to partners@4INFO.net.  4INFO’s services are available free of charge on all major U.S. cell phone carriers, although normal carrier charges may apply. No registration is required.

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4INFO, Gannett & the USA TODAY Partnership

Gannett, the US's largest newspaper group with 99 daily newspapers and a combined daily circulation of 7.6 million, has today announced a minority investment and marketing deal with 4INFO.

As you may recall, 4INFO ran a 2 week trial in the USA TODAY, Gannett’s flagship publication, back in October of 2005. That trial was one of the largest print distributions for a shortcode due to the paper's large reader circulation. The success of that trial has resulted in this more formal partnership.

4INFO will, once again, receive placement in relevant sections of the USA TODAY such as Sports, Weather and Finance, to name a few. These placements will advertise the ability to get real-time information for the respective 4INFO search categories via our shortcode, 44636. The workings of the deal include distribution across much of Gannett’s newspaper and broadcast companies for the term of 3 years.

In our eyes, this validates the growth and potential of the mobile search industry as a viable channel for distributing information. The combination of the two companies rounds out the means by which a person can get the information they need on a daily basis. The USA TODAY is the preeminent sources of information about the world, while 4INFO is the vehicle for delivery of real-time information specific to an individual's world.

Read the full press release here.

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4INFO Adds Mobix Mobile Content

4INFO, Inc. Announces Mobile Content Agreement with Mobix
Partnership Will Support Future Launch of 4INFO Mobile Content Search Service

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Aug. 30, 2005 – 4INFO, Inc., the leading mobile search service, announced a partnership with Mobix Interactive Ltd., the leading “made-for-mobile” video content provider.  Mobix will provide entertainment and news content, such as music interviews, comedy, news and sports to 4INFO’s mobile search platform.  The content will be available via 4INFO’s pending Mobile Content Search feature, which will be launched in September 2005.

4INFO will leverage a comprehensive database of mobile content provided through Mobix’s partnerships with a wide range of media owners, such as CNBC Europe, Reuters, Fashion TV and various music labels.  To be alerted when Mobix mobile content is available, wireless users can send “mobix” in a text message or e-mail to 4INFO (44636 or search@4info.net).

“As the leader in mobile search, 4INFO seeks to partner with best-of-breed entertainment and content companies, such as Mobix,” says Pankaj Shah, founder and CEO of 4INFO, Inc.  “Enabling mobile content search, in conjunction with our information search technology, will help make 44636 (4INFO) the only shortcode that one must remember.”

“Mobile search is an essential channel into the process of bringing content closer to the user,” says Matt Heiman, CEO Mobix Interactive.  If a successful search is defined by simplicity, speed and success, then 4INFO’s expertise in mobile search will help more users to quickly locate and acquire what they seek.”

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4INFO + Knitting Factory

4INFO Announces Mobile Partnership with Knitting Factory
4INFO to Provide Event Calendar, Event Alerts and E-mail Newsletter Registration via Mobile Phones for Los Angeles and New York Knitting Factory Venues

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Aug. 23, 2005 – 4INFO Inc., the leading mobile search service, announced today a partnership with Knitting Factory Entertainment, a unique entertainment company with a combination of branded content and concert venues.  4INFO will provide mobile search results for artists and events at the Knitting Factory venues in Los Angeles and New York, and will enable mobile registration for the Knitting Factory newsletters.

4INFO will allow wireless users to access the Knitting Factory calendar through its platform of mobile search services (text message to 44636, email to search@4INFO.net, and on the Mobile Web at http://wap.4INFO.net).  Users can easily and quickly search by venue, artist or date to receive complete event calendar results with detailed time and location information.  4INFO will also provide the distribution interface for ringtones, screensavers and wallpapers of the Knitting Factory’s affiliated record labels and artists.

Knitting Factory fans will also be able to sign up for text message alerts by subscribing to the Knitting Factory alerts service on 4INFO for both the Los Angeles and New York venues.  Alerts will include any changes in the event calendar, last-minute invites to shows that have not been sold out and other breaking event news.

 “If you want to be in tune with the up and coming bands in the hippest locations, then you must be connected to the Knitting Factory’s extensive concert schedule,” said Pankaj Shah, CEO of 4INFO, Inc.  “4INFO provides music aficionados with an innovative way to stay connected to the music scene.”

"Our consumers are young, technologically savvy, trend-setting urban-actives who want information at their fingertips,” said Jared Hoffman, president, Knitting Factory Entertainment.  "We are thrilled to be partnering with 4INFO to bring the latest information about our shows and events to the cutting edge of search technology and are looking forward to developing many exciting and unique applications to enhance the wireless experience."

4INFO’s partnership with Knitting Factory for event and promotion services, which include keyword query responses, text alerts and provision of a mobile download interface, will be available to consumers in late October 2005.  Anyone with mobile service on all major U.S. cell phone carriers will be able to use all services free of charge, although normal carrier charges may apply.

About 4INFO
4INFO, Inc. (www.4INFO.net), the leading mobile search service, allows users to quickly, easily and affordably find relevant information on their mobile devices.  Through its multiple search platforms (SMS, WAP, Email, and at 4INFO.net), 4INFO provides local directory, entertainment, and real-time information services, including sports scores, fantasy sports stats, weather, flight information, movie times, horoscopes, hotspot locations and stock quotes.  4INFO’s investment partners include U.S. Venture Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson.  4INFO is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif.

About Knitting Factory Entertainment
No one presents more emerging and established talent to American audiences in a live setting than Knitting Factory Entertainment - America’s premier and most authentic source for the discovery of cutting edge music.  Knitting Factory Entertainment operates the world famous Knitting Factory music venues in New York and Los Angeles, and develops dynamic, music-based entertainment and marketing programs directly serving the desirable urban active metropolitan demographic. Knitting Factory Entertainment’s branded entertainment services have been developed across fifteen years’ experience in festival, national tour and special event development in conjunction with an exciting array of media partners across all platforms.  Knitting Factory Entertainment is a uniquely positioned and highly trusted conduit to the music consumer.

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4INFO Announces Addition of Directory Listings to Mobile Web

4INFO Announces Addition of Directory Listings to Mobile Web
Service Now Provides Directory of WAP-enabled Sites and Enhanced Search Assistance

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Aug. 18, 2005 – 4INFO, Inc., the leading mobile search service, announced today the addition of a Mobile Web directory to its Mobile Web search service.  The directory augments 4INFO's search capabilities with a breadth of WAP sites that provide complementary information for mobile phone users.

The new directory service from 4INFO allows Mobile Web users to click directly to a listing of popular WAP sites at http://wap.4INFO.net.  Categories in the directory include directions, entertainment, games, news, ringtones, shopping, sports, traffic, travel, weather and more.  WAP sites such as ESPN, CNET, CNN, USA Today, eBay, Yahoo! and Froogle are listed in their respective categories.

The Mobile Web directory also uses enhanced search assistance to help users easily and quickly find what they are looking for.  4INFO will suggest categories in the directory where the user may be able to find the sought after information.  This capability is similar to the one offered through 4INFO’s (44636) text message search, where if there is an ambiguous query, search assistance will offer suggestions to receive more precise information.

“Being a great mobile search service means that 4INFO must not only provide accurate results to recognized queries, but also decipher queries that aren’t obvious on a first search,” says Pankaj Shah, founder and CEO, 4INFO, Inc.  “The WAP channel provides us with the interface to offer more interactive search results to users and an opportunity to redirect them to relevant information.”

4INFO is the first mobile search engine to build a targeted and independent directory of mobile-phone friendly sites that can deliver useful services.  To browse the directory, users can visit http://wap.4INFO.net and click on the “Web Directory” link from most mobile devices. This directory will also soon be made available to users that search on 4INFO using the company’s 44636 shortcode.

4INFO Mobile Web Search is a simple search tool which provides users with an easy and quick way to access information via Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), such as sports scores, flight times, weather, movie times and more. This service also includes the ability to get driving directions from yellow pages listings and wireless hotpot searches.

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4INFO, Big Fish & Tasty Tones

4INFO Announces Mobile Content Agreement with Big Fish Media and Tasty Tones Media
Partnerships Will Provide Downloadable Content for Future Launch of 4INFO Mobile Content Search Service

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Aug. 16, 2005 – 4INFO Inc., the leading mobile search service, announced today an agreement with both Big Fish Media, a digital delivery company for independent record labels, and Tasty Tones Media, a creator of original mobile content, to provide mobile content to wireless users.  This content will be available via 4INFO’s pending Mobile Content Search feature, which will be live in late August.

“Being the comprehensive mobile search platform for information and downloads is vital to our forward-looking strategy,” said Pankaj Shah, CEO, 4INFO, Inc.  “The partnership with Big Fish Media and Tasty Tones Media will allow 4INFO users to easily locate content, anytime, anywhere.”

“Marrying our platform for music delivery with the leader in mobile search services is a win-win situation for both companies,” said Steven Corn, CEO, Big Fish Media.  "4INFO’s ability to bring our artist content closer to more people will be invaluable to the distribution of independent music.”

“We are excited to make our rich content catalog available to 4INFO users," stated Jerry Confino, partner, Tasty Tones Media.  "The intelligence, ease of use and personalized search results of 4INFO’s Mobile Search Service will go far to assist in the promotion of Tasty Tones Media downloadable content.”

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4INFO + CMJ Music Marathon

4INFO Announces Mobile Partnership with CMJ Network
4INFO to Provide Event Guide and Event Alerts via Mobile Phone to Music Lovers at the CMJ Music Marathon

PALO ALTO, Calif. – August 11, 2005 – 4INFO Inc., the leading mobile search service, announced today a partnership with CMJ Network, Inc. an interactive and print media network that connects music fans, bands and professionals with the best in new music.

4INFO will provide mobile search results for artists and events at the 25th Anniversary CMJ Music Marathon, four days and nights of music, networking, exhibits, films, featured speakers and discussion sessions on the state of today's music industry.  CMJ Music Marathon will be held in New York City from Sept. 14 – 17, 2005 at Lincoln Center and dozens of clubs throughout the city.

4INFO will enable wireless users to access the CMJ Event Guide through its platform of mobile search services (text-message to 44636, email to search@4INFO.net, and on the Mobile Web at http://wap.4INFO.net).  Attendees of the event may search by venue, artist, film, panel or date to receive complete event schedule results with detailed time and location information.

CMJ fans will also be able to sign up for text-message alerts by subscribing to the CMJ alerts service on 4INFO.  To subscribe, wireless users should send the text-message “cmj info” to 4INFO (44636).  Alerts will include any changes in events, updates on waiting times at venues, and other breaking event news.

“CMJ is one of the premier companies connecting music lovers with the best in new music and 4INFO connects mobile users with the kind of digital media they need, when they need it,” said Pankaj Shah, founder and CEO, 4INFO, Inc.  “As the leader in mobile search, we are proud to partner with CMJ to help bring their music content and information services to the mobile world.”

"CMJ is all about conveying the most up-to-the-minute information on the latest new music to our audience, whether it's online, in print or, now, through mobile devices. Our partnership with 4INFO adds another dynamic channel for us to reach music and entertainment fans worldwide,” said Robert K. Haber, Founder & CEO of CMJ Network.  “We expect this partnership to help make the 25th Anniversary CMJ Music Marathon the best yet."

Access to the CMJ Event Guide via 4INFO will be available beginning Sept. 14, the first day of CMJ Music Marathon.  CMJ Music Marathon draws 11,000 music professionals, 4,000 artists, and more than 75,000 music fans to New York for the event.  Alert registration is currently live and event-goers can subscribe to these alerts at any time.  Anyone with mobile service on all major US cell phone carriers will be able to use all services free of charge, although normal carrier charges may apply.

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