Yahoo launched OneConnect, a new feature that will allow for easier access to messaging, e-mail and online social networks. The tool, which aggregates text messages with e-mails and instant messages from a variety of providers, is set to place Yahoo at the head of mobile internet technology.

Yahoo also announced at yesterday’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that OneSearch will be the primary search tool for T-Mobile’s European users from Mar. this year.

The new function combines news, weather, financial updates, photos and web links while displaying search results in a more streamlined fashion than on PCs.

Google also introduced its new mobile developments at the Barcelona conference. An exclusive group of attendees got a first-hand look at several prototype phones using Google’s Android software. While the ‘mocked- up’ phones were similar to Blackberry models, the prototypes featured technology that can be used on lower-end, mass-market models—suggesting that the technology could be implemented on most phones in today’s market, reported CNET News.com.

Nokia announced earlier at the conference that it will incorporate Google in its search application, integrating the search engine with Yahoo and Windows Live on four new handset models.

Neil Mawston, an analyst at Strategy Analytics, told Bloomberg.com that the Nokia, Google deal reflects the tendency for major industry leaders to join forces.
 
“The Google deal looks like if you can't beat them, better to join them,'' he said.

Nokia’s current search function will be integrated with Google Search and eventually made available in more than 100 countries and in more than 40 languages.

Source: www.guardian.co.uk, CNETnews.com and Bloomberg.com