Mayer: Mobile Web, default search engine on iPhone for those who have chosen to do that.
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For obviously any Firefox OS will use Google as the default search option, as with the basic browser deal.
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Interestingly, Microsoft chose Yandex over Bing as a default search engine for Windows 8 phones in Russia and in Turkey.
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It will join Yahoo and Google, which remains the default search engine.
And, according to Microsoft Russia CEO Nikolai Pryanishnikov, Yandex will soon become the default search engine for Windows 8 phones in all other CIS markets.
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Earlier today, we wrote about a rumor that was kicking up on a few Android blogs that Bing would be the default search engine on ALL Android smartphones for Verizon in the future.
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Smartphone OS success not only enables higher licensing revenues for Microsoft, but also helps the company capture greater market share in the search advertising market, since Bing is the default search engine on Windows Phone 7 smartphones.
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Motorola prevailed by asking Chinese Web company Baidu to be the default search engine on its phones, but could get caught in a second round of intrigue if Google exits the Chinese market completely, as it has threatened.
Future Droids may come at a low price if you agree to Google as the exclusive search bar and default browser search on the phone.
Apple currently has Google as the default for search and location- based services in the iPhone, and there's built-in support for Gmail.
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What's more, that certainly appears to be the default Android search box lurking back there, something that's not part of the Blur homescreen.
Google made a big strategic and tactical mistake in allowing the Google-Mozilla revenue-sharing search default agreement to expire in November, ending a formal commercial relationship that had lasted at least six years.
Schmidt would feature prominently in the launch event, talking about Google search and YouTube being default settings on the iPhone.
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Google's search engine is the default for many phones built using Android.
Perhaps the more interesting part of the announcement, though, is that Motorola is adding the capability to choose a non-default (read: non-Google) search provider on these phones.
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All existing ad campaigns, including those that previously excluded mobile search will be now opted into mobile by default.
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By default, the page is public and will turn up in a Google search.
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Some apps, he said, will likely become baked-in default options, depending on circumstances, or will be suggested by the search engine.
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