Dr. Larry Cornett on Universal & Blended Search – Manoj Jasra, WebProNews

A brief but interesting interview with Yahoo and how they view universal search and how they plan to gain leverage in the search market.

Argentina Finally has Street Maps – Google Maps Mania

A long time in coming but Argentina’s major cities now have Maps

Fighting Traffic Jams With Data – Roger Cheng, WSJ.com

An interesting piece on cars as both clients and peers in networks that utilize the automobile as a source of data. One researcher describes a technique to use iPhones and a new, quicker way to attach to Wifi networks to provide real time traffic info.

Google iPhone Voice Search – It’s All About the Ads – Michael Gray, SEOBlog

While everyone is fawning over Google for releasing a useful app (yahoo and microsoft should take notice), the part that everyone is missing is, this is all part of larger strategy to get people more comfortable with mobile and voice searches. Once google has achieved that goal, be prepared for more mobile advertising.