Finding His Voice
Fast Company, June, 2007 by Linda Tischler
Microsoft plunked down more than $800 million in March for Tellme Networks, a private company that provides automated speech-recognition services for Domino's Pizza , FedEx , and others, as well as automated directory assistance. (Try it out by dialing 800-555-TELL. Even if you slur your speech like a drunkard, it will still connect you.) With Google dominating Web search, the acquisition was widely viewed as Microsoft's gambit into the nascent mobile search market. But according to Mike McCue, Tellme's 39-year-old cofounder, the deal heralds far more than that. He sat down recently with Fast Company 's Linda Tischler.
FC: Tellme is Microsoft's largest private acquisition ever and the fourth-largest deal in its history. What do they expect of you?...
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