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TV Guide and 4INFO are getting together to bring TV listings directly to cellphones. You will now have the ability to quickly search for channel listings, specific programs, 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.

This builds on 4INFO’s ability to deliver sports scores, yellow page listings, stock quotes, movie times, hotel reservations, weather forecasts, horoscopes, flight status, package tracking, fantasy sports, drink recipes, and yes, even pickup lines.

So this solves the problem of how to get the girl but why can’t we have a DVR in the U.S. that is programmable over your phone. If 4INFO can do that for me I will be screaming accolades all the way home (while managing my baseball team, grabbing some drinks, on my plane, while tracking my Fedex, managing my portfolio...)

[Thanks Bob]

For those of you that do not know Gmail currently scans your emails for multiple reasons. First off, to offer text relevant ads from Google Adsense (they have to figure some way to provide over 2 GB of free email). But also to offer recommendations such as mapping a location when it sees and address and providing a quick line to UPS tracking when a tracking number exists.

Garett Rogers discovered that Google plans to offer a way for packages from FedEx and the USPS (United States Postal Service) to be tracked within Gmail. Based on Gmail’s current source code, Gmail will soon be able to detect FedEx and USPS tracking numbers within e-mails. Rogers also noted that Gmail will also be able to detect products in messages and link to them on their respectful Froogle pages. This would allow Google to send legitimate promotional email to a customer about a product, and allow users to see lower prices right within Gmail.

Read [AMCP Tech]