Google Inc. is in advanced talks with two top U.S. cellphone operators, Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp., about selling handsets tailored to its new mobile-phone operating system, people familiar with the matter said.

Deals with the carriers would represent a major breakthrough for the Internet search giant, which until now has encountered wariness from some quarters of the wireless industry about its mobile-phone plans. Google shares crossed $700 Wednesday on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The milestone is a fresh intraday high for the company, after it passed $600 for the first time only three weeks ago.

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Google has unveiled a redesigned mobile search interface with an emphasis on varied result types.

Rather than giving you choices for your search type (e.g., web, images, local listings), the new mobile search automatically searches across different Google search types and gives you a short list of results for each.

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