
Google Compromises End Street View Litigation In Switz, Book Suit In France
That requirement was seen as a threat to Google’s ability to continue to operate Street View in Switzerland — because it could only blur...

With iOS Status On The Ropes, Google To Show “Next Dimension” Of Google Maps
Google is inviting various media organizations to see “the next dimension of Google Maps” at an event next week in San Francisco. And the...

UK, Australia May Reopen Street View Privacy Probes After FCC Report
asserted that the personal data collected was not inadvertent but intentional. Privacy regulators in both the UK and Australia are now...

Iran Says It May Sue Google Over Dropping Persian Gulf Name On Google Maps
This morning comes more saber rattling from Iran, the troubled Middle-Eastern regime that routinely issues threats against real and...

Check-In Service Usage Has More Than Doubled In Past 9 Months, Study Says
new Pew Research Center study. Pew’s Internet & American Life Project surveyed more than 2,200 adults earlier this year and found that...

Report: July Release Of Foursquare App To Include Personalized Coupons
When the start-up releases the next version of its mobile app, it will include functionality that displays promoted personalized local...

Yelp Reports $27 Million In Quarterly Revenue But Higher Loss
reflected in their numbers for Q1, 2012. The company said that it made $27.4 million in revenue for the quarter, which represented 66...

Yahoo Rolls Out Small Business Marketing Dashboard
rolled out a small business marketing dashboard — meant as a one-stop shop where small businesses can monitor (and tweak) their online...

Identity Of “Wi-Spy” Google Engineer Revealed In Scandal That Won’t Go Away
an unredacted copy of the recent FCC report on the matter has done the opposite. It showed that the capture of a broad array of “consumer...

Unredacted FCC Report Shows Google’s “Wi-Spy” Consumer Data Capture Was Intentiona
released a document that asserted Google had obstructed its investigation into whether Street View WiFi mapping and related consumer...

Google Street View “Wi-Spy” Investigation Closed With $25,000 Penalty
reports that the Street View WiFi eavesdropping investigation by the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) against Google has now...

Report: Foursquare Plans Ad Platform Launch In June
an Ad Age article citing “a person familiar with the matter.” According to the report, the new functionality will be a part of the...

FCC Clears Google Over Wifi Eavesdropping But Fines It $25,000 For “Noncompliance” With
The StreetView Wifi Eavesdropping In 2010, it was discovered that Google’s Street View cars were doing more than just taking pictures....

Facebook Offers: Coming To A News Feed Near You
Back at the fMC conference in February, Facebook announced a new version of its offers product. The product looks (and acts) much like...

Google To Offer $5 for $10 Starbucks Coupon Tomorrow
Google Commerce Blog, the deal will be available to Google Offers subscribers in all 40 US cities where Google Offers is live. There’s...

Yelp Offers More Detailed Engagement Metrics To Business Owners
Account owners can now see organic traffic over 30 day, one year and two year periods. They also can see how many times they showed up in...

How Real Is Social Media Fatigue?
How many of these social networks do you belong to? Do you participate in every day? Every week? Every month? When a new one comes along...

Foursquare Breaks Up With Google Maps, Is It The Beginning Of A Trend?
Google’s early API, consumer popularity and easy (read: free) licensing terms fueled rapid adoption of Google Maps by third party...

Pinwheel: Flickr Co-Founder’s New Startup Is Part Flickr, Foursquare & Path
Pinwheel is very interesting — but it’s not an original idea. In fact it’s an idea that has been unsuccessfully tried by at least two...
























