The Future Of Location-Based Marketing Isn’t Foursquare
Over the last three years, check-in and local search start-up Foursquare has become the face of location-based services. And while the...
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Findery Now A Public Beta: Anyone Can Add Notes Around The World
Findery originally launched as Pinwheel but had to change their name to Findery over a trademark infringement issue. Findery allows users...
Google Introduces “Local Discovery” App: Field Trip
Niantic Labs project, headed by former Google Local/Maps chieftain John Hanke, has just released its first mobile app: Field Trip....
Facebook To Businesses: It’s Now Pay-To-Play For Facebook Offers
Facebook Offers has been popular in the small/local business community. In the next few weeks the Offers service will begin to charge a...
YouTube Is Top Free App In iTunes Charts; Google Maps To Be Next?
YouTube Loses Default Status It may sound odd to some that YouTube is new to Apple’s iOS devices as an app, but that’s because it hasn’t...
Acer, Skyhook And Google’s Android Self-Interest
Google: Acer Can’t Work On “Non-Compatible Android” & Be Part Of Open Handset Alliance What Is The One True Android & How “Open” Is It?...
Nielsen: 78 Percent Of Mobile Travel Usage Is Google Maps
Google Maps is the top mobile travel app for perhaps obvious reasons. Not surprisingly it also tops the travel category and accounts for...
The In-Location Alliance Wants To Take LBS Targeting Inside
formed to promote indoor location and mobile indoor-positioning. It’s called “The In-Location Alliance.” Its stated objective is to...
Yelp: iPhones Offer Greater Location Accuracy Than Androids
interesting post on its blog. The post reveals how Yelp prevents false check-ins or “check-in fraud.” But more importantly it’s about how...
Will Foursquare Be Marissa Mayer’s First Big Acquisition At Yahoo?
Foursquare could give a big boost to Yahoo in “SoLoMo”: social, local and mobile. While Yahoo has mobile apps, it badly lags Google’s...
Yelp Launching New Home Page Design
started to roll out a new home page — one that focuses more on user activity and the social aspects of the site, rather than search and...
Pinwheel Has A New Name: Findery
couldn’t use that name anymore, the location-based startup has chosen a new name: Findery. It also has a new lantern icon (shown at...
Whoops: Google Admits It Still Has Some WiFi Payload Data Collected Via Street View Cars
Google’s collection of such data has sparked numerous governmental investigations around the world — some of which are still in progress....
Yelp Rolls Out Improved iPhone App, Other Mobile Changes
Below are “before” and “after” screenshots. The new profile page (second below) offers a stronger and visually simpler look, with key...
Caterina Fake Startup Pinwheel Forced To Change Name After Lawsuit
Pinwheel, which is still in private beta, is probably going to be forced to change its name. TechCrunch reported yesterday that a court...
Foursquare Introduces Promoted Updates For Mobile: “Search Ads For The Real World”
launch of loyalty marketing program “Local Updates,” Foursquare is introducing a new paid-advertising program — its first formal effort...
Foursquare Intros “Local Updates” And Revamps Merchant Interface
Ever since local/mobile firm Foursquare released the latest version of its consumer application a month or so ago, the company has been...
Yelp Opens First International Sales Office In London
Prince Andrew, The Duke of York, was on hand for the announcement, which the company says will involve more than 100 new advertising and...
Following Facebook, Foursquare Becomes A “Platform” With “Connected Apps”
announced “connected apps.” Connected apps allow third party developers to integrate their apps and content into Foursquare. There are a...
DudaMobile: Restaurant Category Dominates Among SMBs With Mobile Sites
a partnership with Google to help accelerate small business adoption of mobile sites. Because the company builds mobile websites and is...
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