Google's MyLocation feature has been extended to additional devices running Windows Mobile (list of devices here). The feature, launched last November, uses cell tower triangulation to indicate a mobile user's location. This aids in local search and further lowers the…
Between TechCrunch50 and DEMO, this week has seen its fair share of company launches. Start-ups both delay and push forward their launch dates to line up with these events. So essentially we get a month's worth of new companies all…
Following the launch of MapQuest Local on Tuesday, MapQuest announced today that it will extend its MapQuest 4 Mobile application to BlackBerry devices. The downloadable app lets users get directions, search for businesses (name and category search), and see traffic…
The TechCrunch50 show wrapped up today and winners were announced. The grand prize ($50,000) went to Yammer, which is an enterprise version of Twitter that lets companies start internal communication networks. I missed the presentation on Monday but TechCrunch's Erick…
After the second day (my first) of the action-packed TechCrunch50 show, here are a few of the newly launched companies I got to talk to, and the reasons I liked them. To stay true to the show's title, I'll keep…
MapQuest today launched MapQuest Local, the biggest departure yet from its longstanding model as a place to primarily get driving directions. The company has been careful not to tinker with this model given its commanding market share lead in the…
When Insider Pages was sold to IAC's Citysearch, it seemed like it was probably a distress sale. Many of the Yellow Pages/ratings and review sites of 2004-2006 were falling apart at the same time. Since then, however, Insider Pages appears…
Today and tomorrow, I'm at the TechCrunch50 show in San Francisco. The show is basically Michael Arrington's answer to the DEMO conference series in which companies get five minutes on stage to show off newly launched online products. The difference…
Closely related to our recent ongoing coverage of Google's offline media efforts (TKG client Advisory released Friday as well), the company has signed a deal with NBC Universal to further push ad buying through its Google TV Ads platform. Google…
Here are the highlights from the TKG blog last week, in case you missed any posts. Click below to read each post in full. Mixpo Expands Channel Partners Local video production provider Mixpo today emboldened its pipeline into the elusive…
Local video production provider Mixpo today emboldened its pipeline into the elusive small-business marketplace by announcing four new channel partners. These include a number of traditional media channels that have online local search destinations, such as PegasusNews, SiliconValleyOnline and KGO…
Yellow Pages Group New Zealand has acquired a majority stake in grownups.co.nz, a Web site targeting the over 50s crowd, as reported on Stuff.co.nz. Voted as New Zealand’s best lifestyle Web site in 2008, this acquisition may well prove…
LiveDeal, which has been aggressively pushing a joint classified and directory platform since its merger with YP.com last year, is moving in new directions with the arrival of new president and CEO Mike Edelhart. He replaced former YP.com head Dan…
Today's award for off-the-wall feature to get people to use an online service goes to Whrrl. The local social service is similar to the more popular Loopt in that it lets users keep track of where their friends are and…
While other media companies stave off bill collectors and even bankruptcy, Gannett is taking advantage of its cash reserves to buy larger shares of the local ecosystem. The newspaper and broadcast company, which purchased remaining shares in ShopLocal from Tribune…
The New York Times writes today about Google's efforts to court ad agencies as a source of new business. Not surprisingly, these efforts are being met with a fair amount of skepticism from agencies that have seen Google as a…
It has been more than 90 days since former Yellowpages.com President Charles Stubbs took the helm at Primedia, the publisher of apartmentguide, rentals.com, newhomeguide.com and DistribuTech. We’ve followed Stubbs for a long time, and have naturally been curious about his…
A new report from Net Applications shows iPhone usage to represent 0.40 percent of Web hits, down from a high of 0.48 percent last week. This is up from 0.19 percent in July when the 3G iPhone was first released.…
The official Google Blog has announced that the company will launch a new open source browser today called "Chrome." On a basic level, this is a logical move for Google, given that it could provide a more direct front door…
While investors and Yellow Pages pundits continue to bang the drum telling everyone that the “younger generation” isn’t using print Yellow Pages to the degree it should, and that without this younger demographic of users the book can’t deliver…
