I recently had the chance to talk to Jeff Smulyan, president and CEO of Emmis Communications. Smulyan was one of our keynoters at May's Winning Media Strategies conference. We picked up the conversation where the conference left off: the sizable…
Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. Mobile Video's Growth: A Conversation With PacketVideo Fresh off PacketVideo's $45 million strategic investment from Japanese mobile giant NTT…
Lat49, which sells ads on online maps for more than 120 Web sites, including Topix.net, Trails.com and others, announced that it has raised $1.5 million in Series A financing. Participation was led by PenderFund Capital Management, with further participation from…
Fresh off PacketVideo's $45 million strategic investment from Japanese mobile giant NTT DOCOMO, I had the chance to talk with Chief Business Officer Joel Espelien. The investment brings the company closer to the existing partner, which should help it position…
Mobile start-up Aloqa announced that it has raised $1.5 million from angel investors and Wellington Partners. The company sits at the growing three-way intersection of mobile, local and social. Specifically, it alerts users to interesting events, locations or people in…
One of the criticisms of the Palm Pre has been the lackluster volume of apps that are available for its WebOS platform. There were about a dozen released with the Pre, based on the individual deals Palm formed for pre-loaded…
Sean Greene is moving into a digital leadership role at R.H. Donnelley, transitioning from his most recent role as senior vice president of strategy and business development into the new position of SVP Interactive. Greene plans to move from RHD…
Following the theme of the previous post, Google has taken yet another step toward bringing together search and location relevance. Its new "Favorite Places" program asks 100 "experts" to identify their favorite places on the globe. By expert, it means…
Google's home page has begun to identify users' locations on the iPhone. This basically takes the form of a link that asks users to have Google know their location in order to get locally relevant results. As a result, local…
This week at its Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft announced the upcoming launch of the Windows Mobile Marketplace. Starting July 27, developers will gain access to the program and be allowed to develop mobile apps that will run on Windows Mobile…
Hopstop, which provides public transit routing and schedules, plus walking directions, has brought in new leadership and expects to pursue rapid growth to 200 cities. It is currently in seven markets (or eight, if you count Long Island as a…
As noted in the above post, Urban Mapping continues to build out its neighborhoods and compete to license its neighborhood mapping API. It has 80,000 neighborhood maps developed. But it is also focusing on providing additional value with several features…
Maponics, a provider of polygonal neighborhood maps based on both GIS and sociological data, is launching a suite of services that match ZIP codes to the neighborhood boundary data it sells. The Norwich, Vermont-based company, which has around 30 staffers,…
In further support that mobile advertising needs to evolve to its form factor, an IAB-funded study reports that the vast majority of consumers prefer ads that include promotions or incentives. Specifically, 84 percent of younger consumers welcome mobile ads that…
TechCrunch profiles TownMe, a local search site started by ex-Googlers that has a decidedly quirky set of search categories for local info. These include searching for the best neighborhoods or hang outs for cougars, yuppies and "sugar daddies" (seriously). It…
Hostopia, Deluxe Corp.'s Web site hosting unit, has acquired MerchEngines, a small business-focused search engine marketing provider. This follows a market trend toward one-stop-shop capabilities and bundled marketing products. For hosting companies it's a logical extension from Web sites to…
Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. Google Maps: Now With Auto-Location TechCrunch reports that location awareness has come to Google Maps when accessed from Chrome…
There’s too much “noise” with SMB information, and no one knows which businesses have up-to-date and fully populated information. Many SMBs, for instance, will have two or more sets of profiles, featuring different types of information. Think, for instance, of…
Over at Search Engine Watch, my column this month continues the discussion started earlier this week about Google Chrome. The takeaway: It will complete the circle for creating better Web-based products -- search and otherwise. The news media and blogosphere…
TechCrunch reports that location awareness has come to Google Maps when accessed from Chrome and Firefox browsers. This basically means that Google Maps on your desktop will locate you (based on Wi-Fi positioning) the same way it does on mobile…
