Truvo revealed in its first-quarter earnings report that in March it agreed to divest its Romanian operation to the German company People Holding GmbH for 1 euro, essentially giving the operation away free of debt in order to get it…
Local consumers are presumably in buying mode when they are researching where to have dinner, attend an event or go to the movies. How about when they are researching directions to get there? In fact, mass transit directions in themselves…
Yesterday we posted about NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg's surprise appearance at TechCrunch Disrupt, and his touting of mobile local apps (MyCityWay in particular). During a separate Keynote Interview, famed investment banking analyst Frank Quattrone likewise evangelized these emerging areas (throwing…
SEO is something we pay attention to but probably don't spend enough time covering here. Besides its level of sex appeal to some of our readers, it's often sidestepped because of the can of worms factor or the general "that's…
My notes from yesterday's Mobile session at TechCrunch Disrupt can be found over at our Mobile Local Media blog. It featured Google's Vic Gundotra, Facebook's Chris Cox and Foursquare's Dennis Crowley, who each provided good insights on mobile innovations to…
Yesterday we posted about NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg's surprise appearance at TechCrunch Disrupt, and his touting of mobile local apps (MyCityWay in particular). During a separate Keynote Interview, famed investment banking analyst Frank Quattrone likewise evangelized these emerging areas (throwing…
National retailers are increasingly looking to get their local stores into local Web sites, directories and social and mobile sites. But they are confronting issues such as bad local store listing data, and the challenge of competing with locally owned…
National retailers are increasingly looking to get their local stores into local Web sites, directories and social and mobile sites. But they are confronting issues such as bad local store listing data, and the challenge of competing with locally owned…
SuperMedia has made some updates to its business profiles, organizing business details into four tabs: “Info,” which gives you basic details; special features and offers; and a website link, if available. “SuperGuarantee,” which indicates if the business participates in the program through…
Today at TechCrunch Disrupt, Mike Arrington led a panel on future mobile technologies, including Google’s Vic Gundotra, Facebook’s Chris Cox, and Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley. One of the top moments was the panel’s answer to the question of what the…
I always enjoy the TechCrunch-style start-up competition involving quick pitches, then a grilling from a panel of "experts." Because local search and mobile local services are so hot right now, more and more of these start-up pitches are squarely focused…
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (an actual Mayor) made a surprise appearance at TechCrunch Disrupt today to pitch the benefits to tech start-ups to operate here. Much of it was just that: a pitch (albeit an eloquent one). But…
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (an actual Mayor) made a surprise appearance at TechCrunch Disrupt today to pitch the benefits to tech start-ups to operate here. Much of it was just that: a pitch (albeit an eloquent one). But…
Following Peter Krasilovsky's post on AOL's 25th anniversary, CEO Tim Armstrong just gave a keynote interview with Mike Arrington here at the TechCrunch disrupt conference. As is a common topic -- and modus operandi in his stewardship of a transforming…
Following Peter Krasilovsky's post on AOL's 25th anniversary, CEO Tim Armstrong just gave a keynote interview with Mike Arrington here at the TechCrunch disrupt conference. As is a common topic -- and modus operandi in his stewardship of a transforming…
Yext just announced at the TechCrunch disrupt conference here in New York that it will launch a reputation management platform called Yext Rep. Joining its "pay per action" management dashboard (and products in the market from Marchex, AmIVisible and Chatmeter),…
AOL today celebrates its 25th anniversary, and the thought of it leaves me a little nostalgic, but also really proud of the great role it has played in the development of interactive -- and local -- media and services. AOL’s…
On Friday, Search Engine Watch's Jonathan Allen posed a question to me about the meaning of Google's recent acquisitions of voice over IP technology providers. These includes On2, November's acquisition of Gizmo5 for $30 million, and last month's Global IP…
On Friday, Search Engine Watch's Jonathan Allen posed a question to me about the meaning of Google's recent acquisitions of voice over IP technology providers. These includes On2, November's acquisition of Gizmo5 for $30 million, and last month's Global IP…
On Friday, Search Engine Watch's Jonathan Allen posed a question to me about the meaning of Google's recent acquisitions of voice over IP technology providers. These includes On2, November's acquisition of Gizmo5 for $30 million, and last month's Global IP…
