Here is a summary of recent, noteworthy developments in the global Yellow Pages space: Following an industry trend, U.K.-based Yell has begun distribution of a truncated Yellow Pages directory in a three-pronged effort to save paper, reduce waste and meet…
ShopCity, a storefront and marketing platform for SMBs, hopes to jumpstart its reach via a new “City Manager” program that allows local media partners to secure local URL rights owned by ShopCity (i.e., ShopMountainView.com) and market its services. City Managers,…
Some people (like me) don’t like games. Game mechanics-driven “check in” media like Foursquare, GoWalla, Loopt and BrightKite mostly leave them cold. But what if check-ins triggered group buying discounts? That’s the concept behind GroupTabs, a new service launching in…
With Google TV Ads' announced partnership to auction inventory across 11 national networks carried by DirecTV, the search giant begins to try to rebut skepticism about its ability to achieve significant reach. Now it must demonstrate the ability to generate…
Today at a press event at its San Francisco office, Google unveiled Voice Actions for Android, an evolved and more intuitive way to search for information on a mobile device. Of course this includes Web search, like Google's voice search on the…
Flush with new cash, Foursquare continues to upgrade its feature set. We've long said that game mechanics (scoring badges, mayorships, etc.) will lose novelty and a "value exchange" of monetary significance would have to develop. Foursquare agrees. Meanwhile, nearby specials…
Center'd's The DealMap, which serves up more than 350,000 "live at any time deals" from over 150 daily deal and offer/coupon sources, has released an iPhone app that "mobilizes" the service's top features, including game mechanics, real-time discovery, crowdsourcing and…
Center'd's The DealMap, which serves up more than 350,000 "live at any time deals" from over 150 daily deal and offer/coupon sources, has released an iPhone app that "mobilizes" the service's top features, including game mechanics, real-time discovery, crowdsourcing and…
I had the opportunity to meet with Yext CEO Howard Lerman and President Brian Distelburger to talk about their recent product additions and approach to the SMB marketplace. What struck me as I entered their NYC loft-style office is the…
Mobile local coupon player Shooger has come a long way since our last formal briefing, including an Android app to join iPhone, and a BlackBerry app on the way. It's also built its way up to 100,000 deals from 50,000…
G5 Search Marketing is poised to further leverage its growth in several high-yield verticals after announcing a $15 million investment from Volition Capital to close out its first round of financing. CEO Dan Hobin told BIA/Kelsey that the company plans…
We had the opportunity to meet with Medialets CEO Eric Litman to understand its unique approach to deploying media rich mobile advertising. Medialets started out as a mobile ad network much like Feedburner but quickly realized that what mobile advertising…
The latest attempt to make hyperlocal a sustainable reality came today with Allbritton Communications’ launch of TBD.com, a hyper metro site for the Washington, D.C., area. Allbritton, which has sunk “under $5 million” into the project to date, hopes it…
Twitter today made two big hires (via TechCrunch) in an effort to "ramp up the advertising platform." Dan Coughlin joins as Eastern U.S. sales director, while Amanda Levy will be his Western U.S. counterpart. Coughlin spent the past few years…
Google Android's second-quarter smartphone sales rose sharply enough to overtake Apple handsets among recent smartphone acquirers, 27 percent to 23 percent, according to a recent study released by The Nielsen Co. The results mark a first for Google, whose Android…
Google posted a somewhat innocuous-sounding legal update to its Android Developer Terms and Conditions a few weeks ago: In the spirit of transparency, we wanted to highlight the changes: • In Section 13.1, “authorized carriers” have been added as an…
Google posted a somewhat innocuous-sounding legal update to its Android Developer Terms and Conditions a few weeks ago: In the spirit of transparency, we wanted to highlight the changes: • In Section 13.1, “authorized carriers” have been added as an…
In case you missed them, here are a few headlines and links to recent posts on our Global Yellow Pages blog. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed here, and the e-mail alert here. -- New Yellowbook Campaign Embraces Multiproduct Approach -- DexOne See Signs…
In case you missed them, here are a few headlines and links to recent posts on our Mobile Local Media blog. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed here, and the e-mail alert here. -- Customer Loyalty Simplified: A Conversation With Fanminder…
Score one for local businesses … at least in Minnesota. As of Aug. 1, the state began enforcement of a law that prohibits advertising “deceptive local telephone numbers and geographically deceptive business names” across the Internet, as well as in…
