Fresh from successfully defeating a strict opt-out bill in California, the Yellow Pages industry is now lobbying members of the Seattle City Council to prevent it from passing some form of restriction on Yellow Pages distribution. The City Council is…
We've written extensively about RedLaser, and mobile bar-code scanning apps for their merits in: 1. A more intuitive mobile search input than typing. 2. Buying intent that can be inferred from retail/point of purchase queries. Today, eBay announced that it…
After a two-week beta period, MerchantCircle is out with a new mayorship title for its SMBs that are the most "networked." One mayorship is given for every city/town and is achieved by engaging in the standard b2b activities of the site (connecting with…
Will the iPhone soon be able to not only receive FM and HD Radio stations but also provide an electronic program guide? Apple Insider reported on a patent filing (“Digital Radio Tagging Using an RF Tuner Accessory") this week. The filing…
Multiplied Media, the company behind the popular BlackBerry (and now iPhone) app Poynt, has announced that it just crossed the 3 million user threshold. It also reached 22 million local searches (people, restaurants, gas, weather, movies) in May -- a…
American Express has announced the launch of SearchManager, a unified SEM platform that will be powered by Clickable. This is essentially a white-labeled version of Clickable's existing platform that gives advertisers a one-stop-shop dashboard for managing PPC campaigns (and Facebook…
Bing mobile is in an interesting spot, analogous to its position in the online world. It's constantly trying to differentiate its search products from market share leader Google. This goes beyond just core search, into each company's respective products that orbit search…
Will the iPhone soon be able to not only receive FM and HD Radio stations but also provide an electronic program guide? Apple Insider reported on a patent filing this week (”Digital Radio Tagging Using an RF Tuner Accessory”). Post…
During a visit to Foursquare's New York headquarters today, TechCrunch co-editor Erick Schonfeld uncovered the company's next move: window decals. This is a logical and expected move from Foursquare as it continues to penetrate both mindshare for mobile local user behavior…
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. -- Google Extends Mobile Pay-Per-Call -- Mobile…
Search Engine Land reports that Google has officially extended its mobile pay-per-call program to include its content network (AdSense) in addition to search. This was announced at May's I/O conference but this week goes live. The dynamics and pricing will…
Street cleaning and parking management app ParkZing saved me $60 on a street cleaning ticket this week. You indicate where you've parked and it alerts you (via push notification) the night before scheduled street cleaning. It's available now for San…
New York Connects, the local “content discovery” project launched late last year by New York Magazine and Clickable, has seen definite progress since its launch last December, according to NYmag.com General Manager Michael Silberman. Silberman spoke to us as part…
Today I had the chance to interview Lawrence Coburn, CEO of mobile geolocation technology provider DoubleDutch. The company provides a toolkit for brands and media companies to build their own little Foursquare. These branded geolocation apps are mostly targeted to…
Philadelphia-based online directory platform provider 7 Mainstreet has added a new independent publisher to its roster of partners. The company announced recently that Austin, Texas, based Southwest Business Directories to its client roster. 7 Mainstreet now powers Southwest's online directory,…
Newspapers aren’t doing well, but they still represent one of the leading ways to reach audiences, online as well as in print. New data from comScore Media Metrix, apparently released to coincide with Editor and Publisher’s Interactive Media Conference taking…
Newspapers aren’t doing well, but they still represent one of the leading ways to reach audiences, online as well as in print. New data from comScore Media Metrix, apparently released to coincide with Editor and Publisher’s Interactive Media Conference taking…
Many of you have heard by now that Twitter this week integrated the ability to annotate tweets with specific place information. This is an extension of the location awareness first integrated in its API and then more recently to Twitter.com. But instead of…
Many of you have heard by now that Twitter this week integrated the ability to annotate tweets with specific place information. This is an extension of the location awareness first integrated in its API and then more recently to Twitter.com. But instead of…
The Nordic directory and search company Eniro has signed a deal with Amdocs to use its digital advertising system to help power its expanding online advertising network. According to Amdocs, the key elements of the deal are: Eniro selected Amdocs…
