NEW: The Hot Lineup for Marketplaces 2010 (March 22-24, San Diego)

Three years ago, BIA/Kelsey created the Marketplaces research program and conference because we saw that local advertising was quickly "verticalizing." Indeed, money and talent have poured in for the new breed of vertical products that would take their place among…

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When and How Will Visual Search Arrive?

I got in a discussion yesterday about visual search. It was in response to BIA/Kelsey's year-end analyst webinar, in which we outlined the up-and-coming mobile bar code scanning apps. Essentially, visual search comes in a few different flavors including: QR…

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Confirmed: Apple/Quattro

After hearing whispers from a reporter last week that Yahoo was eyeing mobile ad network Quattro, we started hearing similar rumors over the past 24 hours that Apple would be the suitor. Kara Swisher at WSJ then scooped the story…

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