In case you missed our webinar yesterday, it's available as a streaming video file (slides and audio) here. The webinar was a great success with nearly 600 attendees and the entire BIA/Kelsey analyst team. Each analyst took a turn explaining…
Google is out with a dedicated iPhone app for Places. The app is built around local categories presented in a Grid -- not unlike Facebook's ubiquitous app or the iPhone home screen itself. The category browsing also makes it more…
Who can forget Jon Stewart's rant on Antennagate, or last week's Facebook Flaming. "The Daily Show" has a way of putting some of the ridiculous events in the tech world into perspective. The latest of course is yesterday's Verizon iPhone…
We've seen a clear movement from pull-based mobile search to push-based mobile content discovery. Where recently went down this road; mobile discovery engine Aloqa was acquired by Motorola earlier this year; and Foursquare and its ilk continue to evolve in this direction.…
We all knew it was coming -- both long term and more definitively since Verizon sent out press invitations to today's event. The Verizon iPhone is here. It's much like the iPhone 4 that runs on AT&T's network except its…
From the cool stuff department, Google's Goggles mobile visual search tool can now read print ads and (the cool part) Sudoku boards. As part of a new update that includes faster scans, Goggles will now recognize any newspaper or magazine…
The interrelationship of daily deals with TV and radio stations and newspapers intrigues us with potential. While not a big factor, traditional media companies can parlay their brand name, promotional power, sales forces and Web sites to reach new merchants…
LivingSocial created a stir when an e-mail circulated from the group buying site informing deal-a-day aggregators that they would be dropped as affiliates. However, as 8coupons cofounder Landy Ung and The Dealmap CEO Jennifer Dulski reminded the ILM:10 audience last month, not all aggregators…
Local.com, which recently introduced an integrated coupon and sales platform as part of its relaunch, has announced that it will enter the group buying/deal-a-day space via the acquisition of iTwango, a Los Angeles-based start-up that launched in October. The company,…
A slew of companies provide white-label deal-a-day services for media partners (i.e., Nimble Commerce, Deal Current, ShoutBack, Matchbin, Wantsa, VendAsta, Analog Analytics ... it goes on). Another breed maintains its own local deal sites and fleshes them out with local…
As my colleague Jed Williams has previously written, Yext’s Tags initiative is a big one, going up against Google Places with a broad (and "open") network of 20 participating Internet Yellow Pages and online directory sites, including AOL’s MapQuest and…
Centro, a pioneer in local online ad placement for national marketers, has received $22.5 million in equity financing from FTV Capital. The money will go toward expanding its regional sales presence and also toward software development. CEO Shawn Riegsecker tells…
One of the principal questions in the local marketplace heading into 2011 is how location-based services (check-ins, barcode scanning) and deals will continue to synergize to create an integrated user experience? Just as important, what role will Google play? An early…
