Rumors continue to swirl about the iPhone 5's fall launch, and fake device spottings keep coming out of the woodwork. Kind of in the same vein is a concept video released by 3D animation shop Aatma Studios, which explicitly states…
Following last week's post about mobile barcode factoids, I took a broader look in this month's Search Engine Watch column. It also brings in other takeaways from last week's Search Engine Strategies conference. An excerpt is below and you can read the…
Should we be mentioning AmazonLocal in the same list of erstwhile “Groupon killers” as Facebook Deals, Google Offers, AT&T offers and others? As the online retail giant launches its 30th local site -- starting in Boise in June and now…
For the few of you who still think Twitter is a fad, the term tweet was just minted with most recent class of inductees to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary. Other words that made the cut include "social media" and "crowdsourcing" (those weren't…
Welcome to the first of our new (still experimental) video series where BIA/Kelsey analysts discuss news and events from the worlds we cover. The item of the day is of course Steve Jobs' resignation as CEO of Apple. Watch the…
To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community: I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let…
After failing to capture the volume of check-ins that that it wanted, Facebook is revamping Places one year after its launch. Instead of being primarily a mobile tool for checking in (a la Foursquare), it is now a more broadly…
Gearing up for a session on mobile tools for SMBs at next month's DMS show, I listened to a webinar today put on by Duda Mobile and AT&T. As the session will focus on "onboarding" SMBs to a mobile presence, Duda builds…
Fresh on the heels of the sale of Backyard, a local offers company to Pixelfish, entrepreneur Steve Espinosa has assembled a new team to develop “Appetizer,” a mobile-centric service that enables restaurants to offer instant deals via push notifications. Using…
After our initial coverage (and the rest of the world's) of Google's surprise bid to acquire Motorola's Mobility Group, we took a deeper look. Below is an excerpt and you can read the rest here. We're about a week into the…
While this news has been out for a little while, we thought it was interesting that a company with powerful TV assets would initiate a deal with a company that provides high-quality, affordable video commercial content for local advertisers. After…
The transfer of reward points and offers from print receipts and clipped newspaper pages to the cloud is expected to be a big part of promotional media’s next wave. But some merchants seem to be deliberately dragging their feet. CVS,…
Mobile barcodes have been prevalent in certain Asian markets for years but are beginning to pick up in the West. We're seeing them pop up more and more in magazines, billboards, store windows -- even on bikinis. Through all this,…
JiWire is out with its latest Insights report, offering user behavior and survey data (n=2,000) from its location-based ad network. One of the biggest takeaways from the data-rich report is that 53 percent of its U.S. users will share their location in exchange for…
SinglePlatform, which places restaurant search info such as menus, specials and photos on search engines and social and mobile media, has raised $3.25 million. The new raise is led by DFJ Gotham Ventures with participation from New World Ventures, First…
It's hard to believe it's already time to vote for sessions for South by Southwest 2012. Before we know it, the actual conference will be here. Seems like SxSW 2011 just ended. The good folks at Loopt have put together…
You've likely heard by now that Google made a surprise bid today to acquire Motorola's Mobility group for $12.5 billion in an all-cash deal -- its largest to date. There are lots of implications for this deal, and Moto's patent…
From the Friday just-barely NSFW department comes the newest mobile marketing phenomenon -- barcode bikinis. U.K.-based Olympic hopeful volleyball pair Shauna Mullin and Zara Dampney (ranked 26th in the world) have posted QR codes on the backs of their bikini…
Today I had the chance to catch up with London-based mobile app and website development outfit Golden Gekko. The firm has lots of top global brands as clients (Jack Daniels, Coca-Cola, Nokia), but has crossed our path by working with…
The appeal of real-time promotions allowing SMBs to add or update a sale or special offer on the fly is fairly apparent. It is a segment that’s been chased after by such players as Google, Yext and others. Add Chalkboard…
