As widely expected, we have a new iPhone. Unlike the naming convention across Apple's product line (most lately the iPad), the company is sticking with the numerical-based system. So we now have an iPhone 5. Also widely expected in the…
Newspapers have local brand credibility and content; agencies have media expertise; and neither of them do especially well selling SMBs on today's social-infused media options. That's the challenge being addressed by Speakeasy, a new local social service being owned in…
MasterCard has dived feet first into the card linked loyalty battles with the acquisition of Truaxis. The company should prove to be an anchor for MasterCard Offers Services, where it has partnered with Local Offer Network and others. Formerly known…
In the loyalty space, we're closely watching how major tech players are vertically integrating loyalty offerings into their SMB product suite. Google, Facebook and Amazon each have acquired loyalty startups and will likely make them part of their SMB suite.…
Last month, Telmetrics and xAd released a Nielsen-administered study that covered a wide range of mobile local usage data (see our interview with Telmetrics' Bill Dinan). As advertised, today they follow that up with the first of three category-level breakdowns…
