I recently had the chance to talk to NYC-based mobile ad network Mojiva. Like many mobile ad networks, it started as a technology vendor that build up a critical mass of clients to form a publisher network. Quattro did similar,…
I recently had the chance to talk to GENWI (pronounced Gen-Y), one of the emerging batch of companies building tools to create and manage mobile apps accross platforms. It's an opportune time for this, given both heavy adoption of mobile…
By now, you've probably heard the big but unsurprising news that Nokia has partnered with Microsoft to power its smartphones. I say unsurprising because of Nokia's slipping market share, need to get over Symbian (and MeeGo), recent "burning platform" memo, and…
In the realm of mobile analyst geekdom, Christmas comes every time Mary Meeker shows up somewhere with her now infamous data dumps (last one here). The latest was today's presentation to Google's ThinkMobile conference -- one of her first appearances…
Last week we wrote about Foursquare's new trial to promote a nationwide venue for its users to check in to. What better way to get it going than Suber Bowl XLV? Now the fix is in: Besides a few overwhelmed…
I just heard from the good folks at Yelp that they'll integrate OpenTable reservations on Phone, iPad and Android apps. The free app update is already live in iTunes and Android Market. This extends each company's logical tie-ins (already present…
Canada's Yellow Pages Group has formed a deal with Marchex to power click-to-call links throughout the Web. That last part is important -- this isn't click-to-call on YPG properties, but active wherever its advertisers' numbers show up online. This results…
Tomorrow BIA/Kelsey will publish a report on the exploding area of mobile payments. One of our biggest 2011 predictions was how emerging standards in this area will accelerate innovation across the industry. This will not only apply to obvious areas…
On the heels of record revenues for Q4, AT&T Interactive today launched a new version of its flagship YP Mobile app for iPhone. David Williams, ATTi VP of mobile products, tells me the new app is a complete redesign from…
Foursquare is trialling a new nationally featured place to check in to: Super Bowl XLV. "Super Bowl Sunday" will be available in the trending now section on Foursquare's mobile apps. If you check in and shout which team you're rooting…
From the Friday humor department, here's some good circa-1994 morning show banter about the Interweb. Though mainstream tech awareness has come a long way since then, the dialogue actually isn't that far off from my mom asking me more recently what…
After many months of only running into the folks at Urban Mapping at conferences, I recently visited their new S.F. offices to get a proper update. There's lots happening there. Some of you may know the company as providing the…
Google announced yesterday that its Latitude mobile social product will integrate place check-ins. Active first on Android (iPhone TBD), it includes the following features: -- Notifications: Turn on check-in notifications in Latitude’s settings and get a notification to check in…
I recently had the chance to follow up with Locomatix, a company I was first introduced to at our ILM:10 show. Utilizing technology developed at the University of Wisconsin (Madison), it joins the emerging sector of platforms and toolsets to build location-based…
In case you missed them, here are a few headlines and links to posts over the past week from our mobile coverage. We'll slowly be phasing out our Mobile Local Media blog so that we can consolidate content here on…
Yesterday I had the chance to talk to Foursquare GM Evan Cohen. A former Jupiter analyst and Bebo exec, Cohen was brought aboard last year to help steer the ship amid rapid growth. The wide reaching discussion hit upon the…
Mobile ad network Greystripe today announced a deal with Media Networks Inc. to better sell locally targeted mobile advertising. It's mostly a channel deal that utilizes MNI's sales force to sell local ads on Greystripe's mobile network. This lets Greystripe better…
It's a well-cited stat that almost 200 million Facebook users access the network monthly on mobile devices. That's out of a total user base that is approaching 600 million (1/10 of the planet). At the Inside Mobile Apps conference in…
Google continues a long line of recent mobile advertising additions with today's launch of Boost ads for mobile. This is essentially the mobile version of Boost, which it launched on the desktop in October. There it joined Tags in an…
Often we'll cover mobile apps that actually utilize the form factor (portability, location, camera, accelerometer, etc.). Not often enough, we'll cover apps that accomplish some degree of social good. Sometimes we'll hit up both, like with Good Guide or City…
