Following the recent post on MIT coursework devoted to building mobile apps, TechCrunch reports that Stanford is doing something similar with iPhone apps. A number of the applications are approved and some are awaiting iTunes approval. They're all fairly useful…
The New York Times covers a new daily news provider called The Printed Blog that's building a new model based on what it hopes to be the best of online and offline distribution. As its name implies, this will involve…
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg posts on the Official Google Blog today about a new partnership between the city and Google to launch a series of local search tools. This will include a City Guide site, NYCgo.com, with mapping…
The UStream iPhone application, which lets users watch live streaming event coverage, is now available in the iTunes App store. And right on schedule: The company's goal was to launch in time for today's presidential inauguration. At first, it will only…
Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. Cool Item of the Day: Watch the Inauguration on Your iPhone Live streaming video company Ustream announced a new…
WebVisible announced today that it is hiring Kevin Ryan as its new chief marketing officer. Ryan, a longtime friend of The Kelsey Group and conference speaker, was previously global content director for Search Engine Watch and Search Engine Strategies. At…
Live streaming video company Ustream announced a new iPhone application today that will let you tap into whatever videos it is streaming live on the Web. Its coming-out party will be during the presidential inauguration next Tuesday. Mobile video is…
Following yesterday's post about AT&T Interactive's new voice search app, here is a video that illustrates the user experience.
A week after announcing being knighted as an AdWords reseller and working with Google to offer video ad creation to its advertisers, SpotMixer has been integrated directly into the Google TV ads dashboard. This will position it more directly…
Local product data provider Krillion announced a deal today that will distribute product ads and inventory content across Topix's hyperlocal news network. This will take the form of a geographically targeted "local best deals" section on many Topix pages. As…
AT&T Interactive, the new division that's behind the company's popular YPMobile iPhone application, has added a voice search app to its roster. Called Speak4It, the application allows users to speak local search commands into the phone to receive map-based search…
SMBLive CEO (and blogger) Matt Howard has come up with a new metaphor for local search that I have to say I haven't heard yet. I won't steal his thunder, but I'll point you to his analogy, which mostly focuses…
Following Yodle's $10 million C Round funding announcement yesterday, I had the chance to talk to founder Nathaniel Stevens. The funding, for one thing, is a good vote of confidence for Yodle and its market opportunity, despite the current economic…
WebVisible and Nielsen's jointly produced research on local search shows there is still a gap between user behavior and SMB advertising. The annual survey was just released, including responses from 4,000 U.S. Internet users and 261 SMBs. Here are some…
A new TKG report has been released that takes a look at Canadian local search start-up Weblocal.ca. As we wrote at the time of its launch, this is a joint venture between YellowBot and Canadian publishing company Transcontinental Media. After two…
Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. Cincinnati Bell Nixes Residential White Pages Cincinnati Bell just received approval from the Public Utility Commission of Ohio to forgo…
Yelp announced today that it will launch Yelp U.K. From the release: Now people in the UK can use Yelp to read and write reviews about great businesses in their neighborhood. Locals are able to share their opinions on everything…
SMB video ad creation company SpotMixer announced a partnership today with Google to push its videos into Google's content network, and TV Ads programs. This essentially makes SpotMixer a designated AdWords reseller and gives its advertisers the ability to push…
ComScore has released its Video Metrix data for November, showing a staggering 40 percent year-over-year increase in online video viewing (measured in time spent). Number of videos viewed also jumped 37 percent to 12.7 billion videos for the month. To…
Nielsen released data last month showing the top mobile phones in use in the U.S. in Q3. Motorola's RAZR continued to top the list, but it's interesting to note that the iPhone outpaced it in sales, according to previously released…
