We've often pointed out that despite the iPhone excitement throughout the market, the device only makes up 1 percent of the mobile devices out there. This is still true, according to comScore VP of Marketing Solutions Brian Jurutka, who just spoke…
Following up on last week's post about YouTube's launch of new overlay ads, I finally saw one today. I managed to get a quick screen shot before it disappeared (see below). It was an ad for Mystery Science Theater's Star…
We'll be in Santa Clara, California, all week for the Interactive Local Media 2008 conference, which starts Wednesday. We'll do our best to cover the world outside the conference walls, but most of the blogging here will be about the…
There has been a certain degree of pent-up excitement for Google's new voice search functionality on the iPhone. It comes in the newest version of the already existing Google Mobile App. It was supposed to launch on Friday but was…
Local Matters' city guide platform Guidespot (profiled here) has built a local guide for next week's Interactive Local Media conference. It includes lots of things to do, see and eat in Santa Clara (when you're not completely engaged at the…
YouTube has just announced from the NewTeeVee Live show here in San Francisco that it will offer advertisers a new platform to place ads within video windows. These will take up 20 percent of the overall video window and will…
BIA Advisory Services held a webinar to discuss the state of local radio, and the steps the industry needs to take to revitalize itself. BIA President and CEO Tom Buono set the stage with some daunting figures that show radio's depressed…
Urban Mapping has released its latest API that taps into its database of 60 public transit systems in the U.S. and U.K. This will be available for developers of online and mobile mapping and local search applications. Transit information could…
Lately, a portion of iPhone television ads have featured local search applications. The other day we pointed out the UrbanSpoon ad. Now there is an ad for Loopt, the social media app that lets you see where your friends are…
Yellowbook has released the latest television spot in its new series of ads featuring "futuristic" local search scenarios. These have started rolling out since the company's new logo and general re-branding effort. The latest ad has an additional online twist:…
TheFind officially launched its iPhone application today, called "Where to Shop." I thought it had already been announced because it's been out for a few weeks. We were briefed on the product a few months ago, then it came out…
Following up on Peter Krasilovsky's post this morning, The Wall Street Journal has taken a look at Facebook's efforts to better monetize its network. This has been an ongoing challenge for the company. The newest efforts involve deploying its growing…
After I declared my intention last week to go on an all-Hulu diet, it seems like news about the video site has been popping up everywhere. Maybe it's just my selective filter looking for affirmation. Today Saul Hansell writes…
The iPhone is now the top selling cellphone in the U.S., according to a report released today by NPD Group. Though overall mobile phone sales dropped 15 percent to 32 million units, 6.9 million iPhones were sold. By doing so,…
Here are the highlights from the TKG blog last week, in case you missed any posts. Click below to read each post in full. Craigslist Adds New Fees in Abuse Crackdown Craigslist has added “erotic services” as its third paid…
GoodGuide was one of our favorite start-ups launched at the TechCrunch50 show back in September. It was also one of the few companies in the mix with a local search business model (see write-up here). This week, the company took…
Yellowbook announced today that it has formed a partnership with YouTube to use it as an auxiliary distribution source for the SMB videos it produces. This essentially gives it broader distribution beyond its own walls (Yellowbook.com). This is good for…
In April, we covered Yelp's launch of a suite of marketing tools that let small businesses manage their listings. This is essentially a back-end tool that allows any business with a Yelp listing to claim his or her profile, add…
Related to the integration of location awareness into Firefox that we've blogged about, the browser has just reached 20 percent market share. This is pretty impressive for a browser that doesn't come bundled with the majority of PCs and laptops…
Headlines of layoffs and shutdowns are increasing, as is the general schadenfreude that we begin to see when the success stories of yesterday become the failures of today. The tech world got to see its fair share of this eight years…
