Nielsen has released figures on the top brands and top TV programs involved with product placement. This is an area that could represent lots of opportunity when the interactivity of the Web reaches the television (read: IPTV). We've already seen…
Local search platform provider Local Matters has just acquired a Facebook application-in-progress from online real estate player Point2. The app will be called Neighborhoods for Facebook and will allow Facebook users to network with others in their area and find…
ABI just released a report that projects a billion Web video viewers by 2013. This is presumably a unique monthly viewer count, which makes it about a 4x to 5x increase over current levels. That's a lot of viewers, but…
Here are last week’s highlights from the TKG blog, in case you missed any posts. Click below to read each post in full. Merrill Brown and the Internet: Still the Visionary "Extraordinary change means extraordinary opportunity," Merrill Brown, founder and…
Though IPTV hasn't been the primary focus of a blog post in a while, we've mentioned it here and there as a local search medium to start thinking about. The thinking goes that the IP architecture of the technology will…
Local search software developer AgendiZe will announce an expanded partnership with Canada's Yellow Pages Group that will position new "contact widgets" throughout YPG's listings. The widgets will be available at an undisclosed point, likely in the next couple weeks. This…
Call Genie announced today that it will partner with speech recognition company Vlingo to enable natural language searches across the CG product suite. This falls under the category of enabling technology that will make mobile local search easier to use…
Canadian IYP Yellowpages.ca announced a Facebook application that lets users of the social network tap into local listings and share recommendations with friends. This includes (according to release): Find, rate and review businesses Build lists of their favorite restaurants and…
Microsoft will announce a new Live Search product today at Advance08, which gives cash back to users who purchase products through the system. The aptly named Cashback feature will place dollar sign icons throughout paid search results wherever there are…
Google has begun to place geotagged news stories in Google Earth. By mousing over news icons on the map, preview windows appear that show stories from Google News. This adds to the news stories it was already plotting via its partnership…
Here are last week's highlights from the TKG blog, in case you missed any posts. Click below to read each post in full. Of Video Games and Local Search The latest show of climbing video game sales came in April's…
NearbyNow had a three-pronged announcement today including a $12 million series C round, a distribution partnership with TheFind.com and a new iPhone app. The funding was led by Norwest Ventures and will primarily be used to build infrastructure for traffic…
The latest show of climbing video game sales came in April's 47 percent year-over-year increase. The $1.23 billion in game & console sales was buoyed by continued success of the Nintendo Wii, as well as the release of the hotly…
Two separate but related news items caught my eye today. First, Comcast has acquired social networking technology provider Plaxo in order to integrate social network-like features that let viewers share programming, among other things. Second, Turner Entertainment Networks announced a…
Internet legend Marc Andreessen waxed positive about social networking and VC opportunities for the next five years during a packed luncheon at the Think Tomorrow -- Today conference. Without spending too much time talking about his own social networking venture, Ning,…
Today, I'm at ThinkPanmure's Think Tomorrow -- Today VC summit in Half Moon Bay, California. As Where 2.0 is happening as we speak on the other side of the hill, some attention to location awareness has been paid here as…
Skyhook Wireless announced a series of partnerships that bring location awareness to online applications. These include Krillion, Yahoo! Fire Eagle and CitySquares, to name a few. They'll each use the location awareness of PCs and laptops (via Wi-Fi signal) for…
Here is the highlight reel from the last week in TKG Blogging. Click below to read each post in full. Kill the Innovators: San Diego U-T Lays Off Online Leaders These are tough, fast-changing times for newspapers, and many of…
European Directory Publisher Truvo (formerly World Directories) has extended its mobile search product to the Belgian market. The product utilizes mobilePeople's Java-based Liquid Maps platform, which powers several mobile search platforms being rolled out by directory publishers in Europe. The…
Ad network AdBrite has announced it will power a new ad management dashboard for concert promoter Live Nation. The eFan Finder application is an extension of the existing relationship between the companies that placed geotargeted event ads throughout AdBrite's network…
