Kelsey Local Media Blog
Microsoft’s struggles with mobile are no secret. Worldwide smartphone marketshare for its Windows Mobile OS is estimated to be about 2 percent (Admob, May 2010), and MSFT just discontinued the Kin phone, weeks after launch. It would be easy to…
Truvo USA, the holding company that owns the European directory publisher Truvo, has filed for bankruptcy protection, with plans to hand over the company to its senior creditors. Truvo's European-based operating companies did not file for bankruptcy protection. Truvo operates…
Truvo USA, the holding company that owns the European directory publisher Truvo, has filed for bankruptcy protection, with plans to hand over the company to its senior creditors. Truvo's European-based operating companies did not file for bankruptcy protection. Truvo operates…
Truvo USA, the holding company that owns the European directory publisher Truvo, has filed for bankruptcy protection, with plans to hand over the company to its senior creditors. Truvo's European-based operating companies did not file for bankruptcy protection. Truvo operates…
The Austrian mobile app developer Adafix has partnered with Lokaldelen, European Directories' Swedish operation, to launch a mobile caller ID recognition app. The new application enables the publisher to suggest alternate merchants if a caller fails to connect with their…
Today Yelp is launching a new set of tools for businesses to better evaluate leads they're getting from its mobile products. Specifically, businesses that have claimed their listing and unlocked Yelp’s suite of free business tools can now also see:…
Recently I was asked by an analyst, “How sustainable is Apple’s iPhone growth really? If another device comes out with similar functionality at a much lower price, and on a better network, couldn’t there be a market share erosion?” A…
This is a bit of a self-serving post, but kind of cool: I just noticed we rounded the corner on 4,000 blog posts. Thanks for continuing to read us. This blog has come a long way since it launched in…
In case you didn't see these, here are links to some of the more important posts from the past week on our Global Yellow Pages blog. Be sure to submit your e-mail address to "Subscribe to Our Blog." You will…
As Yell Group looks for a replacement for CEO John Condron, who announced that he will retire next year, President of New Media (UK) Mark Canon's responsibilities at the publisher are expanding. Condron recently named Canon Deputy Chief Executive, reporting to…
As Yell Group looks for a replacement for CEO John Condron, who announced that he will retire next year, President of New Media (UK) Mark Canon's responsibilities at the publisher are expanding. Condron recently named Canon Deputy Chief Executive, reporting to…
As Yell Group looks for a replacement for CEO John Condron, who announced that he will retire next year, President of New Media (UK) Mark Canon's responsibilities at the publisher are expanding. Condron recently named Canon Deputy Chief Executive, reporting…
Fresh from successfully defeating a strict opt-out bill in California, the Yellow Pages industry is now lobbying members of the Seattle City Council to prevent it from passing some form of restriction on Yellow Pages distribution. The City Council is…
We've written extensively about RedLaser, and mobile bar-code scanning apps for their merits in: 1. A more intuitive mobile search input than typing. 2. Buying intent that can be inferred from retail/point of purchase queries. Today, eBay announced that it…
After a two-week beta period, MerchantCircle is out with a new mayorship title for its SMBs that are the most "networked." One mayorship is given for every city/town and is achieved by engaging in the standard b2b activities of the site (connecting with…
Will the iPhone soon be able to not only receive FM and HD Radio stations but also provide an electronic program guide? Apple Insider reported on a patent filing (“Digital Radio Tagging Using an RF Tuner Accessory") this week. The filing…
American Express has announced the launch of SearchManager, a unified SEM platform that will be powered by Clickable. This is essentially a white-labeled version of Clickable's existing platform that gives advertisers a one-stop-shop dashboard for managing PPC campaigns (and Facebook…
Will the iPhone soon be able to not only receive FM and HD Radio stations but also provide an electronic program guide? Apple Insider reported on a patent filing this week (”Digital Radio Tagging Using an RF Tuner Accessory”). Post…
Philadelphia-based online directory platform provider 7 Mainstreet has added a new independent publisher to its roster of partners. The company announced recently that Austin, Texas, based Southwest Business Directories to its client roster. 7 Mainstreet now powers Southwest's online directory,…
Many of you have heard by now that Twitter this week integrated the ability to annotate tweets with specific place information. This is an extension of the location awareness first integrated in its API and then more recently to Twitter.com. But instead of…
