Today Apple held its first major product unveiling of the post-Jobs era. As guessed by many, it introduced not an iPhone 5, but an iPhone 4.5 of sorts. It's the 4S, similar to Apple's jump from the iPhone 3G to…
I'm on vacation but this is a quick and interesting enough tidbit: On shopkick's first birthday this week, it launched a video that highlights lots of milestones. It's mostly promotional but also informative about what the company has been up…
Anuncios en Directorios (ADSA), the directory publishing subsidiary of America Movil, selected Amdocs software, consulting and systems-integration services as part of its strategic systems and business transformation initiative. ADSA will use the Amdocs Integrated Advertiser Management system to modernize and…
Much of the focus at DMS ’11 centered on the acceleration of performance-based local ad models across new platforms to drive measurable results. Mobile is leading the way with its ability to geotarget intent-driven consumers and spur “secondary actions” (click to…
Only 1.25 percent of the 240 million websites online are mobile friendly. That statistic kicked off the DMS ’11 Mobile Tools for SMBs panel. Provided by DudaMobile, the company's CEO and cofounder, Itai Sadan, looks at the statistic and sees…
BIA/Kelsey analyst Charles Laughlin wrote a conference blog post in less than 10 minutes today at the company's DMS show. The post, which can be found here, broke the previous analyst record of 11.5 minutes set at the company's Deals…
YPG of Canada has greatly boosted traffic and repositioned itself as a center for local applications by opening up its data via an open API (Application Program Interface). YPG Director of Business Development Darby Sieben, speaking at DMS ’11 in…
Matt Booth kicked off a session at DMS ’11 with some BIA/Kelsey data on SMBs' perception of value for the many things offered to them in search advertising services. Above SEO assistance, keyword selection, site traffic reports and the usual…
Today at BIA/Kelsey's DMS conference, the evolving local merchant was dissected by MerchantCircle founder Ben Smith, Halogen Media Group Chairman Peter Horan and Reply.com CEO Payam Zamani. SMB savvy is accelerating as a function of the business owners' role as…
Google Wallet is out with its first video ad, starring none other than George Costanza. For those familar with the famous exploding wallet bit ("The Reverse Peephole" episode), this is perfect fodder for a Google Wallet spoof. This also isn't…
Around here, we're prepping presentations, briefing speakers and packing boxes. Tuesday begins DMS 2011, and it's looking good. We're not doing a mobile SuperForum, as we usually do at our big shows -- that format will be reserved for great…
This is the first time since it started that I wasn't able to attend TechCrunch's Disrupt conference (formerly TC50). But I've been able to watch some of it, as TechCrunch intelligently offers a live stream of all the sessions, powered…
EMarketer is out with a new report that claims 1 in 10 mobile users are redeeming coupons. That's not a lot but for all the reasons we explored in our recent mobile deals report, it's projected to grow quickly. EMarketer…
Interviewed by Marc Benioff at Salesforce's Dreamforce conference that took over San Francisco last week, Google Chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt espoused our new favorite topic, SoLoMo. "The next generation of leaders and start-ups to emerge will involve mobile,…
Flurry is out today with one of its always-useful mobile app reports. This one is bound to be misread though (it already has), as saying that mobile display ad revenues will surpass their desktop equivalent by year-end. First, the online…
BIA/Kelsey is expanding the geographic focus of its conference business with the addition of ILM Asia 2011, which takes place Oct. 25-26 Singapore. The event is a joint production of BIA/Kelsey and the Asian Directory Publishers Association. ILM Asia will…
In case you missed them, here are a few headlines and links to posts we've written over the past week from the wide world of mobile. -- Placing Facebook's New Location Plans -- Friday Cool Item of the Day: iPhone…
Rumors continue to swirl about the iPhone 5's fall launch, and fake device spottings keep coming out of the woodwork. Kind of in the same vein is a concept video released by 3D animation shop Aatma Studios, which explicitly states…
Following last week's post about mobile barcode factoids, I took a broader look in this month's Search Engine Watch column. It also brings in other takeaways from last week's Search Engine Strategies conference. An excerpt is below and you can read the…
Welcome to the first of our new (still experimental) video series where BIA/Kelsey analysts discuss news and events from the worlds we cover. The item of the day is of course Steve Jobs' resignation as CEO of Apple. Watch the…
