Internet Yellow Pages sites saw a modest 5.1 percent boost in usage over the past year, according to new data from comScore and the Local Search Association, detailed in a press release and webinar today. That's the good news for…
Who cares what happened when Harry met Sally!? The real action is here at the Deals 3D Conference, where "Mobile Meets Deals." In "Part I: Heavy Hitters," host Mike Boland ran a triad of fast-past interviews with key players rooted…
Today at Deals 3D The Dealmap VP of marketing Dan Visnick shed light on his network data, as a directional representation of the trends we're seeing in local deals. The Dealmap, for those unfamiliar, aggregates 350 deal sources for its…
Today at BIA/Kelsey's Deals3D conference, Gary Kearns, MasterCard group executive for information services, was all about the data. The volume of purchase data that flows through MasterCard puts it in a unique position to target offers in ways that boosts…
Yelp reached a sizable milestone today, hitting 20 million reviews. More notable is the rate of growth. It reached its first million reviews in about 2.5 years. Then it took another three years to get to 10 million. That was…
Just in time for next week's Deals 3D conference, we've published a new report on mobile deals. The idea is that as deals collide with mobile, it will represent the Act II of the exploding space (although deals go back…
AT&T Interactive announced this week the launch of in-app ads on its mobile ad network, an extension of YP Local Ad Network. In-app local ads are served within mobile apps based on a user's location. Earlier this year, AT&T Interactive piloted…
Foursquare announced today that it will add pre-purchased daily deals to its roster of nearby specials. These will come from a cluster of new partners and will operate under a rev share. They'll show up just like its current specials…
Yell announced today that it acquired Znode, an e-commere software development company in a deal valued at $19 million. Znode will be incorporated into Yell Group as part of its new consumer division, Yell Connect. Znode's technology will serve as…
We work with online and mobile services every day, so it is easy to lose perspective on what “civilians” really do with such services. There is no better reality test for the progress of technology in our society than going…
Just short of reaching its first birthday, Shopkick has reached the 2 million user milestone. The company emphasizes these are active users, in response to recent industry outcry (and comments by Mark Zuckerberg yesterday) that measuring registered users is irrelevant.…
Continuing a recent string of acquisitions that tie together mobile capabilities, eBay announced it will acquire mobile payments provider Zong for $240 million in cash. Naturally, Zong will join the PayPal unit and strengthen its position in mobile payments. This…
Not long after Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley told me the service has signed up 300,000 businesses (and 10 million users), business development lead Eric Friedman blogged today that it has reached 500,000. To be clear, Foursquare is not yet monetizing…
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. -- XAD Ramps Up Direct Sales, Leadership -- Happy Birthday, iPhone -- Yelp Joins…
Mobile Local Ad network xAD has been on a roll. About two months ago, it announced reaching 2 billion ads, just four months after hitting the first million (a feat that originally took 18 months). Now the company has announced…
The Jesus Phone turns 4. What better way to celebrate than an infographic (via Mashable). You're all grown-up now.
As we keep saying, mobile will represent "Act II" of the exploding deal space. We even have an entire segment of our Deals 3D conference next month devoted to it. It kicks off with a session of heavy hitters including…
I'm a day late to this news but better late than never. Mobile local ad network Verve Wireless has released its "Local Mobile Index." This is fresh off the MMA show where I ran into Verve CMO Greg Halinan, who's…
Today we released our latest forecast that projects spending on U.S. mobile advertising. The highlight of this particular release is the subset of advertising that will be location targeted. We also break down formats (display, search, SMS), but here I'll…
The title of this post is meant to convey Loopt's longstanding presence in mobile local, as well as the "reverse" nature of the deals product it launched today with ChompOn. Known as U-Deals, it's a sort of reverse group buying…
