In its evolving product search efforts, Google has been dabbling in "find it in store" functionality over the years. This is a challenging area involving lots of moving parts and point of sale inventory data from retailers. Krillion, NearbyNow, Milo…
Following the previous post about Facebook's potential to be a category killer in the quickly budding mobile LBS market, could Google do the same? Like Facebook, the question comes down to Google's sheer scale and installed base. It hasn't done…
Following the previous post about Facebook's potential to be a category killer in the quickly budding mobile LBS market, could Google do the same? Like Facebook, the question comes down to Google's sheer scale and installed base. It hasn't done…
This week so far has seen a few notable news bits from the quickly evolving world of mobile ad networks. ULocate announced that it will extend its location targeted ad network to a small batch of third-party publishers. Known as…
Location-based services continue to roll out left and right. TechCrunch won't stop saying this year's South By Southwest conference will be all about location (except for this contrarian piece by Paul Carr). We mostly agree. But with all the start-ups…
Coupons are hot in a down economy, and printable online coupons -- and even mobile coupons -- are gaining share in the coupon business. But local SMBs aren’t always in on the game, as coupon sites frequently gravitate toward one-stop…
I had the opportunity to speak with Michael Pastko, CEO of Coupious a Boulder, Colorado-based mobile coupon platform. Coupious got its start when Pastko and his partner leveraged their experience at Purdue University to launch a Coupious iPhone application in…
Multiplied Media has announced that its flagship Poynt mobile search application is available now for the iPhone. The app so far has planted its stake on the BlackBerry with 2 million users -- indeed the top mobile local app for…
In late January, Google launched a new pay-per-call program for mobile advertisers. It emphasized the opportunity for local advertisers that are more interested in driving phone calls than clicks (or those equally interested in both). Today it expands the program…
Foursquare is blowing up in the tech mediasphere. It's also standard issue for the mobile elite in cities like New York and San Francisco, and I admit addiction. But there is a certain amount of tech media distortion going on…
Mobile and online "questions" company ChaCha today has partnered with local search and listings provider Localeze. This primarily involves ChaCha's Web site (as opposed to mobile), and will insert deeper local business information around questions asked on the site. Specifically,15…
Mobile M&A activity continues ... except this time it's a mobile ad network on the buy side. Following Google's $750M AdMob acquisition, and Apple's $275M Quattro acquisition, the largest remaining independent ad network, Millennial Media, will acquire mobile analytics firm…
This Thursday, Feb. 25, at 2 p.m. EST, we'll hold a free webinar to outline the key discussion points that underly the upcoming Marketplaces 2010 program. This will include a unique look at some of the presenting companies, as well…
Juniper Research has released a report that projects the global mobile location based services (MLBS) to reach $12.7 billion by 2014. This is different in scope from BIA/Kelsey's forecast released yesterday -- or at least the mobile component of that…
The default strategy for many start-ups is to plan to be acquired by Google or Microsoft. But the M&A scene is much more complex than that. Jordan, Edmiston Group Co-President Tolman Geffs, speaking today at IAB's Annual Leadership Meeting in…
It's been made clear here and other places that mobile devices enable advertising that's much more granular and targeted than the PC. We've also argued that the ad formats and campaign objectives should therefore be de-coupled from online equivalents. But there…
There are now 150,000 mobile apps for the iPhone and quickly growing libraries from other smartphone platforms like Android. Every once in a while an app comes along to truly underscore the fact that nearly every imaginable niche has been filled.…
Today I had the chance to catch up with GetFugu, a mobile tool applying some of the voice and visual search technologies we've examined here over the past few months. The app, currently in beta for iPhone, BlackBerry and Android,…
Wired on the iPad, via All Things D Next month, Apple’s iPad comes out (and I will buy one). But what will be the impact of iPads and tablets from other companies on traditional media? Many are considering it to…
