Leading up to the BIA/Kelsey NOW Conference, which will debut in San Francisco this June, we're kicking off a regular series of blog postings on the Local On-Demand Economy (see our white paper). Twice per week, we'll wrap notable news, fundings…
It's hard work distilling 20,000 people, hundreds of sessions, droves of start-ups, seemingly endless parties and even a Mike Tyson cameo into a cliffs notes recap of SxSW Interactive. Not that anyone is shedding any tears for me. America loves lists…
Last year, a deal-a-day panel at SxSW Interactive might have been relegated to a satellite campus (read: off-the-beaten-path Austin hotel). Two years ago, it may not have existed at all. But in 2011, group buying is a $1.2 billion market…
In the "Field of Dreams" “if you build it, they will come" spirit, when Marissa Mayer takes the stage, thousands are sure to follow. Google's VP devoted much of her keynote at SxSW Interactive to evolutions in Google’s mobile mapping…
If you've been reading TechCrunch this week, you'll know (or be annoyed by repeated claims) that this year's SXSW conference will be all about location-based mobile apps. They've dubbed it the "location wars." Everyone is doing and thinking about location…
