In case you missed them, here are a few headlines and links to recent posts on our Mobile Local Media blog. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed here, and the e-mail alert here. -- Jamming on the Subway: There’s an App…
Placecast is announcing that its ShopAlerts platform will power location-based push marketing for O2 in the U.K. This is its first major carrier deal, joining existing deals with U.S. brands such as The North Face. Placecast (see past coverage) divides…
In what I'm starting to call bar code week, the latest is RedLaser's addition of QR codes to its existing UPC code scanning functionality. In a recent list of recommended mobile apps to scan QR codes, I left out RedLaser only because…
In the ongoing developments of mobile bar code readers, Google recently launched a QR code generator for any Web site, based on its link shortener tool Goo.gl. Link shortening incumbent bit.ly has now responded to Google's entrance to its space…
XAd today raised $4 million from Emergence Capital in order to build out its LocalAdXchange network and its technology platform. The company continues to cross milestones including profitability and 20 percent growth. It's also built a strong backbone of mobile…
Today I had the chance to speak with navigation software provider TomTom about product strategies in a quickly evolving mobile technology environment. The company was an early mover in the mobile navigation space including some of the first in-car navigation systems…
This just in (via Bloomberg), Marissa Mayer, Google VP of search products, will switch roles and now head up all local and location products. These are increasingly important areas of development for Google as evidenced by its public moves and…
As expected the Seattle City Council overwhelmingly passed the first piece of big city print Yellow Pages opt-out legislation in the country. The vote was 8-1, and the implications for the Yellow Pages industry may be far reaching. Leading up…
As expected the Seattle City Council overwhelmingly passed the first piece of big city print Yellow Pages opt-out legislation in the country. The vote was 8-1, and the implications for the Yellow Pages industry may be far reaching. Leading up…
In case you missed them, here are a few headlines and links to recent posts on our Mobile Local Media blog. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed here, and the e-mail alert here. -- R.I.P. GOOG-411 -- Mobile DTV Hits and…
The independent directory publishers gathered here at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver for the past two days appear to be even more convinced than ever that the print directory product is not only their past but also their future,…
Google announced today on its official blog that it will pull the plug on the very cool but underused GOOG-411 free directory assistance. Underuse was not the cited reason though. As we've written many times since it launched in 2007, the…
The program for Interactive Local Media 2010 is already one of the best we have ever put together. And it keeps getting better and better. We'd already announced the keynotes from Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman, Microsoft Advertising VP Randy Wootton,…
Yes, we have heard that officially the recession ended in the summer of 2009. Yes, the stock market has been showing renewed strength over the past few weeks. Yes, even housing starts and sales are showing some recovery. But even…
Sometimes you see something so compelling you just know it's the start of something big. The 7-iCollection iPhone app recently launched by Green Tomato for 7-Eleven Hong Kong fits that bill. Simply put, it uses the phones "augmented reality" feature…
I'm at the CTIA Mobile Conference in San Francisco this week, where there's a healthy mix of product expos, sponsored events and the requisite booth babes. But amid all the gadgetry, there are long halls of session rooms where countless…
We've been paying lots of attention to the emerging fields of voice and visual search. This comes down to the notion that the mobile device has eyes and ears. As mobile search, apps and games evolve, they'll better leverage these…
The Nordics directory publisher Eniro seems to have a success on its hands with its new "search and purchase" directory, launched Sept. 29. The company announced today that since that product was launched, the number of searches for "points…
SuperMedia announced today that CEO Scott Klein has resigned, effective immediately and has been replaced by industry veteran Peter McDonald, who was most recently president of DexOne (then R.H. Donnelley). BIA/Kelsey understands that the company's largest debt holders have been…
SuperMedia announced today that CEO Scott Klein has resigned, effective immediately and has been replaced by industry veteran Peter McDonald, who was most recently president of DexOne (then R.H. Donnelley). BIA/Kelsey understands that the company's largest debt holders have been…