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Category Archive For "Local Mobile"
The Future of Shopping? Get Coupons, Scan, Buy & Check Yourself Out via iPhone
The MIT Technology review put up a video about an iPhone app created by Modiv Media that lets grocery store customers “scan items while they shop, presents them with personalized offers as they go, and speeds up their checkout” by transmitting the completed order to the register. The app and system is currently being deployed …
Google Latitude Adds Checkin Offers Nationwide
Yesterday was a busy day for Google local. Google management changes in Local & the Hotpot rebranding made front page news around the web. An announcement that snuck through the cracks was the limited nationwide rollout of check-in offers at “thousands of places across the U.S. using Latitude on the iPhone and Android”. Offers (aka …
NYTimes Rolling Out Fee Based Program in Canada First
I just received the following email. Under the new plan, my current reading style would cost $35 /mo. That’s not going to happen. An important announcement from the publisher of The New York Times Dear New York Times Reader, Today marks a significant transition for The New York Times as we introduce digital subscriptions. It’s …
Google Mobile Instant Suggestions – Search Results Before You Search
I have only been tangentially following the development of Google Instant on Mobile. As Barry pointed out upon its release in early November, on the iPhone it is not a natural search strategy and thus I only use the Google search field on my phone occasionally. Yesterday, though, I noticed a result that made bells …
Nexus One Support Forum- RIP
This notice is now posted on the Google Nexus One Forums. The Nexus One was/is a great phone but Google soon learned that 1) They couldn’t really sell phone without primary carrier engagemet and 2)They weren’t very good at support (no surprise there). The Nexus One was a great reference platform that defined what a …
Netmarketshare: Mobile Browsing up to 2.8% of All Browsing; Android Gains but Dwarfed by iOS4
Netmarketshare has released their September numbers and mobile browsing has climbed to 2.8% of all browsing and increase of 136% year over year. In the “battle” between iOS4 and Android they report “although Android devices are rapidly gaining usage share, iOS has 4.9 times the global usage share of all Android devices”.
Facebook Places – Where are they?
What do a popular Anaheim florist, a prominent law office in a large urban area, a rural web development firm and a large retail bank/atm location all have in common? They all are in the Localeze index and yet Facebook Places does not know about their existence. Why this occurs and how many businesses are missing …
Integrating Your Bike Into the Local Social World
I am an avid biker. A low tech, drive an old clunker, commute 9 miles on a back country road to work kind of biker. But a biker none the less. I really love my 33 minute commute along the Allegany River every day on my way to work. Going home at the end of …
Yelp Reviews Back in Google Maps as their .COM Growth Stops
Yelp’s relationship with Google Maps has been off and on again. Their reviews have disappeared and reappeared on Google Maps over the past 3 years as Google’s and Yelp’s relationship has waxed and waned. But the relationship now seems to be on once again. About 10 days ago Yelp’s reviews again started showing up on …
Smartphone Market Share – December 2009
Compete.com’s December US Mobile Subscriber Market Share report has been released. Of particular interest to me is the shifting sands of the Smartphone Platform Market Share. The numbers reflect the December release of the Droid by Verizon (and their heavy advertising) but not the release of the Nexus to T-Mobile which occurred in January. I …
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