Rebecca This year, Google is all about celebrating Earth Day in new and interesting ways. Not only do they have a new interactive homepage doodle, but Google offices worldwide are hosting special Earth Day events. This includes an environmental fair for loyal Google users at the...
Eric Once seen as the angel of death for the online business of the New York Times, the recently launched paywall has officially seen revenue from over 100,000 paying subscribers. At first glance, this is fairly promising. What remains to be seen; however, are the effects of...
Eric [caption id="attachment_922" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="I'll be your waiter?"][/caption]According to some, the iPad might eventually be solely responsible for the downfall of America. Whether contributing to the trade deficit with every sale or, as so poignantly pointed out by Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr, or destroying the...
Eric Remember when dreaming of exotic and far off lands was the stuff of imagination? If you wanted a glimpse into the world beyond your own walls you had to look in a glossy travel magazine or, if you were lucky, you knew someone who had...
Eva The telecommunications giant AT&T has announced a new software development kit in an attempt to expand the use of local advertisements within the mobile world. With over 170 million local searchers each month within their own network and the way they connect advertisers to big...
Toddy Recap of a recent PayPal blog post: Brick and mortar stores and those online are definitely overlapping with enterprises like WHERE. A customer gets a lot of choices standing in a retail store accessing information with internet capability and QR codes on their mobile phone, and...
Toddy When Groupon acquired Pelago-Whrrl recently, it was not uncommon for some to be reminded of eBay taking ownership of Where. Larger enterprises stepping into “hyper-local” easily comes to mind as the theme shared by these two events. But, maybe not. There is no doubt that...
Toddy Now, when you visit Google Map Maker and access the United States’ map you can enhance the information with everything you personally know about your own region. There is almost nowhere that visitors will not have the most recent details available through the site’s 187...
Rebecca Although the mobile-based deals site is like its larger competitors in many ways, Scoutmob received a flood of publicity recently due to raising a $1.5 million round. Upon closer inspection, Scoutmob reveals itself to be a radical business model upending traditional group buying. In other...
Rebecca Some interesting information has come to light regarding the relationship between call or lead quality and the duration of a call, according to new data released by Telmetrics. Bill Dinan of Telmetrics said the new data was obtained through the company’s past experiences and recording...