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Aug 20
2010

Oodle’s iPhone App: Mostly About the Camera

Classifieds haven’t been especially enhanced by mobile apps – although it is nice to have them on the go when shopping for a car or a house. But Oodle keeps pushing the envelope with its effort to bring the world of social media to classifieds. The classifieds site, which also acts as a platform for …continue reading »

Categories: Local Search, Shopping/Transactions, Social Media, Verticals

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Jul 19
2010

Realtor.com: IPhone App Boosts Phone Calls to Realtors

Realtor.com has gotten 1.3 million downloads of its iPhone app, which launched in January. “It is the fastest growing app in the category,” President Errol Samuelson told Inman Real Estate Connect attendees in San Francisco last week. “The content is free; the attention is priceless,” he added, riffing on the MasterCard ad campaign. The iPhone …continue reading »

Categories: Mobile, Verticals

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Dec 14
2009

ILM:09: SMBs Benefit from More Competition to Google, Search Preferences

Yodle CEO Court Cunningham says that a major shift is occurring in SMB marketing as Google starts to give preference in rankings to merchant sites rather than to directory listings. “There are many, many more merchant sites” than there were a year ago, he noted on a panel at ILM:09 that also featured WebVisible CEO …continue reading »

Categories: Conferences, Google, HyperLocal, Local Search, Mapping, Mobile, Newspapers, Sales Channels, Video, Yellow Pages

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Sep 4
2009

AT&T iPhone Ad for The New Yorker: Apps in the City

In a take off of “Sex in the city,” AT&T has taken out the back page of The New Yorker with an iPhone ad entitled “Apps in the city.” The ad, part of a series of iPhone ads using different themes and highlighting apps under those themes, features Urban Daddy, OpenTable, Wine Ph.D, Fandango and …continue reading »

Categories: Local Search, Mobile

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Jul 15
2009

New CEO at HopStop Pushes for Fast Growth

HopStop, which provides public transit routing and schedules, plus walking directions, has brought in new leadership and expects to pursue rapid growth to 200 cities. It is currently in seven markets (or eight, if you count Long Island as a separate market). New CEO Joe Meyer, a former Quigo and eBay executive, was brought in …continue reading »

Categories: Google, HyperLocal, Mapping, Mobile, Newspapers

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Jan 28
2009

Now on the iPhone Top 10…RepairPal

The iPhone app store now has 15,000 apps available. So what’s No. 8 (among the free utilities)? RepairPal, an auto site that uses the GPS capabilities of the iPhone to deliver repair auto estimates, a comprehensive repair shop directory and a roadside assistance feature. RepairPal ranks behind such iPhone apps as Sound Grenade, WiFi Checker, …continue reading »

Categories: Mobile, Verticals

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Oct 16
2008

Eventful CEO on $10 Million Funding, Mobile, and Ticketmaster Deal

Eventful, which competes with Zvents for leadership (and affiliates) in the fast changing local events marketplace, has just completed a new $10 million C round lead by Telefonica Capital. Also participating are alumni investors, including Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Bay Partners. In all, $19.6 million has been raised. CEO Jordan Glazier notes that the company …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Local Search, Mobile, Money

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