Today at Cupertino, Apple had it’s first post-Jobs era product launch. Apple announced 2 things really. The iPhone 4S and the Siri, Assistant Search. This is a much better phone than the Samsung Charge that I have, but it’s not the “iPhone 5″ that was buzzing around the interwebs. Siri Search, makes use of Yelp’s [...]
The Web and mobile have gone local. One out of every five searches has local intent. One out of every three mobile searches has local intent. So, if you are a local business and you aren’t engaging your connections via mobile, you maybe missing a vital component of your interactive marketing. Here at the SMX [...]
As an awesome 38 year old dude, who specializes in local marketing, I thought I would share with you my personal tech “get-up” and my rationale for my choices of technical gadgetry and the operating systems of choice. I help businesses be found online. I need to know what in the hell Google is doing [...]
If you haven’t heard by now… first of all, where the hell have you been? So, on May 27, 2011, Rep. Anthony Weiner “accidentally” sent a link via Twitter of his weiner. He couldn’t have imagined the backlash that would ensure. By not sending this message as a DM, direct message, this became an embarrassing [...]
Yesterday at SMX Advanced Seattle, industry experts offered case studies on how mobile local social marketing are helping brands reach audiences at the point of sale. During the event’s “SoLoMo Revolution: Social Media, Local Search & Mobile Search Collide” session [should have been called, MobLoSo], it was discussed how mobile content has the potential to [...]
The daily deal space has always interested me. Back in April 2007, I went out to San Francisco and went to the Web 2.0 conference. It was alive with great energy and ideas. Twitter was 9 months old. Yahoo was still strong. I gained tons of insight from this conference. Before going to the conference, [...]
So, on the last day of CES 2011, I finally made it over to the Motorola booth, as I just had to try out the new Motorola Xoom tablet powered by Google’s Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) which eventually topped the polls and was named the best gadget at CES 2011. It is indeed a crush-worthy device. The [...]
Today at the Verizon presser at the International CES 2011 event in Las Vegas, Verizon launched the new LG Revolution, which is an Android 2.2 powered smartphone with 4G LTE data support. The LG Revolution might look pretty familiar to you, as it is Verizon’s version of the incredibly badass LG Optimus 2X, in appearance anyway. We [...]
LG kicked off press day here at CES. LG Mobile connected with Mobile Local Social back in December and invited me to come out and blog about their event and give our honest take on their new product line. However, after the press event, I can say I am very impressed. 2011 is going to [...]
January is quickly approaching. What does this mean for early adopters and lovers of cool tech gadgetry? Only one thing, CES is nigh. This will be a fun time to go to CES, as many companies are preparing to take on Apple iPad with tablets of their own. I expect internet TV to get some [...]
The Motorola PR firm just sent out this teaser video which shows that a Motorola tablet is on it’s way very soon. No details about Motorola’s tablet are shared in the video, but we already know that it will feature NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 processor inside and should run on Verizon’s network. At the end of [...]
There has been much speculation the past couple months on whether Apple and Verizon will announce a partnership on with the iPhone running on “America’s Most Reliable Network.” or whatever slogan they have, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in early January. The reason is, AT&T’s customer experience is consistently bad. Worse than [...]
LG Electronics (LG) today unveiled the LG Optimus 2X, that they plan to launch at International CES in Las Vegas in January. The fine folks at LG connected with Mobile Local Social and offered to fly me to Vegas to be one of their featured blogger/twitter users, and help them get publicity for their new [...]
Motorola has finally released its mobile Motorola Droid Pro . The much awaited mobile phone has been finally released by Motorola. Motorola Droid Pro is a Android based phone and works on Android 2.2 Operating System. Motorola Droid Pro is a candybar shaped phone and has a Qwerty keypad too. Motorola Droid Pro has been [...]
I was doing some research yesterday on local intent via mobile phones, and I ran across this tweet from Greg Sterling, who is an internet analyst and great thought leader at http://screenwerk.com.
Watching the search landscape evolve these days, I can’t help but think of the real estate agents’ mantra: “It’s all about location, location, location!” The emergence of location-based services, such as Facebook Places, Twitter Places, and Foursquare, is clearly a game-changer on the web. Social networking sites are more locally focused. Online media are now [...]
Are you ready for some liiiiiiveblogging! It may be a rainy Monday but all is right with the world here at SMX East. The next few days will be jam-packed with conference coverage and antics so I hope you’re stocked up on vitamins and coffee. To kick things off we have a killer local panel [...]
Next generation aims to reduce power consumption and help make way for tiny wireless sensors. The new spec for Bluetooth 4.0 has just been approved by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, the organization that sets the standards for this technology. The newly approved speculation adds a low-power specification for transmitting small data bursts over short ranges. [...]
Via: MBA Online
Amazon dropped the price of the Kindle to $189 from $249. Ok, really? While I understand that some people have a previously purchased Kindle, why would anyone buy just a Kindle for themselves at this point when we now have the iPad? Yes, the iPad is a lot more money but for most people it [...]
Check out Samsung’s promo site for the Galaxy S. AMOLED screen looks to be more attractive than the iPhone 4 screen, albeit at a lower resolution. Specs: Samsung Galaxy 2 Leaked Specs: 3.7 inches AMOLED display 1 GHz Snapdragon processor 90 Million Triangles per second GPU (PS3 does 250) Android 2.1 Operating System 5 megapixel [...]
Greetings Earthlings. The team at Mobile Local Social, has connected with some amazingly bright minds here in our hometown of Kansas City, and are forming a Mobile Media Club to connect with businesses and show them the error of their technological ways. What we have here is the very first podcast / experiment of this [...]
The Android 2.2 platform introduces many new and exciting features for users and developers. This document provides a glimpse at some of the new user features and technologies in Android 2.2. For more information about the new developer APIs, see the Android 2.2 version notes. New User Features New Platform Technologies New Developer Services New [...]
Steve stands by his capatalism. And rightfully so. Over at Valleywag Ryan Tate and Steve Jobs have a conversation about freedom of expression vs. invention.
HP has just announced that it’s acquiring Palm for $1.2 billion or $5.70 per share of Palm common stock. The deal is planned to close by July 31, 2010.
Ok. I admit it. The new Blackberry O/S 6.0 looks great.
Took you long enough RIM.
Sneak peak video and details after the jump.
If it is up to Skype, iChat, and the other video/audio and chat software in existence already, undoubtedly the answer is yes.
What better way to celebrate Earth Day than by destroying a consumer electronic device in an environmentally-friendly hybrid vehicle.
HDMI out, Youtube HQ, 720P video recording, front facing webcam. All shown in the video below. I think if they ever release a phone like this with a keyboard (for tactile feedback gaming…I need buttons) I will cry.
Added more videos after the jump….
Engadget reviews the HTC Droid Incredible which is releasing officially on April 29th. Here is a snippet: Let’s just put this out there: the Droid Incredible is the best Android device that you can purchase in America right now. It’s better than the Droid, better than the Nexus One, and certainly beats the pants off of [...]
Yesterday, Gizmodo posted a teardown of the potential iPhone 4G, revealing an updated exterior and a plethora of new features, such as a front-facing camera and a better still camera with a flash. It also has a larger battery and possibly a higher resolution display. The announcement is expected in late June with a release [...]
The Pink Phone is now the Kin. Let the name hate begin.
Big news! iPhone OS4 is going to offer a slew or new and revolutionary features never seen on a smartphone. Plus, it will have better ads. Also, Steve Jobs didn’t want half of a cheese sandwich.
A new Android app offers a brilliant feature for business users.
