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 [...]
Google is taking mobile localization to the next level. They are now leveraging their location based services feature on smart phones w/ Near Me News.
The latest, greatest version of Apple’s iOS mobile operating system, iOS 4.3, apparently has a hidden easter egg, a new “find my friends” feature, MacRumors has discovered. It seems most likely that Apple is building a geo location-based social network to compete with Foursquare, GoWalla, Google’s Latitude, Facebook Places and the million other startups in the mobile, local, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
A new Android app offers a brilliant feature for business users.
Mobile Local Social is proud to announce the creation of the Mobile Media Club. Mobile Media Club is a community of mobile enthusiasts, designers, developers, user experience professionals, marketers and business people cooperating, educating and learning through virtual and live networking events to share knowledge about the global marketplace. We are starting our first local Mobile Media Club in Kansas City, and mobile enthusiasts from all over the world are encouraged to join.
Okay so here is my first blog from the iPad using the WordPress app. I have to say it is all pretty seamless so far. I am looking forward to the docks and other accessories to make life easier but overall I am very impressed. The screen is amazing, and typing is pretty simple. I [...]
Last week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a very broad patent on motion-based smartphone control, one that could have significant implications for the industry.
By the end of 2012, smartphones will outnumber computers 491.9 million to 443.1 million.
Adobe states that one “can start selling your AIR applications with a try & buy licensing model” with their new Shibuya app store.
Over the weekend my original beta version stopped working and I was heart broken… until we discovered the new beta version was released. I immediately put it on my phone. Without Swype on my phone, it felt like my phone was broken.
As iPhone, Droid, Blackberry and Palm continue to push smartphone development at an exponential pace, there continues to be glaring holes of opportunity in these devices that now occupy over 42% of American households. The rapid explosion in applications have pushed smartphones past the phone frontier, why we even call them phones at all anymore [...]
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on Wednesday outlined an ambitious plan for U.S. mobile broadband; an effort that includes allocating broadcast spectrum for mobile use and other badassness.
Picture yourself walking through Manhattan when your phone beeps at you, you have just received a text message from one of your favorite stores alerting you that not only are they having a sale but you are within a couple of blocks of one of their locations. Cool? I think so. More and more retailers [...]
I want to start this by saying that I am very fond of the people over at Mashable and have nothing but respect for them. Not to mention that it is always a treat to see Pete Cashmore’s adorable face flowing through my Twitter stream, but I’m not impressed with the Mashable Iphone app. Now, [...]
For the most part, I am a good mom. I make a special lunch for my kids to take to school every day, I am there to tuck them in at night, I do endless hours of crafts with my daughter and I know EVERYTHING about Star Wars for my son. That being said, I [...]
Gizmodohas a nice feature hands on article about the New Microsoft Zune Phone. And according to resident Apple fanboi Jesus Diaz, Microsoft has out appled Apple. Pics of the Windows 7 Series mobile phone O/S after the jump. It’s a little snazier than the humorous Youtube video made a couple years ago. Images courtesy Cnet.
The Wallstreet Journal is reporting that Microsoft is about to show the Zune Phone on Monday. As seen on Gizmodo. Microsoft Corp. plans to introduce long-awaited new software for powering cellphones on Monday, as the company seeks to regain a technology edge in the market against rivals like Apple Inc. and Google Inc. At a wireless [...]
Adobe is pressing forward with Flash 10.1 for Android devices as well as WebOS, & Windows Mobile. Sorry iPhone/iPad. As far as Android is concerned, Flash 10.1 will only work with the 2.1 O/S, which means only Droid and the Nexus One users can enjoy Flash content in their web browsers, unless you are using [...]
Something to consider for every person who is going to buy a phone. There are four real smartphone platforms that are worth even considering. Sorry, Windows Mobile, but you aren’t one of them. In the fourth quarter of 2009, a developer could reach 75% of the worldwide smartphones sold in that quarter by supporting just three platforms, Nokia/Symbian, RIM OS [...]
In Asia, people have, for the greater part of a decade, been using mobile phones for a large majority of their purchases. You can even go to a vending machine and make a mobile payment… click which soda you want and POW! No quarters necessary.
Mobile • Local • Social received its first tip! Charles from Taptu let me know that they had just released a whitepaper on Mobile Touch Web, mobile apps and all kinds of other awesome sauce.
So, now we know why the iPad’s Black bezel border is ginormous. Apple has patented a “smart bezel” with clickable regions
Yay! NFL Films!! Hulu!! FTW! Hulu is adding eight shows from the National Football League’s dedicated channel, along with top NFL Films highlights from past seasons for every NFL team.
