MoVoxx Acquired by Mobile Ad Firm Adenyo
MoVoxx today announced it has been acquired by mobile marketing firm Adenyo for an undisclosed amount. Adenyo offers a mobile ad platform including an analytics engine, mobile payments and coupons.…
Sunday Op-Ed: Reality Check-In
One of the hottest topics across the tech media and blogosphere (besides iPad and Facebook updates) continues to be social location based services. It was a big theme at Twitter's…
#Chirp: Twitter Goes Further Down the Mobile Local Path
At today's Chirp event in San Francisco, Twitter's prevailing message was growing revenues and resources applied to running a tighter ship. This includes communication and support for the legions of…
The Rise of Game Mechanics
One of the most talked about presentations at last week's Marketplaces 2010 conference was MojoPages CEO Jon Carder and his breakdown of game mechanics. Characterized by Carder as "the new…
Top Takeaways From Marketplaces 2010
BIA/Kelsey’s Marketplaces 2010 conference has just ended after two-and-a-half days of fantastic presentations from 49 speakers; top-level research from our BIA/Kelsey team; and really great evening events from MojoPages and…
Marketplaces 2010: Social Media in a Vertical Context
How can social media be leveraged specifically by verticals? This was the subject of a panel this afternoon at the BIA/Kelsey's Marketplace conference moderated by Michael Boland, program director of…
MojoPages Adds 'Mojo Awards' Game
MojoPages started as a Yelp-like directory of local businesses. For the past year and a half, the San Diego-based company has focused on building a distribution network of 1,400 sites,…
MojoPages Adds ‘Mojo Awards’ Game
MojoPages started as a Yelp-like directory of local businesses. For the past year and a half, the San Diego-based company has focused on building a distribution network of 1,400 sites,…
WHERE Joins MKT Lineup; Launches Site; Changes Name
Lots of news coming from mobile local app provider WHERE today. Just a week after it opened up its WHERE Ads local ad network, it has launched a new Web…
Goby.com: Search Engine Focuses on Local Events + Travel
Events are a vertical that cuts across many segments: travel, retail, sports, entertainment, education, dining, culture and others. Major players include specialists such as Zvents, Eventful, Americantowns.com and Center’d. City…