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At the Google Development Conference on May 18 and 19 in San Francisco, the platform called “Android” was a key element of discussion. What is Android? People call it a Google phone, but actually it is an open source mobile operating system. The Android is still behind Apples’ iPhone in the number of apps, but [...]

I had to laugh when I read this article! The new 4G iPhone, that’s awesome. The enhanced features like a new camera on the front, improved pixel back camera, improved screen, split volume, etc. make it very exciting. However the most exciting is the 4G. If you have every surfed the web on 4G (WiMax) it [...]

BIA/Kelsey’s Mobile Market View study revealed 18.5 percent of mobile consumers used their mobile devices in 2009 to search for local products and services, up from 15.6 percent in 2008. Vertical categories are among the most searched and have major potential. Movies and entertainment, for instance, are accessed by 15.9 percent and restaurants and bars [...]

Wow, it’s amazing what smart phones are capable of doing with the right applications plugged in. This is likely why phone books have experienced a huge growth, even during a major (and extended) recession. According to market research firm IDC, vendors shipped 54.5 million smartphone devices in the fourth quarter of 2009, an increase of [...]

This is a huge boost for local search marketing. Check out Google.com on your iPhone or Android browser and you’ll see a small new addition.  A tiny Near Me Now option below the search box. This new functionality turns your location into an automated search and makes finding or learning about places in your immediate vicinity a [...]

James and Jacqui Ashford of Skiatook, OK and their 5 children lost their home, vehicles, a pet and everything they own to fire on Christmas night.

2010 promises to be a great year for local search marketing on mobile applications. MillennialMedia’s Top 10 Predictions for 2010 reveals that; “According to Deloitte’s 24th Annual Holiday Survey, of the “mobile shoppers” identified in their survey: