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Hyperlocal social networking: iPhone 3G may be the trigger

Hyperlocal social networking: iPhone 3G may be the triggernice articleNice information and article. Thank you. I agree. Apple does target a lot of teenagers and young adults with all these Networking Apps. )RE: Hyperlocal social networking: iPhone 3G may be the triggerM:Metrics is now part of "comScore", not Compete.com.RE: Hyperlocal...

Tags: M:Metrics, Hyperlocal social networking, Hyperlocal, social networking, iPhone 3G, trigger, 3G, Apple iPhone, network

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

Hyperlocal content: Local news or community gossip?

Hyperlocal content: Local news or community gossip?As the say, "talk is cheap" - why not start with local conversations?If revenue, much less profit, remains elusive in local online efforts like Backfence.com, let's not give up on the idea of connecting people online based on local geography.At E-Democracy.Org, we've been hosting...

Tags: Hyperlocal

Discussion threads 2007-01-09

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Pathfinder Helps Newspaper Group Develop Platform for Delivering Hyperlocal Content

The Sun-Times News Group STNG was constrained by technology from fully leveraging the strength of their network to provide both hyper-local and regional content across multiple channels and properties. Existing solutions were inflexible, had cumbersome and time consuming publishing processes as well as poor usability. Systems were not extensible, making...

Tags: Strength, Pathfinder Development, Networking

Case studies 2009-01-01

News to know: Intel; Oracle; Microhoo; iPhone; Online video

Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: Remote code execution through Intel CPU bugs Nate McFeters: Symantec says Microsoft Access ActiveX attacks to increase Robin Harris: FTP: untrustworthy file transfer Dennis Howlett: Enterprise 2.0 looking more like 1.0? Dana Blankenhorn:...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Oracle Corp., Online Video, Video, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., 3G, Corporate Communications, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-15

Hyperlocal social networking: iPhone 3G may be the trigger

If Facebook, MySpace and Twitter do it right, there may not be much room in the hyperlocal mobile social networking market for niche players such as Whrrl and Loopt. by Jennifer Leggio

Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, Application, Mobile, Network, Loopt, Social Networking, 3G, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Google: $31 billion local dilemma

Google: $31 billion local dilemmaDiscoverOurTown.com is working the local marketEvery article I read relates a story about how JudysBook CEO Andy Sack and BackFence's X-CEO Susan DeFife are struggling to make sales to local advertisers.Now a story about Google is having trouble signing-up local merchants….News Flash – Extra Extra Read...

Tags: INTERNET, Sales strategy, TrueLocal, Mini Cities, Mini, Google Inc., local merchant

Discussion threads 2007-01-09

Hyperlocal content: Local news or community gossip?

If “all politics is local,” is all news local?” Such is the theory behind citizen media site Backfence, touting “Do-It-Yourself-Local-News”:Find out whats going on in the world closest and most important to you: Your neighborhood.What is the most important "news" in people’s “worlds”? Backfence suggests:Who won the T-ball championship? Have...

Tags: Web 2.0, Local, Media, Culture, User-Generated Content, Amateur Content, Social Media, Metrics, Backfence

Blog posts 2007-01-06