Uber has hired Jeff Holden, until recently a vice president at Groupon, to become its chief product officer. We got to know ex-Amazonian Holden when he launched Pelago, makers of Whrrl… Read more »
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Check-in service Whrrl to shut down as part of Groupon’s acquisition of Pelago; News.me… Read more »
Groupon is buying Pelago, maker of local discovery app Whrrl, signaling the end of the check-in service. But it could also mean a broader direction for Groupon as it looks to… Read more »
But the Cupertino giant also experienced growing pains in its new mobile advertising business as it began to take on Google and a host of other players. Read more »
There’s been a flurry of activity lately in local mobile advertising, which is often called the Holy Grail of marketing. Players like Google and Facebook have an edge thanks to their… Read more »
Location-based shopping services (LBS) have made many headlines recently, and studies have shown that users actually like receiving ads and offers well-targeted to their interests. Couple that with an influx of… Read more »
If your are a consumer geo-location startup, then you have to content with one simple reality — a little company from New York called Foursquare. But life does continue for other… Read more »
Mobile app-developer Pelago is partnering with Collective Bias, the social media arm of The Mars Agency, to create a location-aware mobile m… Read more »
The buzz surrounding augmented reality has grown deafening, and for good reason. Conceptually, at least, augmented reality erases the line between the real and virtual worlds: examples include everything from those… Read more »
With the iPhone OS 3.0 announcement that Apple’s (s aapl) new iPhone software update will include Google (s goog) Maps integration, you can expect an explosion of location-based apps to start… Read more »