ResearchWhy Foursquare can win in local search and discovery
Foursquare recently announced plans to spit its app in two in an effort to take on Yelp, Google and others in local mobile search and discovery. It’s a risky move that… Read more »
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Foursquare recently announced plans to spit its app in two in an effort to take on Yelp, Google and others in local mobile search and discovery. It’s a risky move that… Read more »
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The deal gives Yandex an office in Israel that will handle much of its geolocation work that doesn’t require constant mobile tracking. Read more »
The Dutch tech giant has come up with a way to use connected lighting as the basis for in-store location-based services, such as finding items and offering highly targeted coupons. Read more »
The caller ID and reverse phone directory app, which is only now seriously turning its sights on Western markets, is also touting major growth, having jumped from 10 million users in… Read more »
Russian web giant Yandex may focus on customers in Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan, but its research efforts are widespread — speech recognition R&D takes place in Zurich, and on… Read more »
Mailchimp chief data scientist John Foreman came on the Structure Show this week to report on his recent trip to Disneyland. It turns out the Magic Kingdom does indeed use data… Read more »
MailChimp Chief Data Scientist is at Disney World this weekend wearing his RFID-equipped MagicBand. Here’s how he thinks the practice of digitally tracking consumers in the physical world will reach everywhere… Read more »