Social Networking is Going Mobile

The importance of social media is becoming more and more obvious. eMarketer’s feature on the growth and importance of social media shows that this trend isn’t going away any time soon. How is social media contributing to your business? More and more people are engaging in social networking, and with the surge of [...]

ComScore to Enhance Mobile Analytics

Web Statistics provider, ComScore is joining Flurry Analytics to provide insights into the Mobile Web. Flurry already provides analytics to mobile application developers as well as monetization tools. As ReadWriteWeb reports, “the service boasts a nearly ubiquitous presence in the mobile market and will add a host of real-time data to [...]

Google Introduces Mobile Coupons Through Local Search

The mobile web and local search are two trends growing in the Internet space. It comes as no surprise then that Google announces the joining of the two. As Google’s emphasis on local search continues to grow, so does the need for businesses to focus on all things local. Because of this [...]

Yahoo! and Google Revamp Mobile

The number of mobile web users is steadily increasing, as is the need for more accessible and simplified mobile web pages. Mobile users are on the go and need bits of information more quickly than the same users would if they were browsing from home. Search sites such as Yahoo! and Google see [...]

Location-Based Search comes to iPhone

Google added location to Google Maps for Chrome and Firefox browsers recently. Today, Google introduced location-based search to the iPhone. Users with the new iPhone software can go to the Google homepage and choose to try the new ‘My Location’ feature. TechCrunch writes that from here, “the iPhone will pop open a [...]

Google Gets Mobile

Smart phones are becoming more and more widely used throughout the world. Although many believe that the mobile web is the next place for advertising, Google is looking beyond this venue, and onto other things. What’s more popular than the mobile web? Mobile applications (i.e., apps). Mobile apps are the “it” thing for smart [...]

Getfugu Brings Different Search Functions to Mobile

Getfugu is a new service which will use various elements to optimize mobile search. Getfugu incorporates voice search, local content, a touch-screen advertising service and others. Although Getfugu has not launched yet, the goal of the site will be to keep users from typing in a search, relying on other cellular phone capabilities. [...]

Google Introduces Google Voice

After much anticipation, Google is introducing Google Voice. Google Voice is made possible because of Google’s 2007 acquisition of GrandCentral, a phone service that aggregates mobile, office and home phone numbers to one location.
According to Google’s blog, “[t]he new application improves the way you use your phone. You can get transcripts of your voicemail, archive, [...]