Archive for the ‘Local Search on the go’ Category

The directory Gelbe Seiten is clearly reacting to the growing demand for applications for smartphones and tablet computers: the company has released new apps for the iOS operating system, Android, as well as Bada. Read the rest of this entry »

Meinestadt.de has added a new rating feature to its mobile local-search application for the iPhone and Android. Users can immediately begin to see user ratings for stores, services, and restaurants, and add in their own two cents, all on-the-go. Read the rest of this entry »

With the new 3.0 version of the mobile iPhone application from Das Örtliche, users can not only find business and private contacts in their vicinity or the place of their choice, but can also use a new navigation function to reach their destination.
According to the company, Das Örtliche’s app is the only directory search with a navigation system directly integrated into the app. Users don’t need to download any additional software to use the navigation, but can load it directly through the application, be it through an individual search result or direct on the main menu. As in the previous versions of the app, users can enjoy many additional features, from a vicinity search to the free-call function. Read the rest of this entry »

Tupalo.com – a local search platform which doubles as an international directory and rating-community – has announced a new partnership with the technology start-up Yext. Tupalo users in the USA should now be able to find local service providers even more efficiently with the help of the new Yext information provided. Read the rest of this entry »

The free mobile local search application from the directory Gelbe Seiten is now available for all BlackBerry-smartphones that have the 7 OS operating system. According to Gelbe Seiten, the app makes the newest version of the BlackBerry OS to a pocket-sized, multi-media directory expert. Read the rest of this entry »

The free local search application “Places” from TomTom is now available for Android smartphone users, just three months after the launch of the iPhone app. Users can find stores, restaurants, and sights in their vicinity within eight countries. The app combines data from ten million POIs (Points of Interest) from local directories in the corresponding country, according to TomTom. In Germany, the company is working together with Gelbe Seiten. Read the rest of this entry »

The US-Patent Office has promised Apple a patent for location-based information services that may effect other providers of location-based services. The industrial property law with the code RE42,927 and the title “System and method for obtaining an using location specific information” is broad enough to affect all mobile services using location-based material. Read the rest of this entry »

In the growing overkill of daily deal e-mails, users are beginning to see the daily alerts as spam in their mailboxes. Daily deal aggregator Yipit is trying to change this with its new app for iPhone users. Users can now find daily deals from over 800 sources, including Groupon, LivingSocial, GiltCity, and many more. Read the rest of this entry »

The location-based check-in platform Foursquare gives all iPhone 4 and 4S devices with the new Apple operating system iOS 5 a new, innovative feature, thanks to the latest update of its application: “Radar”, a geolocation service which alerts users automatically if they are near a location or friend on their to-do list. Read the rest of this entry »

Android users can now enjoy the mobile Trover application to discover their current location or even the entire world with location-based photos. The start-up company Trover launched in July of this year with its iPhone app. Now the “mobile discovery network” has over 100 thousand users in 160 countries around the world, according to the site. With the new launch of the Android version, there is a lot of potential new customers. Read the rest of this entry »