Archive for the ‘Local Search per Mobile phone’ Category

Das Telefonbuch has optimized its app for the iPhone and iPad. With the release of the 3.0 version, new features have been added and now there are even more possibilities to customize the search function. The app is also approaching its one-millionth download.
For the occasion, Das Telefonbuch is raffling off an iPhone and iPad in a package. It’s possible to participate through Facebook. Users can try their luck by guessing when the millionth download will happen. The first person to have guessed correctly is the winner. For 24 others, Das Telefonbuch is raffling off iTunes gift cards. Read the rest of this entry »

As the first German rating community, the Das Örtliche partner golocal has launched an iPhone app with augmented reality. With the new feature, users can not only see their surroundings in real time using their camera, but also receive information about locations on-site through the live symbol masking.
Those who download the free app in the app store and then register can directly jump into the service: after clicking on the “Radar” symbol, or going into the “Alles in der Nähe (Eng. Everything Close-by)” rubric within “Radar”, little signs pop up around the current view which display the current contact point of the user. With a touch of a finger, handy information like the name of the location, address, distance, as well as ratings from community members can be displayed. With this, users have the ability to know where the next café, restaurant, hotel, theater, museum, or movie theater is. Augmented reality is made possible through the iPhone camera, compass, and GPS. In addition, users can use all the functions of the PC version, like checking-in, uploading pictures, and the reading and writing of ratings.

The mobile local search Poynt is now available in Germany as app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The application will be complimented by the local search engine suchen.de, which is already a cooperative partner for the Poynt apps for Android and BlackBerry.

Those that download this free app in the iTunes App Store won’t have any problems on-the-go. Poynt can help users find the next café, hotel, or shopping center without any major difficulties. The app can also display information about public offices and tourist sights. For all of the results, information is displayed including contact information, websites, or for movie theaters show times. Read the rest of this entry »

Greven address-book publisher’s coupon portal Online-coupons.de is now offering its customers deals directly from their region using on-the-go. Through cooperation with Coupies, which has specialized itself for mobile deal alerts, users can use selected coupons from online-coupons.de with their mobile device. Read the rest of this entry »

Microsoft’s search engine Bing has announced a number of updates that will be going live in the next couple of weeks. In particular, the local offering from Bing Maps, the counterpart of Google Maps, will be launching some new features. Read the rest of this entry »

The local US-based search engine Where has an unusual approach to things: they are attempting to attract users to locations that they’ve never heard of, and may soon be making quite some money with the “Pre-Check-In” idea.
Those searching for a restaurant, a bar, or another location, can choose the place along with the categories “eat”, “drink”, or “play”. The entries made are memorized by the search engine, as well as favorite places and those in the “Want to Go” list (which is only available to Facebook users). Those that download the new app to their mobile device are asked for their preferences upon start-up. Now, Where can recommend compatible locations according to the gathered data. The search engine stresses on introducing users to vendors that they haven’t heard of. Read the rest of this entry »

Microsoft’s Bing has been using free map material from the community project OpenStreetMap for their local offering with Bing Maps for a while now. The data exchange is now being intensified due to Steve Coast’s, OpenStreetMap’s founder, new job at Microsoft. Coast, as a leading manager, will be responsible for the integration of the Open Source Maps (OSM) to Bing Mobile, according to the Bing Blog. In return, OpenStreetMap will have access to the high-resolution aerials from Microsoft as well as a supporting software which would help simplify the mapping process through OpenStreetMap. Read the rest of this entry »

A lot of hot air or is it the truth? For quite a few weeks now, there have been rumors that Groupon is being taken over by Google. And now, according to media reports on December 1st, Google offered the US market leader for online-couponing 5.3 billion dollars. With this kind of a deal, the search engine giant may become the leading provider for online and mobile deals. Read the rest of this entry »

The local internet platform from the Deutsche Post, allesnebenan.de, is on its way to mobile app: you can now get the gift certificates for the local search machine, which are localized according to providers, deals, catalogues, and coupons, is now available on the go.

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The US American product search Milo is launching for the Android and will officially make the status of location-based service. The server describes itself as the market leader for local online shopping. The new mobile application is the “only app in the Android Market to search the inventory systems of local stores in real-time and tell on-the-go shoppers what’s currently in-stock where, and who has the best local price”, according to a press release. Read the rest of this entry »