Posts Tagged ‘Deutsche Telekom’

As of this week, users can now search for organic and eco-friendly retailers in their city by using the website SuchDichGrün.de. The site, currently offered in the beta-version, provides users with a collective of various retailers throughout Germany, which offer an array of organic and/or eco-friendly products. Read the rest of this entry »

The 25 million user strong general interest online portal T-Online.de is now joining the local search bandwagon: as a response to the growing demand for local services and information, the service massively expanded its regional offering at the beginning of October. Users now have access to 346 city and county portals with regional to local news, information, and services available, according to a press release from the Deutsche Telekom, the carrier of the online portal. Read the rest of this entry »

From the 23rd to the 25th of January, not only the grandees of the market showed up to the DLD (Digital Life Design) conference, sponsored by Burda publishing. Start-ups as well as investors also paid a visit in order to discuss their future plans and visions. The owners of the internet services are optimistic and agree: offline is out, online is becoming more and more mobile, and the social interactions will influence every aspect.

Three days filled to the rim with dissertations, discussions, and interviews. A lot was said, but we would like to provide a small summary of what we believe to be the most important points about the development of internet services, location based services (LBS), as well as social media: Read the rest of this entry »

The American check-in and geotagging service Foursquare is working together with the Deutsche Telekom for its start in Germany, and will be integrated into their service, according to the blog Netzwertig. Read the rest of this entry »

KaufDA is currently something like “everyone’s darling” as far as local search goes. Cooperation with Immobilienscout, DasTelefonbuch, or theDeutsche Telekom, the purchasing of DeutschlandCoupon, being voted as “Startup of the Year 2009″ and tons of the right kinds of media attention – this doesn’t come around too often. Now the company is fueling the fire with kaufDA-Ticker. Read the rest of this entry »

Just how user friendly are local search engines? This was proofed by Sonja Quirmbach, the search engine expert from the Deutsche Telekom, with Dr. Dirk Lewandowski, professor at the Hamburg University of Applied Scientists. Participants took Google Maps, Bing Maps, and the local search from T-Online under the scope. And the winner? Google. Here is the entry from Sonja Quirmbach:

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