Stats from the study show 57 percent of smartphone users go directly to a brand’s app or website. He said it’s crucial for advertisers to include important local identifiers like maps, driving directions, and phone numbers.
Windows 8 App Refresh – Bing Search BlogBing News app is now customizable, offers offline reading, and supports RSS; Bing Maps now has "improved driving, transit and walking directions, as well as up-to-the minute traffic incidents notifications...
LinkedIn buys Pulse for $90M as its publishing ambitions take shape – VentureBeatPulse, a news reader app, has 30 million users and aggregates updates from social networks and 750 news publications. Google Updates Search iOS App With Minor Bug...
Quick stats about local mobile use: percent of mobile search is local.percent of local searches result in purchases.percent of smartphone shoppers use a GPS/mapping app to find a retail location. Google Places was recently replaced with Google...
Now there's a Google App for that. Google Treasure Maps Google has introduced Treasure Mode to Google Maps. The maps let you explore 2D landmarks as you explore for hidden treasure chests. And as Google warns, "Treasure Maps is our Beta Maps...
That includes to click-to-call, maps, app downloads, and the other SMB-oriented analytics baked into enhanced campaigns. Measuring app downloads, offers, and click-to-call, will be unified in the product," Patel said.
The English version of the app, version 1.1, is now available in the App Store, and it is available for the first time since launching in December in seven new countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE.
I use Yelp to find restaurants, the Weather Channel app for local weather, Google Maps for directions, etc. It is in the app environment on mobile devices where I think Graph Search has the greatest potential to reach critical mass and experience...
Google then released an upgraded Google Maps app for iOS devices which offered a significant improvement not only for Apple Maps users but also for users of the previous version of Google Maps. Within 24 hours, Google Maps became the most...
Business that don’t believe their financial services product set aligns well to mobile behaviors (completing a mortgage app on a phone), and therefore avoid prioritization of their mobile strategy. User’s eyes are drawn to maps and local listings.
Google dealt another blow to Apple today, announcing that its Google Maps for IOS app reached 10 million downloads in just two days. Apple customers have fled to Google's reworked app since it made its debut in the Itunes Store on Friday, which isn...
Google has distributed a test version of its new Google Maps for iOS app, and is "putting the finishing touches" on it before submitting it to the iTunes App Store, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter, as reported by the Wall...
App Store Prices: Why Android Users Pay Double [Study] to find a clip from Finding Nemo brought the app results to my attention with a surprising number of results. I was surprised how many app results there were for generic searches.
As a tool to model social behavior and to “game” behaviors, it’s a killer app and my view is that it has played a central role in Google’s strategy on the Disavow Tool, and across the whole penalty issue in general.
Schmidt avoided the topic of whether we can expect a new maps app on Apple, but was very clear on one point in the Google vs. Apple fight: "Apple should have kept with our maps. The fact of the matter is they decided a long time ago to do their own...
Two search technologists previously from Yahoo and Powerset have teamed up to create an app designed to turn searching on its head. Search Technology team), Tim Converse (ex-Powerset) and Tuoc Vinh Luong (the VC savvy), spoke to SEW over the phone...
You can try alternatives by downloading map apps from the App Store like Bing, MapQuest and Waze, or use Google or Nokia maps by going to their websites and creating an icon on your home screen to their web app," he said.
It also seems like iPhone and iPad users will be left struggling with Apple's Maps app, as Google has said it has no plans to bring Google Maps back to IOS. Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt announced the bad news, telling Reuters that the...
Apple is reportedly seeking employees that have experience working on Google Maps, after it became apparent last week that its own Maps app on iOS 6 just doesn't cut it against the competition. In fact, Apple's Maps app has been pronounced a...
But the greatest impact could result from Apple's new Maps app in iOS6, which replaces Google's long-standing default positioning in that role. This is still intact (for now) but it begs the question of what will happen when Apple yanks this...
