Category Archives:
Mobile Search

Vlad Sejnoha Chief Technology Officer Nuance on the new mobile Dragon Go

Continue reading

T-Labs starts testing barcoo for a new mobile visual search service

T-Labs (Deutsche Telekom Labs) has announced that a four month test of barcoo mobile code services and its visual search has started today.
Continue reading

Iain McCready CEO of Cortexica says mobile visual search is great as it avoids the use of dual tagging and codes

There is a flurry of information and excitement around mobile visual search at the moment. Companies such as Mobile Acuity, LTU and now Cortexica are coming out of the woodwork and showcasing modern, fun, better mobile visual search services.
Continue reading

Mobile Visual Search becomes a must have?

All of a sudden after four years of trying and failing mobile visual search is making a come back. Here are two new apps that have got my attention.

Collectrium and Shopgate: two new diverse pixlinQ customers
Continue reading

Mobile Image recognition plus mobile barcode reader library for app development

It seems as though mobile imaging and mobile barcoding are rubbing off each other. We got a bit of a scoop on some news coming out from Mobile Acuity tomorrow.

What is the scoop?
Continue reading

Mobile Acuity selected by Mocom for Image Search

* Mocom partners with leading Image Search technology provider, Mobile Acuity, to provide Image Search services initially in Australia and other countries to follow.

* Mocom enables marketing and retail mobile applications and services into the Australian and other markets

* Mobile Acuity was selected after evaluating all of the available Image Search providers
Continue reading

mobile location feature Help find missing children with your mobile

Poynt is one of the more successful companies out there that deals with local and location-based searches. It has now announced a deal with the Missing Children Society of Canada to help create a geo-targeted Child Search Alert system into the Poynt App. Continue reading

apple-google Anti-competition claims piling up against Google

It seems the fashionable thing to do these days is file suit against Google for being anti-competitive. Or, at least, file complaints. The most recent complaint centres around mobile search, and has come from South Korea, where the top two internet companies have appealed to the country’s antitrust watchdog. Continue reading

Poynt Logo Mobile search pays out: Poynt triples revenue in one year

Mobile local search company Poynt has just issued its financial results from the end of 2010 – and it reveals massively increased costs, offset by massively increased earnings that increased it’s total end of year revenue from just under $300k in 2009 to over $900k in 2010. Continue reading

Poynt Logo Mobile local search: Poynt and Versant aiming for $15 million

I’m not best versed in the arts of deciphering financial lingo, but I’m pretty sure that the statement just released by Poynt and Versant Partners says that they’ll be selling common shares in order to raise up to $15 million for the company. Continue reading

thomson local Local mobile search: thomsonlocal completes app “trilogy”

Thomson Local has been in the business directory business for 25 years now – and has been pushing hard into the mobile space of late. Today it has announced the completion of its mobile application trio, with the launch of a Nokia Ovi app Continue reading

mobile location feature xAD and go2 combine local search and mobile advertising

Today sees the coming together of two companies that GoMo has monitored for some time. Local search expert go2 Media has just been acquired by local mobile advertising service xAD – the major result of which will be the placement of xAD ads across all of go2 Media’s mobile network partners. Continue reading

Martin Rugfelt expertmaker ExpertMaker and the mobile search for knowledge

You could say that about 90% of the knowledge that exists is not searchable today, either on-line or on mobile. There are plenty of facts online, but expert knowledge such as humanlike product recommendations, personal advice or even diagnosis or analysis are not generally available. Continue reading

mobile location feature Mobile location: Poynt nabs patent for coupons and offers

Poynt is a local search provider that works on mobile phones. If you run a search for something using Poynt, it returns the closest results to you. Today it is announcing that it has been awarded a patent for using consumer’s location to deliver relevant coupons and offers to them. Continue reading

NeoMedia’s crystal ball misses eBay

Rating: The mists are clearing and we see a licence fee emerging

So much for NeoMedia‘s Crystal ball. The company recently outlined what 2011 has in store for 2D mobile barcodes. Curiously, however, there was absolutely no mention of eBay which is strange given that news leaked out a mere two days after its predictions that eBay has just licensed a whole bunch of NeoMedia’s patents. The burning question, therefore, is why has eBay suddenly decided to take out such options? The answer is that nobody really seems to know. Continue reading