Category Archives: Mobile Search
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.
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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.
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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?
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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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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: 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
