Well, the honeymoon was good while it lasted. Groupon’s reign at the top of the Local Offers pile will soon be challenged by a slew of well- funded and aggressive big boys ranging from Facebook (Facebook Deals) to Google (Google Offers). Other smaller competitors like LivingSocial are also clicking on their heels with aggressive promotion …
Category Archives: Location Services
The future of Groupon
June 30, 2011 – 8:31 pm
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By prabhu
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Posted in General, Location Services, Marketing, Next Big Thing
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Tagged facebook deals, google local, google offers, groupon, groupon ipo, living social, livingsocial
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Checkins
Facebook pages are now increasing filled with check-ins. Checkins are typically native Facebook driven via Facebook Places or Foursquare, Gowalla based checkins. Google has its own app for it- Google Latitude which isnt as popular as the aforementioned ones but is still gaining steam. It would be worthwhile trying to understand why people check-in if we …
June 7, 2011 – 9:08 pm
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By prabhu
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Posted in Facebook, Location Services, Next Big Thing, NFC, Social Networks
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Tagged check in, checkins, facebook places, foursquare, google latitude, gowalla, social checkin, yelp
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Location, location, location – should we care where you are?
Location services are coming to you, wherever you are (and they know it!)
May 7, 2010 – 9:59 am
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By rangaprabhu
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Posted in Location Services, Next Big Thing
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Tagged aGPS, facebook, foursquare, gowalla, location services
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