Monthly Archives: March 2011

In the previous post, I speculated that, despite the current infatuation with Pull-style location based apps, ultimately Push-based apps will have more appeal to enterprises wanting to connect with their customer base.  My premise is that they won’t have a … Continue reading →

The Push for Pull Most of the discussion in location to date has been about some variant of pull-based engagement: the user takes a phone out and does something, be that a check-in, a location-tagged tweet, a game, or a … Continue reading →

It’s Noisy Out There This week’s SXSW event did nothing to lessen the din around social location services. The first six months of 2010 was “The Year of the Check-In”. The last half was the “Year of Why it isn’t … Continue reading →

Marissa Mayer, head of Google Local gave a generally neglected overview of Google Maps at SXSW.  She reported some new stats (150M users of mobile app, 2B driving miles on Google Navigation), but this was mostly lost in the chatter … Continue reading →

GPS Business News did an extended interview with me and broadcast it as a podcast.  It’s kind of long but hopefully interesting for those interesting in maps and geo.  We talk about trends in location, location platforms, maps and M&A … Continue reading →