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Google Brings Local Business Coupons to U.S. Mobile Users

ReadWriteWeb  Nov 23 09

Google has announced today that, just in time for holiday shopping, they are enabling local retailers to display coupons for in-store use on mobile devices of Google-searching users.

Any business using Google Local Business Center can upload mobile coupon offers, and any user searching on Google.com using a mobile device can find the coupons on the businesses' Place Pages - a feature that also debuted relatively recently. Altogether, the direction the company is taking seems better for users and for local businesses, as well.

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Printable coupons have long been available on Google Maps, but - let's face it - more and more consumers have abandoned the desktop/printer paradigm for a more mobile/digital approach to search, on-the-go directions, and local business research. Full story...

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Microsoft Updates Bing iPhone App and Removes It from All International iTunes Stores

ReadWriteWeb  28 minutes ago

Microsoft just launched a new version of its Bing iPhone app. The iPhone app gives you comprehensive access to Bing's core services, including Bing maps and directions, as well as news and image search.

General Motors Wants To Augment Your Windshield

ReadWriteWeb  4 hours ago

Last week we told you about how Chevrolet, a division of General Motors, was bringing an augmented reality (AR) marketing promotion to SXSW in Austin.

Travelers Love the Mobile Web - But Most Don't Use Travel Apps Yet

ReadWriteWeb  5 hours ago

Once upon a time, you had to bring travel guides, maps and paper tickets on every trip. Today, you can just take your smartphone and get access to all of this information without having to lug a couple of books and magazines around with you.

Formspring.me: Another Startup Packing Its Bags for Silicon Valley

ReadWriteWeb  5 hours ago

News broke yesterday that popular online Q&A startup Formspring.me had raised some $2.5 million in venture funding and would be relocating to Silicon Valley from Indianapolis.

Twitter Search Is About Popularity

ReadWriteWeb  5 hours ago

For many people, Twitter offers a larger, more diverse stream of constantly flowing data than they've ever had to deal with before in their life.

Novell Gets Ready To Release Pulse and Federation with Google Wave

ReadWriteWeb  7 hours ago

Novell is providing the first glimpse of Pulse, its new real-time collaboration service. The new service will eventually fully integrate with Google Wave.

If You Tell Them On Facebook, They Will Come...Again and Again

ReadWriteWeb  7 hours ago

In continuing to look at the way that Facebook has become a driving force behind online news consumption, Heather Hopkins of Hitwise has dove into the numbers again, this time examing how Facebook users compare with others in return visits.

Weekend Fun: New Apps for Your iPhone

ReadWriteWeb  7 hours ago

As one of ReadWriteWeb's iPhone users, I'm always looking for new applications to try out. Some get downloaded for a day and then deleted right away, others slowly inch their way closer to my homescreen.

Three iPhone Apps To Save Yourself & The World

ReadWriteWeb  9 hours ago

We saw a cartoon recently that shows the attendees of a "Climate Summit", with a single naysayer yelling out from the back of the crowd "What if it's a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?"

Well, in the spirit of creating a better world for nothing, we bring to you three iPhone apps that we hope can help do just that.

OneRiot Brings Its Real-Time Ads to the Web

ReadWriteWeb  9 hours ago

Until now, anybody who wanted to implement real-time ads from OneRiot's RiotWise network had to get these ads through OneRiot's API and create a customized user interface around these ads.



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