hyperlocal

TapIn Bets Google Maps Can Save Local News

TapIn's iPad app reorients news, classifieds, and events around precise locations, making every user feel like a local expert. READ MORE›

Twitter Wants to Know Where You're @ With Improved Geo-Location and Privacy Features

Twitter's revealed that it will be tweaking its code to improve its geo-Tweeting system, making it much wordier and less numerical. They say it's for privacy-conscious users, but is it also the first step toward hyperlocal Tweet ...READ MORE›

Twitter Brings Its Trends Right to Your Neighborhood

After a test roll-out last week, Twitter's just added a new system that displays the Tweet trends that are most relevant to your particular location. It's an experiment in location-based news discovery, and it could make Twitter ...READ MORE›

Fwix Adds Video to Hyperlocal, Bringing Exposure-–and Revenue–-to Vloggers

In a year that wasn't particularly kind to traditional media outlets, hyperlocal news aggregator Fwix hasn't missed a step. In September, the San Francisco-based startup released an API allowing online publishers to add local news ...READ MORE›

Bing Introduces 3-D Photosynth Maps

In an effort to beat Google at mapping, Microsoft Bing will use crowd-sourced photos to create a 3-D virtual worlds in its Maps application, the company has told FastCompany.com. The 3-D models will eventually be knitted into Bing ...READ MORE›

Google's 3-D Urban Maps, Built by You

Yesterday we reported that Google its competitors may be grappling to become leaders in hyper-local mapping. Google's approach: ditching map-data provider Tele-Atlas for its own super-detailed map data, some of which, the company ...READ MORE›

Google Ads Go Hyper-Local, and With Flat Fees They're Cheaper for Businesses

Google is trying to solicit more hyper-local advertising by straying from the very ad formula that made it rich. AdAge reported yesterday that local ads will not use "keyword auctioning," the Google Ads system that chooses which ...READ MORE›

Google Makes Hyperlocal Search An Even Hotter Topic

Google's just tweaked its mobile search functionality to add in a whole bunch of new features--basically going head-to-head with existing mobile services like Yelp, FourSquare and AroundMe--merely be adjusting its search ...READ MORE›

How Foursquare Can Steal Local from Twitter

Foursquare, a hyperlocal where-to-go app for smartphones, announced they'd be opening business accounts earlier this week, potentially beating Twitter to a rich revenue model. But Dennis Crowley, Foursquare's founder, says he's not ...READ MORE›

Fwix Allows Publishers to Create Their Own Hyperlocal News Feeds

Although it’s usually doling out the headlines, hyperlocal news aggregator Fwix made its own this morning by announcing a way for online publishers to add local news feeds to their sites and widgets.READ MORE›

Can Anyone Tap the $100 Billion Potential of Hyperlocal News?

Community-driven news services have been the next big thing online for years. Can The New York Times or AOL find the $100 billion local-advertising pot of gold?READ MORE›

• Local Yokels

Is Hyperlocal Journalism's Savior?

It's been the week of hyperlocal. And by week, I mean the past two days, since Twitter accelerates the online journalism news cycle to roughly the rate at which we breathe. I hadn't finished exhaling the news of Everyblock's sale to ...READ MORE›