Online to offline measurement is a hard problem; and I’m really excited to see how far we have come…
As we continue to evolve our measurement technology with new strides in machine learning, mapping technology and survey quality, we are able to increase the number of store visits we can report while still achieving that same high bar for accuracy you’ve come to expect.
Incredibly proud of the team for getting this out – a feature that I so wish existed like, yesterday! 🙂
“Where are you now?” and “What’s your ETA?” Whether you’re heading to a party or meeting up for dinner, you probably hear questions like this pretty often from family and friends. Soon Google Maps users worldwide will be able to answer those questions in just a few taps, without ever leaving the app. On both…
via Share your trips and real-time location from Google Maps — The Keyword
Tapping is way easier than typing 🙂 – excited to see this launch! I will follow-up with a detailed post on some of the local features that launched with this release.
These days, you expect information at your fingertips. Starting today, we’re making it easier than ever to stay in the know and get the information you need quickly and easily. Starting today in the U.S., we’re introducing tappable shortcuts on the Google app for Android and iOS and Google.com on the mobile web that give…
via New shortcuts in Search help keep you in the know — The Keyword
Fourteen years ago, on this day, it was the beginning of my professional career. Back in Hyderabad, India, fresh out of school, I was looking for opportunities to build things bigger and better. A lot had happened since then: moved to the USA, published in numerous publications, wrote three books, built best of breed products at Microsoft, filed for more than fifty patents, founded a company, recruited world class talent, raised millions of venture capital, and built an incredible product from ground-up – it was a journey worth taking.
Every step of the way, it was lots of hard-work, lots of hope, and tons of understanding from my family. Today “I’m feeling lucky” and this marks a new beginning of this long journey.
From today, together with my team members and a number of Googlers, I will continue on the mission that we had started at The Dealmap – to bring the best local offers anywhere, any time on any device. Google offers the key ingredients that every entrepreneur looks for: incredible talent pool, un-constrained resources and freedom of execution – I get excited just by imagining the scale of things that I can accomplish in the local deals space and beyond.
I’m living every entrepreneur’s dream and I want take a moment to thank all the advisors, investors and friends that helped me navigate this.
There is so much to do – and it is just the beginning!
Update: Here is NY Times article – http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/google-acquires-the-dealmap/Â
I’m super excited to share this update from The Dealmap. Today we have announced our partnership with Microsoft to bring out the local and daily deals to Bing.
This integration is available both on Bing Local as well as Bing Mobile.
This marks yet another major milestone for us as we are going through an explosive growth period.
There is a lot of work that needs to be done – especially around personalization, around transaction, redemption and mobile payments; we are working hard to create innovative solutions in each one of these areas. So, stay tuned!
– Chandu Thota
We are excited to present our first ever national exclusive deal from Crocs. You get 30% off any the entire purchases at any crocs store across the country (about 200 crocs locations in all).
You can see more about this deal on the web, on our iPhone app or our android app or on our local twitter feeds.
This offer is valid until Sunday night, so go pick up some crocs! 🙂
Super excited to announce the launch of The Dealmap Android application. Just like our iPhone application, this app is also built on the same set of APIs that we offer to our developer community. Please stay tuned for more stuff to come from us on the mobile front.
Here is a nice post from Venture Beat this morning on the launch:
Center’d is launching its Dealmap Android app today that will let users filter out the chaff and find the best deals nearby.
The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company says it can aggregate daily deals from almost 100 sources and put them all in one place. Center’d previously launched an iPhone app that has been downloaded more than 175,000 times in its first six weeks. The app sorts through more than 350,000 local deals and coupons and makes them available to consumers where they want them on web sites, social apps, daily emails and mobile apps. More than 375,000 people get these updates daily. It can filter 10 business categories and eight deal types.
Sifting through the chaff is a big part of daily life. If your mobile phone can help you do that, it will become an even more indispensable part of your life. If the Dealmap can help, then it may be a good tool for the discovery of what’s around you. Consumers and businesses can upload their own deals, so the company takes advantage of user-generated content. This app can aggregate daily deals from companies such as Groupon and Living Social. It then organizes the deals and maps them, using relevance algorithms.
Center’d has raised $10 million from Norwest Venture Partners and KeyNote Ventures. Angel investors include Bill Harris, former PayPal and Intuit chief executive. Competitors include 8coupons and Yipit, neither of which have a mobile app yet. Center’d was founded in 2007 and the Dealmap web site launched in May. The company has eight employees.
Nokia Replaces CEO with Microsoft Exec
Nokia has removed its CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, and replaced him with Microsoft executive Stephen Elop. Kallasvuo took the reigns from long-time CEO Jorma Ollila in 2006 and promised the reinvigorate the company’s place in the U.S. market. Despite Kallasvuo’s efforts, Nokia’s share of the U.S. market has continued to decline. …
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