Mobile Minutes: Smartwatch tracks activity; Geo-location apps rise; Positive reviews vs. Yelp; xAd raises $50 million
Is it an activity tracker or a smartwatch? On paper, Garmin?s Vivosmart, announced on Thursday, checks off all the features that have become standard for both and adds a few sporty extras.
For a long time now, GPS and map technologies have allowed us to pinpoint our location, giving rise to a wave of location-based apps. But now that geo-location services have become commonplace, the rate of innovation of location-based apps has slowed.
Do small business owners have a right to have positive reviews appear on their Yelp page? No, according to a federal appeals court, which on Thursday threw out a case brought by small business owners claiming that Yelp extorted advertising payments from them by manipulating reviews on its site.
Mobile ad startup xAd raised $50 million in combined equity and debt financing as it takes geomarketing hyperlocal, right down to where a device is being used.