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Research / Been Gone, Back from Iraq « Grey Matter — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:07:55 +0000

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By: Latest MobileBeat2008 additions: Facebook’s Jed Stremel, MySpace’s Brandon Lucas, Skydeck’s Jason Devitt » VentureBeat

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:59:29 +0000

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Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:50:13 +0000

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By: Five trends driving the mobile web » VentureBeat

Five trends driving the mobile web » VentureBeat — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:45:02 +0000

[...] the last few months the 3G iPhone and its location-based service (LBS) potential gathered a lot of positive PR. Traction remains small, although some enterprise tracking companies seem to do relatively well. [...]

By: Luffemann

Luffemann — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:36:51 +0000

Hi Matthaus,

Feel free to contact me.

Lasse.Larsen@bipibp.com

By: Luffemann

Luffemann — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:06:05 +0000

I am currently away and not checking my email. I will respond as soon as possible.

By: matthaus

matthaus — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:04:51 +0000

Hey Luffemann,
you can send me an email about pibpib directly, I am curious. matthaeus at hmmaha.com

By: Luffemann

Luffemann — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:53:54 +0000

you should check out "pre"-(alpha-release) http://pibpib.com -tomorrow (monday, 12:00 (cet+2))

By: Location buzz continues: Nokia buys Plazes, Verizon backs Loopt & NIW » VentureBeat

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:45:20 +0000

[...] useful services. Various writers have recently opined at VentureBeat about location-based services (here and here). In fact, at this point, it may be [...]

By: Jason Devitt

Jason Devitt — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:41:07 +0000

Marshall, thanks. I wasn't attempting to list the top companies in the industry, just give some examples. You are right that Networks in Motion is a standout, the market leader by some measures.

I stand by my remarks on Loopt – great team, great app. I don't think that counts as falling for the hype. Forget about location for a moment; it's almost impossible to make a social app work when you are live on just one or two carriers, because I can't invite my friends to use it unless we are all on the same carrier.

By: a l t wireline solutions

a l t wireline solutions — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:42:06 +0000

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By: matthaus

matthaus — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:48:48 +0000

Hi Marshall,

thanks for you comments.

Before the Stevenote we had a lot of debates at Venturebeat on what's flesh and what's hype behind the 3G Iphone. We talked to a lot of experts, too. One thing became clear: we need to give some people experienced with LBS a voice at Venturebeat. We felt that this is missing in the debate. The articles of Jason Devitt and Manlio Allegria are examples of us trying to broaden the discussion.

Mind you, we are aware of the success of LBS apps have in sales. NIM, TeleNav Mobile, also Wavemarket have been in the Top 10 for a long time. The context for our recent coverage, however, was LBS and the 3G Iphone.

For us there are at least 2 big questions nobody has answered yet related to LBS & the 3G Iphone: Is the technology behind the 3G Iphone good enough for LBS to succeed ? Does the 3G Iphone mean that somebody finally cracks LBS mobile advertising ?

These two question are one of the questions Loopt's success depends on, we think. Expect Venturebeat to ask these questions when needed.

By: Marshall

Marshall — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:37:23 +0000

Jason – great article. I actually thought the Vindigo zagat lbs app you launched on palm yrs ago is still better than most of stuff out there.

Why, Loopt? Why do you fall for their hype? They are making no traction with end consumers: <30,000 subs and they have been around for 3 yrs. They are performing poorly at Sprint and Boost spent millions of advertising and i heard the uptake is poor. You didnt even mention Networks in Motion – the LBS navigation company that does the Verizon product which will supposedly do $40M in revenue this year. Televigation is actually a great story – founder CEO HP Jin is Chinese Immigrant who started the company in 1999 went through some serious rough times and emerged as a powerhouse company that also will do a ton of revenue this year and is worth hundreds of millions. I have heard all my VC friends rave about the wavemarket guys and the way they dominate their space and are building a profitable business. All of these companies are LBS survivors who adapted to tough life with carriers. Yet, you choose to applaud Loopt? No subs, no revenue, lots of hype. I guess in Silicon Valley it is sometimes difficult to differentiate between hype and greatness.

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