Krillion to offer local product search on phones, raises $6M
With the major U.S. telecom carriers rolling out ways to track the location of mobile phones with more precision, startups are rushing to offer services exploiting this.
Krillion is the latest Silicon Valley company to seek possible salvation in this so-called “location based” technology.
Krillion emerged last year with a way to find specific consumer electronic and other products in local stores, and their exact availability in those stores. However, it’s service originally targeted the PC Web…. Continue Reading
Krillion — a local shopping search engine
Krillion is a search engine that lets you find consumer appliances in stores near you.
This start-up, based in Mountain View, is a response to strong evidence that most people prefer to buy in a store, even after they research prices online — particularly big ticket items like refrigerators, ovens, washers, dryers and dishwashers. (Krillion cites research that it says shows 75 percent of people make more than 90 percent of their purchases offline).
So Krillion… Continue Reading