This Week in Location Based Marketing

This Week in Location Based Marketing – Episode 55: Rogers’ RDeals, MojoStreet and Google’s Schemer + Gauri Manglik of Fondu

Welcome to This Week in Location Based Marketing where we rehash the news that matters in the location based marketing world.

In this episode we discuss Home Depot working with Pandora, Rogers entering the daily deals business in Canada, MojoStreet and Schemer + special guest Gauri Manglik of Fondu.

Episode 55

Recorded: December 11, 2011
Hosts: Rob Woodbridge & Asif Khan

Show highlights:
1. Home Depot teams up with Pandora for mobile/location ads
2. Rogers launches RDeals
3. It’s a location-based Weathermob
4. India’s MojoStreet enters the location-based gaming fray
5. Google puts Schemer out to beta

Product of the Week
Fondu: With special guest Gauri Manglik

Funding News
1. LivingSocial gets another $176M
2. PlumDistrict raises $20M and buys Doodledeals and Chatterfly
3. Klarna raises $155M

Resource of the Week
Mobile Wallet Anyone? Sure, but Please Make Mine a Smart One

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This Week in Location Based Marketing – Episode 55: Rogers RDeals, MojoStreet and Googles Schemer + Gauri Manglik of Fondu

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