Episode 45
recorded October 2, 2011
Welcome to This Week in Location Based Marketing where we rehash the news that matters in the location based marketing world.
Hosts: Rob Woodbridge & Asif Khan
This week:
Show highlights:
1. Groupon launches Rewards
2. HopStop gets location based service transit routing patent and promises to play nice
3. GetGlue partners with Entertainment Weekly, HTC & The Gap
4. Flickr launches Instagram competitor on Android
5. Swedish Postal Service launches LBS parcel delivery game
6. Neiman Marcus gives away free bags with Foursquare challenge
Funding News
1. Intel buys Telmap for about $300M (give or take)
2. Massive Damage gets $325K (interview with Ken Seto here)
Tool of the Week
Mogl
Resource of the Week
Kinetic Worldwide UK Study
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