Local Search articles

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  Google Maps for iPhone updated with contacts integration and improved local search results

  By Nathan Ingraham on March 5, 2013 12:03 pm + 77 comments

  The new Google Maps for iPhone is an all-around excellent mapping app, but Google just released an Continue reading…

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  Graph Search shows that, for Facebook, mobile is still always 'tomorrow'

  By Tim Carmody on January 16, 2013 04:52 pm + 31 comments

  Facebook launched Graph Search as a beta product for many reasons: its gradual rollout to only US Continue reading…

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  Facebook tackles Google, LinkedIn, Yelp, and its own huge database with Graph Search

  By Tim Carmody on January 15, 2013 03:13 pm + 161 comments

  Introducing what he called "the third pillar" of Facebook ecosystem today, Mark Zuckerberg was Continue reading…

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  Foursquare opens its local recommendation engine to all, prepares to take on Yelp and Google

  By Nathan Ingraham on October 15, 2012 04:46 pm + 15 comments

  Foursquare's homepage has just undergone a major redesign, with the company's local search and Continue reading…

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  UK Galaxy S III owners will have universal search restored 'within the next few days'

  By Jeff Blagdon on July 26, 2012 08:54 pm + 17 comments

  After being dispossessed of universal search by a "stability update" earlier this week, the BBC Continue reading…

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  Samsung's international Galaxy S III is the next to lose local search

  By Jeff Blagdon on July 25, 2012 02:10 am + 98 comments

  Samsung has been disabling the local search on its US devices in recent weeks as a "precautionary Continue reading…

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  Google+ Local adds social recommendations, Zagat reviews to local search

  By David Pierce on May 30, 2012 09:00 am + 10 comments

  Google added a social element to its local search today, with the launch of Google+ Local. The new Continue reading…

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  Siri gets expanded Yelp integration in iOS 5.1 update

  By Ellis Hamburger on March 21, 2012 09:57 am + 20 comments

  Among other minor updates inside iOS 5.1, one feature that has until now gone unnoticed is better Continue reading…