A New Spin on Local Search: REVEALED
You’ve all seen the sneak peek, now it’s time for the big reveal! Today, I present you with (drum roll please…) WHERE 3D Maps, an innovative and useful new spin on local search.
Available on WHERE Version 3.3.2 for the iPhone, WHERE 3D Maps enhance your local navigation experience. Everyone’s been buzzing about augmented reality apps lately, which we definitely think are pretty darn cool. But we wanted to create something more useful. WHERE 3D Maps are more than just a cool virtual party trick, they actually give you a new and helpful perspective of the world around you. Featuring a unique multidimensional street view that includes pan and rotate modes to explore with full details on points of interest, WHERE 3D Maps make navigating the world around you easy and fun.
Try it out for yourself. Grab your iPhone and spin around and around – you may be dizzy, but you’ll still know exactly where you are and where you’re going.
Before you start spinning, take a look at just how useful WHERE 3D Maps can be when hunger strikes…
WHERE Launches on Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus
Today, Verizon introduces the enhanced Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus. Both phones are all about synergy and feature amazing multitasking abilities that let you run multiple Palm webOS applications simultaneously. And we have great news – WHERE is one of those apps!
Available through the Palm App Catalog, WHERE is one of the top navigation apps offered for this brand new series of Palm phones.
Find, share, and save local information about restaurants, movies, weather, news, coupons and offers, cheap gas, and much more. Take a trip to Verizon and make WHERE the first app you download on your new Palm phone!
Newsflash – the WHERE application for Android just got an update!
The enhanced version of WHERE features new ways for users to get involved in the WHERE community; making it easier to share and learn information about your local area.
The recently released 1.8.6 Android version of WHERE features four fun new updates:
- WHERE reviews button – You can now easily rate or read reviews about local restaurants and businesses with the click of a button.
- “Flag Venue Incorrect” option – A convenient link now lets you easily flag a venue if you notice any incorrect information, enhancing the quality of our real time information.
- “Report a Price” gas feature – Spot a change in price at your local gas station? Share your findings with other users.
- Expanding avatars – Take a better look at the people in your area. WHEREwall users can now zoom in on other users’ avatar pictures.
WHERE 1.8.6 gives you the power to participate. Download it today on your Android device.
A New Spin on Local Search
Hi WHERE blog readers. I’m Nicole, the newest member of the marketing team at WHERE, and I’m pretty pumped to take on the role of helping you better connect with WHERE. Got an idea for a new feature or type of content? Let me know and I can take it to the product team and get them working on it. Although I just started, I’ve already realized that the WHERE team is truly dedicated to providing you with the best local search, discovery and recommendation experience while you’re on the go.
At WHERE, we know that your needs and desires for info from your mobile device are always changing, so we are constantly making improvements to the app to better fit your needs. For example, we know what you search for most often within the application, and that the three most popular brands searched for among all WHERE users in 2009 were Walmart, Target and Pizza Hut. Learning about what brands you’re looking for helps us figure out what you really want from WHERE. Now we can take all this information and use it to further tailor WHERE to meet your needs.
We also received recognition this week from AlwaysOn, which honored us with an OnMedia Top 100 award in the category of Best Next Generation Search Technology Company. Living up to the title, we will soon be launching a new “next generation search” feature. Watch the video for a sneak peek, and stay tuned for more details when the feature goes live on the iPhone in just a few weeks…
WHERE Closes 2009 on a High Note
As 2009 comes to a close, we want to take a moment and reflect on the past year’s achievements and thank the WHERE users who have helped us make 2009 our biggest year yet. In 2009, we gained over 3.5 million new users across all major mobile platforms. WHERE is committed to providing the most useful and relevant local information through the best user experience.
In 2009 we reach some pretty impressive milestones, including:
These are exciting times for location based services, and for WHERE in particular. We have are proud about having built a leading brand in a growing industry and we look forward to capitalizing on the opportunities ahead in 2010.
Wishing you a Happy New Year. We look forward to continuing to break new ground with you in 2010!
WHERE is Giving Away Two Round Trip Tickets!
Win Two Round Trip Tickets with WHERE!
Want to go somewhere new this holiday season? Let WHERE be your travel guide and help you plan the perfect trip or discover new places locally.
Whether you are travelling or staying local this holiday, WHERE can help you find a new restaurant, show you events nearby, as well as give you local weather updates and forecasts, news, the cheapest gas prices and more!
WHERE is giving away two round trip tickets* to one lucky winner who registers with the application between December 14th and December 24th, 2009.
How To Enter
Download WHERE on your mobile phone, available on the iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Palm Pre and many more! Once you download the application, register with the application in the settings screen.
Register between December 14th and December 24th and you will be entered to win two round trip tickets to a destination of your choice!
*The maximum value for each round trip ticket, including taxes and booking fees, is $1000 (total of $2000 for both tickets). All airlines and both domestic or international travel apply.
5 Ways to use WHERE on your Thanksgiving Break
Here is a video of how the WHERE team will use the WHERE app on their Thanksgiving travels.
As most of you are wrapping up your work week and heading out to visit family and friends for Thanksgiving, I thought this would be a great opportunity to give you some money & time saving traveling tips using the WHERE app. Equipped with just your mobile device, whether it’s an iPhone, BlackBerry, Palm Pre, Android, or an AT&T phone you can feel like a local no matter which city you are in this Thanksgiving.
Gas Station Locator: With the WHERE gas station locator you can find the closest gas station as well as see which station has the cheapest gas.
WHERE Reviews: If you are looking to find a romantic dinner for two or a place for a post-Thanksigiving Dinner drink, check out the WHERE reviews section of WHERE to see what’s hot in the area.
Starbucks Locator: Waking up in a different city is always a bit exhausting, trying to find a good cup of coffee..can be even harder. WHERE’s Starbucks locator will locate you and then give you a detailed list of the Starbucks locations in your immediate area. As a bonus, it’ll even tell you if that location has wi-fi, just in case you want to get some work done.
Traffic: The last thing you want on Thanksgiving is to be late for dinner. Check out WHERE’s Traffic feature to ensure that you avoid all traffic congestions and detours on your way to Thanksgiving dinner.
Movies: After a strong day of Black Friday shopping, one of the nicest things you can do for yourself is head out and enjoy a movie and some popcorn. The movies feature allows you to search by movie titles or closest theaters. You can even watch the movie trailer and order tickets from most devices.
Can you think of other ways to use the WHERE app this week? Leave us a comment, send us a tweet or leave it on our Facebook wall.
WHERE iPhone App gets an Update!
The WHERE iPhone app just got an update and is chock full of new features and useful enhancements. Download the update today and check out all the location based goodness.
Here is a quick rundown of the what’s new in the 3.3 version of the WHERE iPhone app.
Introducing WHEREreviews! Let the world know your opinions on the places near you. WHEREreviews allows you to quickly write a review about your favorite local restaurant or business. Or if you like, you can just sift through other people’s reviews.
New Citysearch feed – CitySearch provides you with even more information on the restaurants and businesses around you. From business hours to notes from the owner, CitySearch gives you with the details you want to know about a restaurant before eating there.
Enhanced weather widget – Now WHERE’s weather widget features current, hourly and multi-day weather data for the week as well as the ability to save multiple cities.
If you love the app or have suggestions for us, send us a shout at support@ulocate.com, give us a five star rating in the App Store and also leave a review for others to read.
WHERE on the Droid Launches Today!
We are happy to announce that the WHERE mobile application has officially launched on the Motorola DROID. WHERE has been specifically designed for the device to fully optimize its high-resolution screen, other advanced native features, and Android™ 2.0. It also includes the new WHERE Brand Bar, a customizable store locator for user’s favorite retail locations, and Spotlight, which delivers recommendations to users based on their location, time of day, and the type of content the consumer is seeking (e.g. restaurants, businesses or movies).
Currently 25 percent of all Android users have downloaded WHERE. Over 15,000 users have written reviews, with an average rating of 4.6.
Recent reviews in the Android Market include:
“Far and away the best app on the Market right now!”
“Best app ever! This thing has everything you could want and more. Where makes the G1 a must have!”
“Everything in 1 app. It’s awesome and quick…this app should get an award.”
WHERE is available as a free download from the Android Market in the Travel Category and is a Featured App: http://www.android.com/market/featured.html#app=where.
For more information, please visit www.where.com/android.
Traffic.com Pro is now available in the iTunes App Store.
Since releasing the Traffic.com iPhone app last month, we’ve received several emails asking if there was an ad-free version, and today we are happy to announce that users can now enjoy an ad-free experience with Traffic.com Pro. Traffic.com Pro comes with all the functionality of the free version however, features absolutely zero ads. It is available for $2.99 in the iTunes app store.
