Category Archives: Find Your Place

2011 TREND: Real-time location data provides a world of new opportunities for brands to delight consumers with enticing occasion-based marketing.

Marketing April 22, 2011

SXSWrapup: That’s a Wrap!

We hope you’ve derived a ton of smarts from our (admittedly long) coverage of SXSW Interactive 2011. If you missed any of our posts, we’ve got links to every one of our SXSWrapups below.

Marketing March 21, 2011

SXSWrapup (Part 3): The Location Story

Ok, back to where we left off with our SXSW coverage. As we discussed in our earlier “killer app” conversation, the real focus of this year’s SXSW was getting previous years’ breakouts to iterate and ramp up to a place … Continue reading →

Marketing

Digging a Bit Deeper into AmEx + foursquare

Our SXSWrapup will continue momentarily, but we’ve got one piece of unfinished business to handle first. Before we headed out to SXSW Interactive, we tipped you off to foursquare’s new partnership with American Express (at the very bottom of that … Continue reading →

Sociocultural Trends March 15, 2011

SXSWrapup (Part 2): The (Sort-Of) Killer App

In Part 1 of our SXSWrapup, we noted that despite the annual hype-fest and prognostications for every SXSW, there really wasn’t “a killer app” coming out of this year’s conference. To give that statement some context, think about the two … Continue reading →

Sociocultural Trends March 11, 2011

SXSWe’ve Arrived

SXSW Interactive – we’re coming for ya. But don’t worry, we’re bringing the music. Yes, Upshot’s SXSW Interactive coverage team has arrived in Austin, and just like last year, we’ll be covering the town with our QR-coded stickers. (Unlike last … Continue reading →

Marketing March 10, 2011

SXSWarmup

[UPDATE: For more information on the foursquare / American Express partnership mentioned at the bottom of this post, click here.] SXSW Interactive starts tomorrow, which means the battle for blogosphere buzz will be starting shortly… ah, hell, it’s already been … Continue reading →

Marketing March 7, 2011

Upshot Presents the Air Presenter

In today’s post, we’re excited to share our exclusive coverage of the Air Presenter gesture-based presentation system, featuring the radarTOUCH. Upshot managed to get our hands on the first radarTOUCH shipped to the US, and we’ve already recognized a number … Continue reading →

Sociocultural Trends February 8, 2011

Tools for Celebrity Stalkers and Life Savers

Since our Find Your Place trend depends on real-time location data, many of our conversations have featured services and devices that broadcast this information, ranging from check-in apps to RFID-tagged items. Still, there are times when location data needs a … Continue reading →

Sociocultural Trends February 3, 2011

Google Gets an A+ on Its Art Project

I’m not sure what class Google is taking, but it’s definitely the star student. There was clearly some extra-curricular work behind their just-released Google Art Project, which delivers over a thousand works from 17 of the world’s finest museums right … Continue reading →

Sociocultural Trends January 21, 2011

Electronic Gladiators on Four Wheels

Since it’s Friday, and since we just filled your head with a TON of content in our 2011 Trends Smartshot webinar, we’ll stick with the shiny stuff for now. Enjoy the video above, which equips skateboarders with the tools to … Continue reading →