FierceWireless by Jason Ankeny | April 7th, 2011 Economists and consumers alike continue to debate whether or not the Great Recession is officially in the rearview mirror, but one thing is clear: Advertisers are once again spending money like drunken sailors, suggesting the worst is indeed over. After global advertising expenditures dipped 9 percent in [...]
WHERE in the News
Split becomes the new Croatian export center of IT industry
Croatia, Poslovni denevnik by Bernard Ivezic | Dolazak companies Where American leader in software for geolokaciju Split uncovered a software revolution that is taking place there. Bruno Batarelo, who manages the company Where in Croatia said they had tried izmijestiti software development to India and China but it is not reserch results produced the desired result [...]
Rising Above the Noise in a Crowded Market
Open View Labs by Corey O’ Loughlin | March 16th, 2011 It may be a slight understatement to suggest that mobile technology is on the verge of significant growth. Obscene might be a better adjective to describe the sector’s forecast. According to a 2010 study by global telecommunications research firm Analysys Mason, the number of smartphones [...]
The Socialistic Interview: Dan Gilmartin on the “Pre-Check-in,” the “PlaceGraph,” and the Role of Location in Social Media
Socialistic | March 10th, 2011 Lots of apps seek to share insights about places and play virtual tourguide, but WHERE seeks to bring the preference-logging magic of Pandora and Netflix to the world at large. Users log their favorite places into the service, and WHERE uses an algorithm to find other places (nearby and elsewhere) that [...]
Where taps Craig Forman as executive chairman
Mass High Tech by Rodney H. Brown | February 28th 2011 Just weeks after tapping former EveryScape Inc. founder Mok Oh as its new chief innovation officer, Boston-based Where Inc. has named board member Craig Forman as executive chairman, replacing CEO and President Walter Doyle in the chairman’s seat. Forman is a veteran of senior executive roles [...]
WHERE’s Perfect Places in the News
ReadWriteWeb, GigOm, MocoNews, BostInnovation | On February 22nd, 2011 WHERE unveiled Perfect Places for the iPhone (Version 4.1) and the Android (3.1). Perfect Places is a new way for friends to find places together using WHERE’s proprietary recommendation engine, Facebook, and Bump technology. Read what others had to say below: WHERE and Bump Partner for [...]
Behind the Hire(s): WHERE Preps to Make Big Splash in Local Deals, Merchant Services
BostInnovation by Cheryl Morris | February 16th 2011 Tweeted yesterday, confirmed in a press release, and buzzed about again in Boston’s tech scene this morning, Mok Oh is joining WHERE as Chief Innovation Officer. Oh is actually one of four recent Ph.D holders to join WHERE in the past few weeks. The company, which has [...]
Mok Oh, Founder of EveryScape, Joins Where in New Innovation Role
Xconomy by Gregory Huang | February 15th, 2011 The one thing Mok Oh was afraid of getting last month was an offer he couldn’t refuse. As it turns out, that’s exactly what happened. Oh, the founder and former chief technology officer of Newton, MA-based EveryScape, had just left the company and was looking at his options for [...]
EveryScape founder Mok Oh joins Where as CIO
Mass High Tech by Galen Moore | February 15th 2011 EveryScape founder Mok Oh is now chief innovation officer (CIO) at Where Inc. The local listings video entrepreneur left his Newton startup in January, Mass High Tech reported at the time, saying after eight years in the same company, he wanted to go to work on something [...]
Part Two: Best of Boston Startups
The Next Web by Courtney Boyd Myers | February 7th 2011 Boston, Massachusetts, home to Harvard University, Sam Adams and the Red Sox, has maintained a reputation of excellence and entrepreneurial American spirit since its first epic Tea Party in 1773. Boston is defined by its universities and its vibrant new marketing space. While New York may lead in [...]
