In April 2011, the Association of Coupon Professionals held an Industry Conference in Atlanta to address the present and future state of couponing. The industry had seen unprecedented growth in the past decade due to a combination of factors, one of which was the United States’ economic recession. “The rise of couponing in late 2008 coincided with the recession of the late 2000s;”

Some exciting news from Las Vegas in the massive Sony Booth (for every time I’ve been at CES, Sony’s area takes up damn near the entire exhibit hall /HugeExxagerationButSeriouslyTheyDoItBig) with multiple product releases in every possible category of an electronic consumer’s life.

Los Angeles’s premier online marketplace for musicians, Hello Music, launched their mobile application last week. The new iPhone app provides instant access to all the deals on the best instruments, gear, and services. As a musician, you’re always out. Whether you’re on the open road touring the country for your latest show.

I entered Pepcom’s Mobile Focus event with heightened excitement after driving through the busy intersections of Downtown San Diego’s rickshaw littered streets. I grew up in this city, so I never have a problem finding an excuse to set foot in my hometown; and even better to check out Pepcom’s vampire themed party with dozens of tech companies eager to show off their latest mobile gadgets, software, products, and perhaps, some innovations.

Synhergy Marketing originally was a company setup to be a full service marketing company for the entertainment industry – the record label, the webzine, everything you would need as an artist.

Yesterday was a great day for the Namesake community, their iPhone app dropped in the App Store. For those of you not familiar with the Namesake community it is a “community for real conversation. It’s easy to find the people and topics that make life interesting — discover new people, build trust and improve your life.”

TechZulu will be streaming Digiday: Mobile live from 8:00am – 5:00pm PST Monday 3/8.  Discover the what the future holds for you and this game changing media platform.  Checkout this amazing lineup of keynotes, panels, and talks during this high-level full day event. 8:00am: VIP BREAKFAST WORKSHOP: More Than Kid Games: The Power of Mobile…continue reading.

  Calling all mobile App developers!  Mobile application analytics provider Motally is giving aways a pass and free hotel stay to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.  They are calling their contest “Trackappalooza“, and all you have to do to enter is insert their API intro your mobile application and your done. Straight from the…continue reading.

During CTIA 09 we caught up with a local Southern California company known as Roambi.  Roambi takes those complex documents like spreadsheets and turns them into interactive visualizations such as graphs, charts, etc.  Making it much easier to analyze and view the large amount of data on your iPhone.  You will need to upload your…continue reading.

According to Chris Shipley, “CallSpark is doing for phone calls what Google did for Web sites, by enabling people to quickly fin accurate information in the context of a phone call”.  CallSpark’s plan is to enrich the calling experience.  Not only do they provide you with any phone number you may be looking for through…continue reading.