Wednesday, July 13, 2011

WhitePages Gets Local With Android, Neighborhoods

Seattle-based WhitePages is sharpening its focus on local markets today, with the release of two new products. WhitePages has unveiled a new, mobile android app called Localicious, which allows users to find and explore businesses in their neighborhood, and also launched a web site specifically aimed at helping users find neighbors. The Android app provides information about neighborhood businesses, and integrates reviews and foursquare data. WhitePages said it includes information on over 16 million businesses across 80,0000 neighborhoods within the app. Separately, WhitePages also rolled out a new web site--Whitepages Neighbors--which will allow residents to pull up information about their neighborhood, including names, cell phone numbers, email addresses, and other contacts for their neighbors.