iLPS download.

Overview:

Here’s iLPS from YellowSpaces. It’s true local search. Right in your hand. Simply put, iLPS is a hand-held Local Positioning System that lets you search for local businesses and places on your iPhone. No matter where you are in the U.S. – at home, at work, traveling, or on vacation – you’ll find what you want quickly and accurately.

Find what you want, where you want it, when you need it. And, it’s free.
When you look for the address and phone number of a business you want, the iLPS works automatically to display those nearby on a map displayed on your iPhone. As well, you’ll see directions for the shortest route – to drive, to walk, to bike – from where you are. The best news? There’s never a cost. It’s free.

Bookmark your bank.

Find any local business or service with just a simple click on your iPhone. You can store recent searches or save personal favorites with bookmarks. Want to know where local ATMs are? Bookmark your bank, and when you tap the app you’ll find every one that’s in the neighborhood.

One tap. More than 16 million addresses.

It’s always having the help of a local yellow pages with you. Looking for a drugstore in Des Moines, a laundromat in Lander, Wyoming? It’s easy because iLPS puts more than 16 million business addresses in your hand.

The answers. Fast and easy.

Imagine you’re rushing to an important business dinner in another city, far from home. You step out onto the sidewalk and accidentally drop your glasses, breaking the frame. Where to find new frames? Loaded with practical features, iLPS gives you answers, fast.

Features:

o Search for local businesses by keyword, name, or category
o Detects your current location automatically
o Lets you modify your default location
o Choose from a dozen map layouts
o Save favorite business phone numbers and addresses
o Shows comprehensive business information
o Bookmark location and/or recent searches
o Gives directions with the shortest route: driving, walking, or cycling
o See travel directions on your iPhone
o Use its built-in web browser

Yesterday we went live with YellowSpaces and it all went smoothly.  All along, the team who worked so hard on the launch for over a year assured me that it would go smoothly, but somewhere down deep, I didn’t believe it.  Until now. YellowSpaces went live and zipped along like the Super Chief from Chicago to Los Angeles.

And everyone tried their own testing methods. Somebody used it like a yellow pages to look up a shoemaker. Another guy just tried a few random local searches, with no real needs in mind, just to see how it worked. Still others “took it on the road,” using their Apple iPhones  to do YellowSpaces searches.

So, we had a launch party last night to celebrate. There was a lot of laughter, a lot of excitement, and none of it was nervous.  We all had a marvelous time.  So I thank everyone who came – everyone who contributed so much to this successful launch.

YellowSpaces inc. is a unified local search and social marketplace connecting buyers and sellers. We are a destination web 2.0 business social networking and local search site where small businesses can promote themselves locally and where consumers can turn to for unrivaled utility and relevance for local-business-centric content.

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