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Street Fight Daily: Patch Limps Toward Profitability, RetailMeNot Files for IPO

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A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology... AOL’s Patch Limps Toward Profit Amid Sluggish Advertising(Bloomberg Businessweek)... RetailMeNot Files For IPO, Shows Coupons Really Are Sexy (VentureBeat)... From The Ashes of Webvan, Amazon Builds a Grocery Business (Reuters)...

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Street Fight Daily: NextDoor Launches NYC Partnership, Plum District Acquires Spotivate

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A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.... Neighborhood Social Network Nextdoor Launches NYC Partnership (PandoDaily)... Plum District Has Acquired AngelPad-Backed Spotivate For An Undisclosed Amount (TechCrunch)... Tristan O’Tierney, Square’s Co-Founder And Early iOS Engineer, Leaves For Destinations Unknown (TheNextWeb)...

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Street Fight Daily: Square Redesigns Wallet, Why Facebook Passed on Waze

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A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.... Square Wallet Gets a Major Redesign (CNet)... In Passing on Waze, Did Facebook Make a Big Mistake or the Right Call? (AllThingsD)... Foursquare Tries To Find Revenue By Turning Your Data Into A Samsung Galaxy S4 Ad (TechCrunch)...

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Street Fight Daily: Apple Moves iOS Into Car, Yelp Revamps Nearby

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A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.... Apple Announces 'iOS in the Car,' Offers Access to Maps, Messages, and More (Verge)... Just like Foursquare, Yelp Now Recommending Nearby Places (CNet)... Mobile Companies Crave Maps That Live and Breath With Data (New York Times)...

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Street Fight Daily: Google Close to Acquiring Waze, Why Yahoo Should Buy Foursquare

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A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.... Google Is Close to Acquiring Waze, a Rival in Maps (New York Times)... Checklist: All the reasons Yahoo is going to acquire Foursquare (Quartz)... Call It Groupon 3.0: Deals giant on a Mobile Mission (Crain's Chicago Business)...

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Street Fight Daily: Google Wallet Leaking Money, Brand Networks Snags $68M

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A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.... Google Wallet Is Leaking Money (Businessweek)... ‘Uber For Local Home Services’ Provider ClubLocal Launches In The Bay Area (TechCrunch)... Running Local: Why Facebook Marketer Brand Networks Just Snagged A $68 Million Round(Forbes)...

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Street Fight Daily: Amazon Moves into Groceries, Foursquare Sells to SMBs

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A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.... Amazon Plans Major Move into Grocery Business (Reuters)... Foursquare Testing Paid Promotions With NYC Small Businesses (AdAge)... Could Offline Communities Be The Next Big Thing? (Forbes)...

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Street Fight Daily: Yelp Open to Graph Search, Foursquare’s Flaw

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A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.... Yelp Open to Partnering With Facebook's Rival Offering (Reuters)... Foursquare Is Generating Too Much Useless Noise (AdAge)... Nesta Research: Public Interest High, Advertiser Interest Low for Hyperlocal Media (London School of Economics)...

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Street Fight Daily: Waze Gets Social with Facebook, Spun Upgrades News App

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A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.... Postmates’ Local Delivery Service Hits New York City (HuffingtonPost)... Waze Mapping App Gets a Little More Social with Facebook Events (VentureBeat)... 70% Of Mobile QSR Campaigns Use Location Targeting (MediaPost)...

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Street Fight Daily: NYT Tests Native Ads, Online Retailers Dabble Offline

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A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.... The New York Times Experiments with Native Advertising… On Two Wheels (Nieman Journalism Lab)... From Clicks to Bricks: Online Retailers Dabble in Physical Stores (AdAge)... Apple: 'We Did Not Make a Bid For Waze' (Mashable)...

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