A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology...After Strong Quarter, Groupon Starts Looking Like a Deal Again (AllThingsD)...Rob Curley Leaves Las Vegas Sun (Poynter)...Understand the 'Local Consumer,' and You’ll Understand How to Serve SMBs (VentureBeat)...
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Street Fight Daily: Groupon Revenues Up, AmEx App Serves Deals
A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology...Sharp Revenue Increase for Groupon Gives Stock a Boost (Chicago Tribune)...AmEx App to Blast Daily Deals Based on Your Payment History (Mashable)...With Smartphone-Assisted Shopping, How You Shop Depends On Where You Shop (TechCrunch)...
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Street Fight Daily: Journatic CEO, PayPal Data, Geofeedia
A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology...Pew Study: 18% Of U.S. Smartphone Owners Use Check-In Apps (TechCrunch)...Journatic CEO: Efficiencies Make Hyperlocal Work (NetNewsCheck)...PayPal’s Key to Winning Mobile Payments: Data (GigaOm)...
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Street Fight Daily: CityPockets Closure, Qype Surges in Europe
A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.Closure of CityPockets Provides Window Into Daily Deal Biz Shakeout (GigaOm)...Qype, The Yelp Of Europe, Claims Top Dog Status With 860,000 Places Reviewed (TechCrunch)...AT&T Completes YP Sale (BIA/Kelsey)...
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Street Fight Daily: Offers to Google Maps, Patch Info in AOL Earnings
A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology...Google Quietly Launches Groupon Now-Like Free Google Offers Across The U.S. (TechCrunch)...AOL Earnings Reports Tell History of Patch Since 2009 (Poynter)...Savored Makes Restaurant Reservations Based on Your Location (Mashable)...
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Street Fight Daily: Foursquare Coupons, Edo’s Real-Time Offers
A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology...Edo Launches Real-Time Local Offers Platform, Tied To Your Bank Card (TechCrunch)...Foursquare Joins the Coupon Craze (Wall Street Journal)...Four Reasons Why Andreessen Horowitz Is Investing $10 Million in Belly (AllThingsD)...
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Street Fight Daily: Hyperlocal Shopping at Sears, Pirq for Apple Staffers
A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology...Sears Rolls Out Hyperlocal Shopping Site (Crain's Chicago Business)...Want To Know What Apple Will Do Next In Mobile Commerce? Check Out The Pirq It’s Giving To Employees (TechCrunch)...The Real Reason Foursquare Finally Decided To Pursue Revenues Now (Business Insider)...
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Street Fight Daily: Facebook Bags Glancee, Klout Going Local
A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology...What Facebook May Do With New Acquisition Glancee (ReadWriteWeb)...In Letter to Stockholders, Groupon CEO Explains Strategy (The Next Web)...Foursquare Gets Its Own Searchable Timeline With New History Page (TechCrunch)...
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Street Fight Daily: Facebook Offers for SMBs, LBS Apps Hot
A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology....Facebook’s 'Offers' News Feed Coupons Launch In Self-Serve Beta For Local U.S. Businesses (TechCrunch)...Survey: Budget, Time Biggest Obstacles to Mobile Marketing for SMBs (ScreenWerk)...Competition Among Location-Based Apps Heats Up (Crain's New York Business)...
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Street Fight Daily: Yelp Earnings, Yahoo Small Biz Dashboard
A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology...Yelp Delivers Strong Revenue In Its First Earnings Report (Business Insider)...Yahoo Launches Online Marketing Dashboard For Small Businesses (TechCrunch)...Nobody Has Yet Built the 'AdSense for Local' (ScreenWerk)...
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Closely CEO Perry Evans unpacks the ideas behind attempts to create self-service platforms for SMBs to place online ads: "Technology comfort alone will not drive scaled merchant participation."© 2012 Street Fight.
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