Street Fight Daily: Gannett Cuts Jobs, Fandango Acquires Quantum
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology… Gannett Cuts Jobs At Some Local Papers (USA Today)… Fandango Acquires Promotional Ticketing Company Quantum (Wall Street Journal)…
With Passbook, iPhone 5 Answers Mobile’s ‘Dirty Little Secret’
More data on a faster device means new opportunities for data-heavy hyperlocal developers, which should open up some new innovations by developers. And while the omission of near-field communications may dash the hopes of some who looked for Apple to push into payments, it does not diminish the potential impact of iOS6, the operating system announced in June, and its key feature — Passbook…