A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.... Ex-Groupon CEO Mason Moving to San Francisco to Start New Company (Reuters)... Aruba Buys Meridian Apps, Eyes 'Indoor GPS' Services (ZDNet)... How Google Made Maps Human, Savvy, and Monetizable (Fast Company)...

A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.... Eight Years Later, Google Reinvents Its Maps for a Data Rich Web (GigaOm)... PayPal Takes Aim at Square With Free Mobile Payment Processing (CNet)... Google Announces 3 New Location Services for Android (Mashable)...

It's no secret that SMBs lag behind all marketers in digital adoption. But the mobile chasm between consumers and these businesses is staggering: 10% of media consumption is spent on mobile; while just 1% of marketers' budgets are dedicated to that platform. An upcoming webinar will discuss SMB optimization on mobile for business owners and marketing services professionals alike.

A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.... Square Unveils Hardware for iPad Registers (New York Times)... PayPal’s Cash For Registers Tries To Outdo Square And Groupon With Its Own Bid To Rule The Register (TechCrunch)... Facebook, Waze at Odds Over Liquidation (Business Insider)...

A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.... Groupon Squares Up To Rivals With Groupon POS, An iPad App And Dashboard For On-Site, Mobile Payments (TechCrunch)... Visa Updates Offers Rewards Scheme With Point-of-Sale Discounts and Personalized Cardholder Alerts (TheNextWeb)... Bringing Social-Network Superpowers to the Real World (Wired)...

A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.... ‘Hyperlocal’ Consumer Targeting Faces Scrutiny; Senator Questions Euclid (Wall Street Journal)... Ron LaPierre CEO of CityGrid Media (Screenwerk)... Yahoo Acquires Location-based Mobile Gaming Company Loki Studios (TheNextWeb)...

This morning Flipboard launched a new web application called “Flipboard Editor,” the latest in a series of tools that allow users to create magazines for the Flipboard app. The new editor makes it even easier for users to create beautiful magazines (of already existing content) that they can share with other users. As Flipboard grows out not only its aggregation tools but also its user base, it’s important that hyperlocal publications take notice...

Eric Lefkofsky, who is serving as co-interim chief executive with Ted Leonsis, opened the earnings call Wednesday evening with an apology to investors, admitting that the company had “spread [itself] too thin and failed to focus on things that will have the greatest impact.” Part of that extension, Lefkofsky admitted, was overinvesting in a secondary businesses like Groupon Goods at the cost of its more profitable local segment...

Daily Voice, the recently scaled-down regional network of 41 community news sites, filed for and won Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week. The move gives the company relief from an expensive class-action suit by two former reporters who said they and other Daily Voice staff worked overtime consistently but were never paid for the extra hours...

A week after scoring a big integration with Facebook, Yext has redesigned its mobile application to focus on content creation. The move comes as the company looks to transition its network from a tool for merchants to occasionally update a phone number or address across multiple properties to something akin to a content marketing network where brick and mortar businesses can create and distribute photos and posts from a single location...