Street Fight Daily: eBay’s Resurgence, Redbeacon Founder’s New Venture
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.… eBay is Back! (Fortune)… Redbeacon Founder Launches MyTime, A Booking And Ecommerce Platform For Local Services And Open Appointments (TechCrunch)… Why Credit Card Companies Need Some Madison Avenue Style (ReadWrite)…
Street Fight Daily: Pushpins Snapped Up, In-Store Payments Boom
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.… The Full Story of Pushpins Acquisition by Ebates Parent Performance Marketing Brands (PandoDaily)… Forrester: Proximity Payment is Fastest-Growing Segment of Mobile Payments (Mobile Commerce Daily)… How To Make Foursquare Fun Again (Business Insider)…
Street Fight Daily: Google Maps on iOS, Amazon Pushes Local Services
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.… While Apple Regroups, Google Offers a Maps App (The New York Times)… Amazon’s Latest Experiment: Installing Your TV and Other Household Items (GeekWire)… An Apple-Foursquare Hookup Could Mean The End Of Yelp Reviews In iOS (TechCrunch)…
Street Fight Daily: Local Online Ad Rev to Jump 30%, Facebook Reviews
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.… Borrell: Newspaper Revenue to Rise in 2013 (GigaOm)… Watch Out, Yelp: Facebook Is Thinking About Restaurant Reviews
(Business Insider)… Square, Starbucks roll out service (USA Today)…
Poll: For Mobile Payments, Adoption Low But Future Promising
PollA new Street Fight poll of 513 U.S. consumers says close to 77% of respondents do not rely on their mobile phones to pay for goods and services. But our results also illustrate a strong rate of adoption for the key 18-34 demographic that may indicate future growth as the group ages and others move into the demographic…
Street Fight Daily: Groupon Pays Up, Yelp Shines in Apple Maps
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.… Groupon Promising Merchants “Lowest Cost” Payments Service (And It’s Using an iPhone) (All Things D)… You May Hate Apple Maps, But the Yelp Integration is Something to Love (Venture Beat)… How Better Location Data Could Mean More-targeted Mobile Ads (GigaOm)…
Street Fight Daily: PayPal Partners with Discover, Gannett Gets Social
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.… PayPal Trumps Square’s Deal With Starbucks by Partnering With Discover (All Things D)… Gannett Has Bought Social Media Ad Company BLiNQ (TechCrunch)… Groupon’s Risk of Traveling Salesmen (Wall Street Journal)…
Street Fight Daily: Trulia Files for IPO, Groupon Investors Exit
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.… Trulia Files to Go Public (New York Times)… Groupon Investors Give Up (Wall Street Journal)… Layoffs At Plum District Point To Changes In Hyperlocal Deals Market (TechCrunch)…