It's been a couple of weeks since we gathered hundreds of hyperlocal industry execs in New York at the Street Fight Summit, but we're still sifting through a lot of the ideas and inspiration that emerged from those few days. We've uploaded video clips of nearly all the onstage presentations and panels and are happy to share them with you...

The introduction of SaaS POS has broad implications, not only for payment firms like Square, but also a host of other loyalty and lead generation start-ups that have worked to tie into the point of sale over the past 18 months. It brings scalable access to real-time data on nearly every inch of local retailers' operations, not only accelerating existing sectors like loyalty and rewards but opening new opportunities for key services like live inventory search...

A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.... Nextdoor’s Unexpected Killer Use Case: Crime and Safety (PandoDaily)... Fresh From Its $54M Raise, Infusionsoft Acquires GroSocial, The “Buddy Media For SMBs,” To Expand Into Social Marketing (TechCrunch)... Five Hyper-Local Marketing Trends to Take the Street Fight to the Next Level (AdAge)...

We're just winding down from an excellent week of conversations about hyperlocal at the Street Fight Summit in New York. Many thanks to our speakers and sponsors and everyone who joined us. Our next major conference will take place in San Francisco in early June; stay tuned for more information in coming weeks. In case you missed it, here are links to Street Fight's coverage of the event...

The TBD vet and Digital First Media editor-in-chief says that hyperlocal media must fill two roles for the reader. It has to be a water cooler — a place where people come to engage with news in a community — and an ATM, a utility connecting readers with actionable information.

In the wake of the Journatic scandal, the role of automation in hyperlocal publishing remains uncertain. Leaders from top hyperlocal media companies addressed the issue during a panel at Street Fight Summit on Wednesday. They discussed how use of data is affecting media today and the way it can make scale possible tomorrow...

While 2012 was mobile’s breakout year, Tim Reis, head of mobile and social solutions at Google, urged marketers to move this year beyond platforms and instead focus on context during a morning keynote at the Street Fight Summit on Wednesday. “Consumers are very comfortable across [multiple] platforms; they don’t silo these activities,” said Reis...

In a fireside chat with Forbes' Jeff Bercovici at the Street Fight Summit on Tuesday, Patch's co-founder and president, Warren Webster, defended his closely watched hyperlocal network, denying reports that the AOL property was struggling to sustain its rapid growth.

A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.... Watch Out Foursquare And Yelp: ‘Places’ Really Shines On Facebook Graph Search (TechCrunch)... JiWire Serves Up Location-based Ads Over Airport Wi-Fi (GigaOm)... Locu Brings Up-To-Date Menus to Restaurants on TripAdvisor and Citysearch (The Next Web)...

“The job of getting local data right, much less international data, is bigger than any one company,” said Tyler Bell, VP of product at Factual, during an afternoon panel discussion at the Street Fight Summit.