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DISQO’s Case for Panel Data as the Post-Cookie Solution

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Audience insights firm DISQO thinks it has the solution that will fill the data holes the deprecation of third-party cookies will cause: panel data.

New App, AllCart, Tackles Grocery Shopping in a Post-Pandemic World

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Supermarkets look a lot different in 2021 than 2020, and the changes have everything to do with the pandemic. AllCart, a new app for nearby grocery deals that launched just this week, believes it can help consumers make sense of the madness.

Google’s FLoCs: “Advertisers and Publishers Are Right to Be Wary”

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Google’s FLoCs is supposed to boost privacy in ad targeting. But the actual efficacy of the program and Google’s habit of boosting itself are fueling concerns.

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Nucleus Claims It Now Has Throw Weight to Outperform Platforms on Ads

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Google and Facebook have dominated digital advertising in this decade. But now, two-year-old Nucleus Marketing Solutions says it has the throw weight to tip the balance against the big search and social platforms.

Data is Technology’s Currency: Increase Its Value by Maintaining Accuracy

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By defining their organizations’ definition of “accuracy,” allocating marketing resources to external solution providers that can provide unique data sets pulled from mobile phones, and ensuring all data is as up to date as possible via location-based approaches, marketers will begin to see an improvement in the quality and transparency of the data they purchase.

LBMA Podcast: Gimbal, Grabb-IT, Uberall & Navads

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On this week’s edition of the LBMA podcast: GivePay + NYC ATM, Grabb-IT, Gimbal, Uberall acquires NavAds, Posterscope + HUQ Industries, Chevron + Visa.  Special Guest: Helen Maxfield – Aimia (with Pointr Labs).

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Raise Report: DemandBase, G2 Crowd, People.ai Score New Funding

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Every two weeks, we round up some of the biggest fundraises taking place in hyperlocal marketing, commerce, and tech. This week’s edition includes funding for Frichti, Bulletin, StreamSets, and Julie Desk.

Street Fight Daily: Apple Manufacturing ‘Smart Home’ Speaker, Blue Apron Files for IPO

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… For Smart Home Speakers, a Possible New Competitor… Blue Apron Delivers $100 Million IPO Filing… Uber Says It Just Noticed Error on Pay, But It Was No Secret…

Google’s Next Local Conquest: Visual Search

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Indoor mapping continues to be one of those “holy grail” topics in local. It picks up where GPS drops off, tracking consumers all the way to the cash register. The latest move comes from Google, with an approach that could leapfrog beacons by using the positioning capability already in your phone (or soon will be).

How Legacy Retailers Are Infusing Tech Into Brick-and-Mortar

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Many brick-and-mortar retailers are finding more ways to integrate in-store experiences and ecommerce into their offerings — both to offset brick-and-mortar declines and to drive more foot traffic into their stores. It is a redefinition of a retail revolution that still has fighting power for the old retail guard.

Street Fight Daily: Meeker Touts Mobile/Video/Voice, Facebook Expands Factual Partnership

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Mary Meeker’s 2017 Internet Trends Report… Facebook Expands Location Data Partnership with Factual… Uber’s Head of Finance is Leaving…

#SFSNYC: Verve Sees New Revenue Streams in Location-based Mobile Ads

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“People, not platforms, drive revenue,” says Verve’s Ray Green. “We [often] talk about technology and revolutionary platforms, but rarely do we talk about the actual people, which is what drives revenue for most of what we do.”

Through This Ourglass, Watching TV in Public Is More Fun

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“Making TV smarter” has been the mantra for many a failed startup over the years. I won’t tell the sad tale of AOL TV, which I helped build content for. That said, Ourglass is approaching things a little differently: targeting TV out-of-home and looking to make public experiences with the tube more fun and useful.

Street Fight Daily: Uber Fires Self-Driving Car Architect, Google Tests Personalized Search

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Uber Fires Former Google Engineer at Heart of Self-Driving Dispute… Google Tests Personalized Search, Likely a Future Ad Targeting Weapon… How to Differentiate Among the Many Marketing Automation Companies…

Foursquare Extends Industry Reach With New Reddit Partnership

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Foursquare is announcing a new partnership with Reddit this morning, as the location technology firm looks to expand its reach within the social technology space. With Foursquare on board, Reddit users will now have the option of adding their real-time location to any mobile post.

Understanding Facebook’s Place as a Small Business Marketing Vehicle

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“While [Facebook is] not yet anywhere near Google’s ability to generate leads, I have, over the past 6 months, started to see them surpassing Yelp in driving local key performance indicators on the pre-sale side,” Mike Blumenthal tells David Mihm.