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Report: Voice Tech Not Meeting Consumer Expectations

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“When looking at this data, it’s clear that enterprises simply don’t understand consumer expectations when it comes to voice, or how frequently they’re already relying on the technology to make their everyday lives better,” explains Matt Chotin, senior director, technical evangelism at AppDynamics.

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Raise Report: HYP3R, Postmates, Singular Secure Fresh Funding

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Every two or three weeks, we round up some of the biggest fundraises taking place in hyperlocal marketing, commerce, and tech. This week’s edition includes funding for GitLab, Tamr, Wove, and Leena AI.

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Street Fight Daily: ThriveHive Launches GMB Solution; Amazon Now #3 Ad Platform, May Open 3K Brick-and-Mortars

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TODAY IN LOCAL & DIGITAL MARKETING AND MEDIA… ThriveHive Launches Solution to Audit Google My Business Profiles… Amazon Is Now the #3 Digital Ad Platform in the US… Nucleus Claims It Now Has Throw Weight to Outperform Platforms on Ads…

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What You Need to Know About Google’s New Mobile-friendly Algorithm

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Google recently took to their Webmaster Central Blog to announce an upcoming algorithm change that will take effect on April 21st and affect large brands and small businesses alike. Going forward, mobile-friendly sites will likely rank higher in search results…

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Why Market Sizing Is Critical for Hyperlocal Founders Seeking Investment

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The economics of venture investment dictate that professional venture investors only invest in businesses that have the potential to massively scale. This is because the majority of investments in early-stage technology businesses fail…

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Apple Makes Quiet Gains in Local Mapping

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Apple has much ground to cover to convince the world that Mapgate never happened. App integration is one step in that direction. If the company can pull it off, it will also fulfill its prevailing goal of selling more iThings…

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LivingSocial Sells Off Australian Assets, Looks to ‘Refound’ Its Core Business

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Over the course of the past 18 months, the struggling daily deals company has sold off nearly all of its international assets, exiting countries and categories in an effort to create a nest egg for the “refounding” of the firm under new chief executive Gautam Thakar.

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Like Other Local Services Marketplaces, Amazon Will Have to Balance Competing Interests

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Anyone in the local services industry could be forgiven for worrying about Amazon as an intimidating competitor. But for all of Amazon’s Goliath brand dominance in retail, it faces the same complex challenges that the rest of us face when it comes to the services industry…

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Street Fight Daily: Legacy Media Botches Digital, Microsoft Eyes Apple Pay

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… New Report: Local Newspapers Have Done A Terrible Job Building Local Digital Audiences (NiemanLab)… As Bill Gates Promised, Microsoft Will Soon Have Its Own Apple Pay Alternative (Business Insider)… SMBs Put Their Money Where Success Is: Website (eMarketer)…

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Livestreaming and Local: Tech’s Next Collision?

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Growth will ignite first from live video’s inherent virality, which could find hundreds of millions of users the same way Instagram did. Then we’ll see copycat apps come out of the woodwork. It will follow the standard path: quick industry growth, contraction, M&A, a few winners, maturity, etc.. Somewhere in that progression will be a local play…

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In Targeting the Lucrative Hispanic Market on Mobile, Location Data Is Key

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We know that Hispanic Americans are highly engaged with their mobile devices, so it follows that one of the best ways to reach them is through mobile marketing. But “mobile” is a broad umbrella and most marketers are still struggling with the question of how to identify Hispanic consumers. One of the best strategies is to leverage location-based data…

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Street Fight Daily: Apple Maps Adds TripAdvisor, Crowdfunding Local News

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Apple Maps Now Includes Hotel Reviews From TripAdvisor and Booking.com (MacRumors)… What Works For Crowdfunding Local News (Medium)… SeatGeek Raises $62 Million In A Series C Led By Technology Crossover Ventures (TechCrunch)…

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Here Are the Mobile Services Millennials Can’t Live Without

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A new report from Pew Research reveals that mobile consumers turn to their device for media in moments when they want to recede from the world, and for local applications — navigation and local search — when they want to actively engage with it.

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How to Make Connections With Increasingly Mobile Consumers

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How does a small business owner communicate with a smartphone-obsessed population? Here are a few proven tactics that can help take advantage of the direct link smartphones provide to the consumer…

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LBMA Podcast: Revmetrix, Plenti and Target’s VP of Product

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On the show: Five Boros Chocolate map packaging; Oreo’s solar eclipse; E-lance for dog walkers; TransitScreen does what it’s name says; Pivot brings the past to life. And the special guest is Alan Wizemann, VP of product at Target….

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Street Fight Daily: Mobile Spend Nears $100B, Uber Hires Security Chief

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Global Mobile Ad Spending Will Climb to $100 Billion in 2016 (AdAge)… Uber Hires a Security Chief From Facebook (New York Times)… Square Eyes Bars, Restaurants With Open Tickets (USA Today)…

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