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Cuebiq Partners With GeTui for Chinese Retail Data
The location data provider has entered into a partnership with GeTui, a mobile internet, push-notification service provider to nearly one billion devices. Under their agreement, the companies plan to jointly develop a machine learning platform to process data about foot traffic and offline consumer behavior from the Chinese market.
How Amazon’s Whole Foods Buy Could Transform the Retail Ecosystem
Amazon’s recent $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods Market could signal a new era of experimentation and pushing boundaries in retail as the company continues to redefine content and commerce in the grocery space and elsewhere, according to Gwen Morrison, co-CEO of The Store, WPP’s global retail practice.
Street Fight Daily: Facebook Video Marketing Woes, Google Stops Reading Email for Ad Targeting
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Facebook Video Ads Are All the Rage, But Viewability Rates Are as Low as 20%, Agencies Say… Google Plans to Stop Scanning Users’ Emails for Ad Targeting… Snapchat’s Newest Feature Is Also Its Biggest Privacy Threat…
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5 Tools Hyperlocal Publishers Can Use to Improve Online Ad Sales
Salespeople from hyperlocal publications are increasingly turning to turnkey ad platforms in an effort to simplify the process of selling and creating display ads for small business owners. Here are five platforms that publishers are using to streamline the sales process when working with small business advertisers.
Street Fight Daily: Groupon Revenues Up, AmEx App Serves Deals
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology...
Sharp Revenue Increase for Groupon Gives Stock a Boost (Chicago Tribune)…
AmEx App to Blast Daily Deals Based on Your Payment History (Mashable)…
With Smartphone-Assisted Shopping, How You Shop Depends On Where You Shop (TechCrunch)…
Judge Suggests Some, But Not All, Bloggers Qualify as ‘Journalists’ Under Law
Perhaps hyperlocal bloggers are journalists after all. Federal Judge Marcos Hernandez in Oregon ruled last November that a self-proclaimed “investigative blogger” was not a journalist for purposes of Oregon’s shield law. But Hernandez has issued another opinion in the same case, responding to the criticism by explaining “I did not state that a person who ‘blogs’ could never be considered ‘media.'”
Street Fight Daily: Journatic CEO, PayPal Data, Geofeedia
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology...
Pew Study: 18% Of U.S. Smartphone Owners Use Check-In Apps (TechCrunch)…
Journatic CEO: Efficiencies Make Hyperlocal Work (NetNewsCheck)…
PayPal’s Key to Winning Mobile Payments: Data (GigaOm)…
MapQuest Tries Its Hand at Social Discovery With mqVibe
The newish social mapping project debuted by MapQuest last October has been trying to create a neighborhood-centric “discovery” engine. The service launched in 50,000 neighborhoods across the U.S. and uses social media information about an area to generate a score for these neighborhoods.
Street Fight Daily: CityPockets Closure, Qype Surges in Europe
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.
Closure of CityPockets Provides Window Into Daily Deal Biz Shakeout (GigaOm)…
Qype, The Yelp Of Europe, Claims Top Dog Status With 860,000 Places Reviewed (TechCrunch)…
AT&T Completes YP Sale (BIA/Kelsey)…
Why TV Remains the Heartbeat of Local Connection