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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…

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.

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The Myth of the Digitally Dumb Mom-and-Pop Shop

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An old sawhorse of the punditocracy is that one of the reasons hyperlocal is taking off so slowly in terms of advertising revenues is due to the digital noobieness of local merchants. Journalists love to trot out stories reminding the world that X-percent of mom-and-pop shops still don’t even have a Web site. But are these peeps really trapped in the dark ages?

iPad 3 Predictions: What Will Apple’s New Tablet Mean for Local?

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It’s always hard to foresee the effects that new products will have, but here are five predictions from the people in the industry about how the iPad 3 could impact location technology…

The 5 Most Important Things SMBs Can Do Online

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Taking your local business online doesn’t necessarily mean you’re trying to tap into a massive network of potential new customers. Perhaps that is the endgame for some ambitious entrepreneurs, but for many businesses — especially local and service-based business — the aim is to build and maintain meaningful online and offline relationships at a local level…

Street Fight Daily: 03.07.12

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...

Co-Founder Naveen Selvadurai ‘Tried To Fight’ Departure From Foursquare (Business Insider)…

South by Serendipity (GigaOm)…

INTRO Wants To Be The LinkedIn Of The Ambient Location Apps (TechCrunch)…

5 Can’t-Miss SXSWi Panels for the Local-Obsessed

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There’s plenty of hyperlocal-themed content to be found in the festival’s programming. If you’re into LBS and the evolution of location technology, here’s a rundown of relevant panels you won’t want to miss…

Steve Outing: No One’s Got a ‘Magic Bullet’ for Hyperlocal Revenue

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The founder and program director at the Digital News Test Kitchen at CU-Boulder studies the places where journalism and technology collide. Here he talks with Street Fight about where the concept of hyperlocal has been, where it’s going, and how technology is increasingly impacting how journalists do their job…

5 Platforms for Tracking and Analyzing Customer Habits

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By analyzing check-in data, measuring customer engagement, and tracking overall sentiment on social networking and review sites, these firms help companies get a data-driven view into consumer habits — and ultimately identify their most valuable customers. Here are five platforms that merchants can use to track and analyze this latest wave of consumer information…

Street Fight Daily: 03.06.12

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...

Time Magazine, Foursquare Partner For Political Conventions (PaidContent)…

LBS App Highlight: The Startup Everyone Is Saying Will Win SXSW This Year (Business Insider)…

Newspapers: It’s Not a Revenue Problem, It’s a Culture Problem (GigaOm)…

Co-Founder Naveen Selvadurai Leaving Foursquare

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Just ahead of the third anniversary of foursquare’s launch, co-founder Naveen Selvadurai has announced that he will be transitioning out of the company at the end of the month. Selvadurai will remain on the company’s board, but did not elaborate on his plans for the future…

New ‘Consumer Bill of Rights’ for Mobile Apps — What It Means for LBS

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Following new regulatory pressure over consumer privacy in mobile apps, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and TRUSTe have unveiled ta new “consumer bill of rights” and other products to help mobile app developers provide more transparency to consumers using mobile devices…