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Street Fight Daily: Facebook Suffers Data Collection Setback Abroad, Pitfalls of Location Tech for Brands
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Facebook Gets Slap on the Wrist from 2 European Privacy Regulators… Brands: Prioritizing Location-Based KPIs Can Have Its Drawbacks… Uber Won’t Be Forced to Stop Developing Self-Driving Cars During Its Lawsuit with Alphabet…
The Current State of Google Maps — Fake News, Fake Reviews
“It’s incredible to me that given all of Google’s focus on new local products that they are still getting some of the basics wrong,” Mike Blumenthal tells David Mihm. “People who rely on Google more and more to find local businesses need to know that the fundamental metric of the business quality, reviews, is fair and well policed.”
Friends Don’t Let Friends Dial Drunk — There’s a ‘Mode’ for That
Drunk Mode is an app that helps users navigate their inebriation — and avoid making embarrassing calls at 2 am. (I’m looking at you every 22-year-old.) CEO Josh Anton, who will be speaking at Street Fight Summit, developed his suite of location-based apps after getting one of those late-night phone calls from a friend.
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Street Fight Daily: 01.30.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
LivingSocial Now At 5,000 Employees, Half The Size Of Groupon (TechCrunch)…
Foursquare Brand Pages Become Chain-Friendly (About Foursquare)…
Pinterest Becomes Top Traffic Driver for Retailers (Mashable)…
Twitter, Summify and the New Local Relevance Layer
We’ve already seen on Street Fight how Flipboard can be turned into a hyperlocal news feed. And that’s exactly where I see possibilities or Twitter in Summify. Flipboard is an amazing presentation layer, but following raw Twitter streams via lists and then dumping them into Flipboard does not surmount the signal-to-noise problem. Drop Summify into the mix and things get more interesting. Further, add the ability to more easily build lists based on geolocation of the tweets and you might actually have a very interesting hyperlocal content stream with huge implications for local businesses…
Local Quotables: Dorsey, Josic, Brody & More
This week’s top quotes come from Twitter and Summify as they discuss their new partnership in order to increase delivery of instant, relevant news. This week also features Harvard researchers explaining why some ventures succeed and Boyan Josic of Daily Deal Media asserting the growing success of daily deals companies…
PODCAST: This Week in Location-Based Marketing: NearBuy, Urban Airship
In this week’s episode, hosts Rob Woodbridge and Asif Khan talk focus on some timely stories from some of the companies that made a splash at the recent Big Show conference in New York. Topics include cloud analytics company NearBuy, geofencing service LocalPoint and Foursquare’s foray into the menu business…
Street Fight Daily: 01.27.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Shoply Aims To Socialize Ecommerce (TechCrunch)…
Nielsen Adds Hyperlocal Metrics (Mediapost)…
Security Concerns Surround Mobile Payments and Coupons (ReadWriteWeb)…
Case Study: Using Deal Sites To Fill Rooms At Off-Peak Times
Companies in the travel and tourism industry have been quick to jump on the daily deals bandwagon in an effort to boost occupancy rates in a sluggish economy. The revenue manager at Charlestowne Hotels says he’s contacted by deal companies all the time, and that he chooses which businesses to work with based on how much they’re willing to negotiate…
Street Fight Daily: 01.26.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups..
BofA, Rivals Look to Get In on Groupon’s Game (Wall Street Journal)…
Tibbr Has a New Twist on Geolocation (ReadWriteWeb)…
Groupon Criticized For Literally Peddling Snake Oil (Atlantic Wire)…
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