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Street Fight Daily: Marketers Eye Apple’s Snap Clone, Retail and VR

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Marketers Have Begun Eyeing Clips, Apple’s New Camera App… The Realities of Virtual Reality and Retail… Facebook Messenger Bots Work in Groups Now — Just Don’t Expect Them to Chat…

7 Startups Decamp to the ‘Smartest Place in the World’ to Rethink Mobility

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When machines around us communicate asynchronously in a meaningful way — in the service of the consumer — we’re likely to see some astounding outcomes. While the machines might not be chit-chatting with one another about the weather too soon, in Singapore it’s all being tried.

Street Fight Daily: Amazon Patents On-Demand Manufacturing Warehouses, Facebook’s Big F8 Reveals

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Amazon Awarded Patent for On-Demand Clothing Manufacturing Warehouse… Everything Facebook Announced at F8 2017… Malls Deploy Technology to Lure — and Keep — Shoppers…

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Off-Campus Events Go Hyperlocal With Student Guide Lokalite

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Location-centric events site Lokalite aims to give college students an off-campus guide to local events, bringing a new set of loyal customers to small businesses. Street Fight caught up with CEO Will Powers recently to discuss how his company facilitates those relationships, and why campuses are a particularly ripe market for hyperlocal…

Street Fight Daily: 12.07.11

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

Google+ To Take On Foursquare With Upcoming ‘Check-in Offers’ Feature (TechCrunch)

Only 5% of Adults Use Location-Based Checkin Apps (Mashable)

Mobile Dining Apps LocalEats & BiteHunter Announce Partnership (TechCrunch)

Court Says Blogger Isn’t a ‘Journalist’ — Implications for Hyperlocal

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A federal judge in Portland, Oregon has declared that a local “investigative blogger,” doesn’t qualify as a journalist — calling into question whether online hyperlocal news publishers should be treated differently than traditional media.

JiWire Report: Shift to Mobile Devices to Boost LBS in 2012

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As more and more consumers access the web through location-aware mobile devices, an array of location-based services — ranging from geotargeted advertising and location-based applications to mobile commerce — are poised to make serious headway in 2012

Tap, Tap: Is the NFC Tipping Point Finally Here?

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This new technology creates a connection between consumer and retailer like never before. It also creates a world of possibilities for location-based marketing. The use of NFC also benefits retailers by allowing them to analyze consumer patterns more easily, connect with them, and learn what keeps them coming back…

Street Fight Daily: 12.06.11

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

Foursquare Hits 15 Million Users (BetaBeat)

Gowalla Versus Foursquare: Why Pretty Doesn’t Always Win (TechCrunch)
Newsday to Hire 25 in Hyperlocal Digital Expansion (Poynter)

CONFIRMED: Facebook Acquires Gowalla for Undisclosed Sum

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The acquisition marks the end of a long slide for the Austin-based company, which seemingly lost its “check-in” battle with Foursquare despite raising over $10 million in venture capital. In September, Gowalla relaunched as a social travel guide after a ten-month period in which the application was overhauled from the ground up…

Why Local Will Dominate Mobile Ad Spend

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BIA/Kelsey’s U.S. Mobile Local Ad Revenue Forecast projects that local mobile ad spend will go from $320 million last year to $3.37 billion in 2015 — when it will comprise about 2/3 of overall ad spend. Why will locally targeted ads be so dominant in the coming years?

Topix Legal Win Bodes Well for Hyperlocals

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News community site Topix scored a big victory — not only for itself but other hyperlocal news publishers — when a court in Georgia ruled that Federal law protected the company from a defamation claim over user-generated content…

Street Fight Daily: 12.05.11

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

Living Social Beta Tests Premium Membership Program (Local Onliner)

Walmart Had a Pretty Good Foursquare Black Friday (Ad Age)

Yipit Secretly Tests Its New Foursquare Integration (TheNext Web)