Street Fight Daily: Airbnb’s Next Mega-Round, Samsung Debuts Mobile Payments
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology…Airbnb Is Raising A Monster Round At A $20B Valuation (TechCrunch)… Samsung Actually Stands A Fighting Chance In Mobile Payments (Quartz)… Uber Discloses Data Breach That May Have Affected 50,000 Drivers (GigaOm)…
Street Fight Daily: Twitter Courts Small Business, Apple Eyes Search
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Twitter Seeks To Prove Value For Smaller Advertisers (AdExchanger)… Apple May Be About To Take On Google With Its Own Search Engine (Cult of Mac)… Groupon in Talks to Sell Majority Stake in Ticket Monster (Wall Street Journal)…
Street Fight Daily: Amazon Folds Mobile Wallet, Yahoo’s Search Bump
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology…Amazon To Fold Its Mobile Wallet App Beta On Wednesday (CNet)… Yahoo Sees Big 1.6 Percent Monthly Search Share Gain At Google’s Expense In New ComScore Data (Search Engine Land)… NYC City Council Showdown on Airbnb Rentals on the Agenda (Skift)…
Street Fight Daily: The Classifieds Wars, Uber Expands Delivery
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology…… Documents Show How Ebay’s Meg Whitman And Pierre Omidyar Conspired To Steal Craigslist’s Secrets (Pando)… Uber Expands Grocery Delivery Pilot, Renames It UberEssentials (The Next Web)… The Post-Google Local Survival Guide (Search Engine Land)…MA roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology…… Documents Show How Ebay’s Meg Whitman And Pierre Omidyar Conspired To Steal Craigslist’s Secrets (Pando)… Uber Expands Grocery Delivery Pilot, Renames It UberEssentials (The Next Web)… The Post-Google Local Survival Guide (Search Engine Land)…
Street Fight Daily: Airbnb’s Print Magazine, Yik Yak Eyes Big Round
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology…… Airbnb Introducing Print Magazine, Pineapple (New York Times)… Yik Yak Is Close To Closing On Roughly $75 Million (TechCrunch)… Uber and Spotify Are Partnering (Recode)…
Street Fight Daily: Facebook Redesigns Places, Local News Searching for Answers
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Facebook Takes a Big Step Toward Competing in Local Search (Local Search Insider)… Is There Hope for Local News? (Atlantic)… Groupon Kicks Off First Analyst Day Amid Pivot to E-Commerce Site (AdAge)…
Street Fight Daily: Foursquare’s First Brand Campaign, Apple Pay Arrives
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Foursquare’s First Brand Campaign Takes a Foodie Approach (AdWeek)… Google Releases Penguin 3.0 — First Penguin Update In Over A Year (Search Engine Land)… Square Encircled as Apple, PayPal Aim for Mobile Payments (Businessweek)…
Street Fight Daily: Local’s SEO Bible, Google Eyes Delivery
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology…… Local SEO Bible: The 2014 Local Search Ranking Factors (LocalSearchInsider)… Google Adopts Delivery-Service Model, Targets Amazon (Nasdaq)… Retailers Pin Hopes on Holidays After Sluggish Summer Sales (AdAge)…
Street Fight Daily: Facebook’s Hyperlocal Ads, Yext Hires for IPO
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology…… Facebook Launches Hyper-Local Ads Targeted To People Within A Mile Of A Business (TechCrunch)… With This Hire, Yext Seems Poised for IPO (New York Business Journal)… San Francisco Legalizes Airbnb (Recode)…
Street Fight Daily: Video Spending Thrives, Uber Hires Former Lyft COO
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology…… Video Growth Drives Display Advertising Spending To $37.6 Billion In 2019 (Forrester)… Uber Hires Former Lyft COO VanderZanden to Spur International Growth (Recode)… Will Apple’s “Location Warnings” Be Educational Or Scary? (MarketingLand)…
Street Fight Daily: Clinkle Finally Launches, Ron Johnson’s New Startup
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Clinkle Finally Launches Its Payments Service (But Not The One Originally Promised) (GigaOm)… Former Apple Exec, J.C. Penney CEO to Launch Delivery Startup (Business Insider)… Macy’s Aims to Become Retail Tech Powerhouse With Latest Moves (Fortune)…
Street Fight Daily: LightSpeed Raises $35M, Small Businesses Spend on Social
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Retail Software Startup LightSpeed Raises $35 Million From iNovia (Recode)… Small Businesses Spend More on Social Than Any Other Media (AdAge)… For Mobile Marketers, The More Crowded The Better (Wall Street Journal)…
Handybook Rebrands As Handy, Says It Grew 10x in Past 9 Months
New York-based Handybook, which allows users to book pre-approved home service providers through a mobile app or website, is dropping the “book” from its name, rebranding as Handy to avoid confusion with — well — books. The company’s chief executive Oisin Hanrahan believes the move will help the company develop the type of brand that has helped to propel Uber and Airbnb into multi-billion dollar companies.
Street Fight Daily: Square To Raise $100M, Digital First Mulls Sale of Papers
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Square to Raise $100 Million at a $6 Billion Valuation (New York Times)… Digital First Media Will Explore Sale of Papers (Poynter)… Apple Deal Sheds Light on McDonald’s Digital Transformation (Mashable)…
6 Group Dining Programs for Neighbors
Airbnb users are sharing their homes with strangers, Lyft drivers are sharing their cars with strangers, and now a handful of group dining programs have people inviting virtual strangers inside their kitchens. These hyperlocal marketplaces offer a win/win proposition for people who are interested in getting to know their neighbors while making extra money on the side…
Street Fight Daily: Baidu Bets on Local, Court Says Yelp Doesn’t Extort
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Baidu Boosts Location-based Platform With New Services, $10M Investment (Reuters)… Yelp Escapes Extortion Lawsuit Unscathed, Except For Its Reputation (Engadget)… Airbnb Under Fire for ‘Secret’ Plan to Release Users’ information (New York Post)…
Street Fight Daily: Pinterest Eyes Small Business, More Fuel For Taxi Wars
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Pinterest Expands Self-Serve Promoted Pins Platform To More Businesses (TechCrunch)… More Fuel for Taxi Wars: GetTaxi Raises $25 Million (Financial Times)… The Government’s Upping Its Phone-Tracking Game (Voice of San Diego)…
Street Fight Daily: Facebook’s Ad Strategy, Square Eyes Caviar
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… How Facebook Sold You Krill Oil (New York Times)… Square Said to Be in Talks to Buy Food Delivery Start-Up Caviar (Street Fight)… OpenTable Takes Out Its Wallet for Restaurant Sales Analytics Startup Copilot (VentureBeat)…
Street Fight Daily: Zillow Buys Trulia for $3.5B, Yelp Adds Videos to Reviews
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Zillow to Buy Trulia for $3.5 Billion in All-Stock Deal (New York Times)… Yelp’s Newest Feature Adds Videos To Your Restaurant Reviews (BusinessInsdier)… Startups Uber and Airbnb Court Business Travelers (Wall Street Journal)…