Street Fight Daily: Foursquare Takes On Yelp, Glassmap White Labels
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.… Foursquare Takes On Yelp With New Homepage Search Box (Search Engine Land)… Location-Based Mobile Startup Glassmap Goes White Label: Lets Business Target Customers With Personalized Offers (TechCrunch)… Amid Layoff Rumors, PayPal’s Mok Oh Out as Chief Scientist (Xconomy)…
Street Fight Daily: 12.13.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Gowalla Went For $3M In Facebook Shares, And Many Investors Were Cool With That (TechCrunch)…
When It Comes to Mobile Devices, Focus Will Be on Location, Location, Location (Washington Post)…
Guardian’s n0tice Will Pay Citizen Moderators (ReadWriteWeb)…
The Guardian’s n0tice Launches to the Public
The Guardian Media Group has publicly launched its newest endeavor in the world of open platform media, n0tice. Access to the community publishing platform, which has been in an invite-only beta since mid-October, is live, but community participation — i.e. posting to the network — will remain limited to select users for the time being, project lead and director of digital strategy at GMG Matt McAlister told Street Fight on Monday…
Street Fight Daily: 11.01.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Urban Airship’s Partnership With SimpleGeo Turns Into An Acquisition (TechCrunch)
SimpleGeo has been acquired by Urban Airship for approximately $3.5 million. In July, the two companies formed a strategic partnership which was intended to provide better ways for developers to offer location-aware push notifications in their applications…
Groupon’s Product Expansion Masks Decline in Core Local Deals Business (Yipit Blog)
Groupon grew 8% in North American from Q2 to Q3 because of the new products it launched, but its core local deals business actually dropped 3%…