Street Fight Daily: 12.01.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups... New Foursquare Button Lets You Collect and Use Reviews Later (Mashable)…
As Stock Tumbles, Groupon Q4 Off to a Stellar Start (Yipit Blog)…
Zaarly, TaskRabbit and the Rise of the Convenience Economy (BetaBeat)…
Street Fight Daily: 11.30.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Yelp’s IPO May End Up Yelping (CNN/Money)…
The Big Merchant Survey (Daily Deal Media)…
On Zaarly, You Can (Usually) Get What You Want (Entrepreneur)…
Foursquare Partners With Scoutmob to Syndicate Offers
This morning, deals site ScoutMob and location-based social network Foursquare have announced a partnership that will see the Atlanta-based company’s local deals distributed across Foursquare’s platform. 500 deals from Scoutmob’s thirteen markets will join offers from a handful of other sites like Groupon, Living Social, and Gilt City that are already on Foursquare…
Street Fight Daily: 11.29.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups.…
LocalVox Launches Full-Service Marketing Solution To Help Local Merchants Target Their Customers (TechCrunch)…
Groupon Stock Now Half Off (AllThingsD)…
How Groupon and Livingsocial Impact Businesses and Users (Washingtonian)…
Street Fight Daily: 11.28.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
SCVNGR is Building Local Mobile Payments Groundswell With LevelUp (ReadWriteWeb)…
Study: 56% of People Still Dig Daily Deals (ReadWriteWeb)…
LocalUncle Says ‘Screw Google’ — Ask Humans Instead (TheNextWeb)…
Street Fight Daily: 11.23.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups.…
Gilt Groupe Is Talking IPO (GigaOm)…
Fondu Is Foursquare For Foodies (TechCrunch)…
Location-Based Revenues in Europe Will Double by 2016 (GoMo News)…
Street Fight Daily: 11.22.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups... 102,000 Cupcakes! Small Bakery Burned by Groupon (MSNBC)…
Knight-Backed Local News Site ‘Brooklyn Bureau’ Launches (PaidContent)…
Google backtracks a bit on charging for its Maps API (Nieman Lab)…
Street Fight Daily: 11.18.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Yelp Files for $100 Million IPO (GigaOm)…
Major Newspaper Publishers Band Together On Social Shopping Portal (PaidContent)…
Patch Traffic Rides High on Local Elections and Hurricanes — But can a Drive-by Audience Be Enough? (Nieman Lab)…
Street Fight Daily: 11.17.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Daily-Deal Sites Stand to Get $100 Million in Holiday Sales (Bloomberg)…
How Apple’s Siri Could Destroy Local SEO (Entrepreneur)…
Street Fight Daily: 11.16.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Foursquare’s Website Just Got a Lot More Useful (ReadWriteWeb)…
Despite Groupon’s Big IPO Pop, Most Flippers Lost Money (Business Insider)…
IAC’s Crowded Room: From ‘Check-in’ to ‘Might Go’
The new app aims to connect like-minded users based on the places they frequent, as well as the places and events that they “might go” to in the near future. As users check in to places and indicate where they’re thinking of going, the app matches them up with others nearby who could be compatible based on their own location habits and the information on their Facebook profiles.
Street Fight Daily: 11.14.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
25% of American Adults Use Location-Based Services (ReadWriteWeb)… Journal Register’s John Paton: Newspapers’ Digital Apostle (New York Times)…
Street Fight Daily: 11.11.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Forget Check-In, New App Lets You Arrive (Mashable)
Arrived, which launched on Thursday, automatically checks you into locations based on your phone’s GPS data and tells friends that you’re there. The idea is to automatically notify friends when you’re in a place where it might make sense to connect in person…
Groupon’s Getting Personal … Announcing Deal Types and Places (Groupon Blog)
“With Deal Types and Places, we personalize the Groupon experience by making it easier than ever to discover the best deals (Types) in the spots you want them (Places), every day of the week. And for businesses, we’re helping you reach shoppers who are most likely to become lifelong customers.”
Street Fight Daily: 11.10.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
News Futurists DNAinfo Expanding to NYC’s Outer Boroughs and Chicago (New York Observer)
DNAinfo, a neighborhood-centric Manhattan news start-up, will expand to all five boroughs in early 2012. After rolling across New York City, the company will begin national expansion, starting in Chicago and hiring about 30 reporters total…
Rumor: LivingSocial & Groupon Looking to Acquire SCVNGR (BostInnovation)
Gregory Gomer: For the past few weeks, we have heard rumblings that both LivingSocial and Groupon are interested in acquiring SCVNGR, and that the options are currently being evaluated by SCVNGR’s top level execs and board of directors…
Street Fight Daily: 11.09.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Yelp Hires Goldman and Citigroup to Lead I.P.O. (NYT/Dealbook)
Yelp, the online reviews site for local businesses, has hired Goldman Sachs and Citigroup to lead its initial public offering of stock, which is expected to value the company at $1.5 billion to $2 billion…
CrowdMob Builds a Tapjoy+Groupon for Distributing Local Deals (GigaOm)
The company offers merchants and retailers a way to distribute their local deals through third-party apps, incentivizing mobile users to buy a deal in exchange for virtual currency or goods…
Street Fight Daily: 11.08.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Daily-Deal Sites Face Problems Ahead, Report Says (Wall Street Journal)
Forrester Research e-commerce analyst Sucharita Mulpuru says in report that the deal sites face challenges that threaten to slow down, if not end their businesses…
Starbucks Taps China’s Foursquare for Holiday Check-in Campaign (Ad Age)
While Foursquare slowly experiments with near-field communication technologies here in the U.S., one of its Chinese lookalikes is rolling out a massive NFC-powered campaign in Eastern China…