Street Fight Daily: Square Secures Credit, GrubHub Shares Soar
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Square Secures Credit in ‘Low Hundreds of Millions’ (CNBC)… GrubHub Shares Surge in Debut (Wall Street Journal)… TPG Said Close to Airbnb Investment After Snags Resolved (Bloomberg)…
Spindle Tries to Pre-empt Local Discovery With Social Alerts
Last week, social discovery app Spindle rolled out a place-based alerts system designed to inform users of interesting and relevant social media updates from local businesses around them. Street Fight recently spoke with Spindle CEO and cofounder Pat Kinsel about about what makes Spindle’s value proposition so vital…
Street Fight Daily: Mobile Ad Spend Jumps, Web Only Gets Physical
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.… US Mobile Ad Spending Jumps to $4 Billion (eMarketer)… Once Proudly Web Only, Shopping Sites Hang Out Real Shingles (The New York Times)… Garmin Integrates Foursquare and Glympse with Mobile Apps for Non-Creepy Location-Sharing on the Go (The Next Web)…