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Final Speakers Announced for B2SMB Summit
Five new speakers have been added to the lineup for The B2SMB Summit Oct. 3-4 in Chicago – next week. The latest additions to the program include: • Carrie Jacobson, VP, Tech Services, Office Depot •...
View ArticleCan NextDoor Monetize Its 10 Million+ Users?
When we think about “what’s next” in local, we always think it could be Next Door. Despite an unchartered path to revenue, the hyperlocal neighborhood network has raised $210 Million and was recently...
View ArticleAirbnb Expands Local ‘Experiences’ Despite Reported Turbulence
Airbnb reports that its "Experiences" division, a major growth initiative launched in November 2016, has expanded its footprint from 12-to-60 cities worldwide, and is slated for rapid growth. The Wall...
View ArticleLocal’s AR Angle: A Look at Andrew Mason’s Sale of Detour to Bose
Bose announced yesterday that it will buy Groupon co-founder Andrew Mason’s Detour AR audio tour company. The high-end electronics company will likely use Detour’s tech and content to support its new...
View ArticleLocalize.city’s Steven Kalifowitz: Making Sense of the New Hyperlocal Pyramid
There is a new pyramid for hyperlocal, and it goes like this: data at the foundation, information in the middle and knowledge at the top. So says Localize.city President Steven Kalifowitz. We first...
View ArticleLSA18: Waze Intros Local-Centric Ads and Promos
Waze is a traffic management phenomenon with 100 Million users in 55 countries. But the Google-owned company’s path to monetization has never been a sure thing. While it has developed a “Waze for...
View ArticleNew Local Marketplace: EMain Set for Brooklyn Trial
EMain, a startup that aims to recruit local businesses to a local online marketplace, is set to begin a 60 business, 12-week trial in Park Slope, Brooklyn next week. The effort is helmed by Peter...
View ArticleLocal Onliner: The Year’s Top 10 Posts
The annual list of my “best read” posts doesn’t necessarily correlate with what’s trending. Readership can be driven by a number of things. That said…it is great to see what’s resonating. Top 10 Posts...
View ArticleIrvine Co. Teams with Lyft, RideStop: Leveraging ‘Micro Location’ Info
Malls, college campuses, office parks, stadiums, public transit hubs and other complex real estate are hard to get around and find things. GIS-based technologies such as searchable map kiosks,...
View ArticleAlphabet Runs into Turbulence with Toronto Waterfront Project
Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs has run into turbulence on the way towards the creation of a dramatic new neighborhood in Toronto, suggesting that Alphabet, its Google subsidiary and other tech powers face...
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