Betabeat posted this morning on what companies like Apple and Google might be doing with the location data they collect.
This afternoon Yipit announced it was giving users the option to receive “hyper-local” deals aimed at both their home and work addresses. Read More
It really seems like the search giant is incapable of staying out of competition with any of the big players on the web. Today Google rolled out Offers, a new program that will let local merchants offer discounts and compete directly with companies like Living Social and Groupon, which recently rebuffed a massive multi-billion Read More
As Vinicius Vacanti, co-founder of daily deal aggregator Yipit pointed out, the New York Times ran three separate stories today on the explosion of companies in this industry.
In a piece for the Dining section, restaurant owners express their shock and awe at the number of deal sites, groupon clones and coupon brokers Read More
In the booming market for daily and group deals, small business owners are finding they can play one service against another, and get burned if they’re not careful.
Avi Marko runs the Brooklyn based KidsSocks.com. His first deal, reports the WSJ, was with Mamapedia brought an big traffic boost, 600 customers, but with half the revenue going back to Mamapedia, Marko didn’t make a dime. Read More
