If you wanted to know where all the best holiday spots are in town, this might be your year. Social networking application Nextdoor has reached out to its users in 47,000 neighborhoods… Read more »
Journalists need to learn how to do more than just tell readers about news events — they need to understand how to listen as well, and how to help their communities… Read more »
Foursquare is reportedly looking for investment from a large technology company, and the most obvious fit is Google — because features like its real-time recommendations would fit perfectly with Google Now. Read more »
The Pew Center’s latest report on the state of the media shows the financial woes affecting the traditional news business continue, and this is having an effect on consumers — but… Read more »
Path is adding its own version of search to your Path moments and check-ins on Thursday, implementing a search bar that lets you look through your posts for memories with a… Read more »
Local is hot, at least for Axel Springer. The German publisher is buying a local portal, meinestadt.de, as a vehicle to gain exposure for local online classified advertising. Read more »
The Wall Street Journal underscores social commerce giant Groupon’s woes in a story that points out that Andreessen Horowitz thought the company’s IPO was premature, and has sold off its holdings… Read more »
Google’s move to buy travel publisher Frommer’s highlights how local and travel are coming together. Increasingly, the best travel services are focused on treating you like a local. And local services… Read more »
Turning circulars into instant local offers sounds like a clever idea, even if none of ShopLocal’s retail partners have signed on yet. Dealing with local merchants – even national chains -… Read more »