Priceline Moves Upscale via $2.6 Billion OpenTable Acquisition
Priceline is sort of like eBay -- a company known for its origins in auctions, but more recently focusing on distinct, "buy it now" niches. It has recently fleshed out…
Priceline is sort of like eBay -- a company known for its origins in auctions, but more recently focusing on distinct, "buy it now" niches. It has recently fleshed out…
Marchex has just released some intriguing stats that align with research we're currently conducting for call monetization. Specifically, the company reports that SMBs lose half a billion dollars annually to…
Jason E. Klein, Founder and CEO of On Grid Ventures, led a StreetFight Summit panel of investors exploring where the next billion dollar opportunities in hyperlocal might be. Joining Klein were Matt…
Last week we released our mobile local media forecast -- one component of a forecast that spans all local ad media. The centerpiece of this mobile portion is the U.S.…
What is "native advertising"? A Google search returns 109 thousand hits for a term that is just over a year old. Some credit Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson with coining…
John Donahoe, eBay CEO and interim PayPal CEO, projected soaring numbers for new mobile payment forecasts. During his keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Association, Donahoe predicted that eBay would…
There's a growing crop of mobile ad networks specializing in local ad inventory and location-based ad placements. This is a subcategory of larger, more broadly defined ad networks like AdMob…
xAD is becoming quite the contender in the emerging crop of mobile local ad networks. Loosely in the same category as WHERE and CityGrid, the company works with mobile publishers…
Last week, I had the chance to catch up with the team at Poynt about new acquisitions, usage milestones, intellectual property and general directions. The short version: There's a lot…
Google is reportedly set to pay $5.3 billion for Groupon, a spectacular investment that would give The Big G a compelling way to get close to local businesses, leverage Gmail…