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MerchantCircle Adds Local Coupons on Twitter

Coinciding with its high showing in the Quantcast analysis, MerchantCircle today announced that it has added a local city coupon feed for Twitter. Merchant coupons will now be fed to city-specific Twitter feeds (i.e., @MCircleNY) so local consumers can find…

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New Hyperlocal Network Created via Community Paper Sites

Kaesu, a provider of online services to free community papers, has received “more than $1 million” to jump-start its efforts. The strategic investment, from Media Space Solutions, is geared to open up community paper inventory around the U.S. for Media…

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Larkin: When It Pays to Advertise in a Niche Publication

Niche publications serving specific demographics, like gays, seniors or Koreans, can make a lot of sense, whether they are online or in print. But not every niche is the same. Longtime YP executive Dick Larkin, the “Small Business Commando,” lays…

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Verve Wireless: More Partners, More iPhone

Following our recent conversation with Verve Wireless' Greg Hallinan, the company announced today that it has expanded its list of newspaper partners to include MediaNews Group, A.H. Belo Corp., Hearst Corp. and Cox Newspapers. This will bring The Denver Post,…

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First Days With My Garmin Nuvi 760

After years of resisting the urge to buy a GPS -- I generally know where I am going -- GPS prices have come down so much that I broke down and paid $190 on Amazon for a Garmin Nuvi 760…

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Yahoo to White Label AdReady’s SMB Banner Effort

AdReady's template banner ads and media campaigns for SMBs will soon be available via Yahoo. The deal represents a major win for AdReady, which is already resold on a white-label basis by The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Univision…

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AT&T Navigator Comes to the iPhone

After TomTom's much touted iPhone app announcement, made in conjunction with the 3G S announcement, AT&T yesterday announced it will launch an iPhone version of its Navigator personal navigation system. It will include spoken directions, business listings from Yellowpages.com, and…

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More on Geodelic: Funding and Android App

Following our interview with location-based mobile company Geodelic, it put out a release today announcing a $3.5 million funding round and an app for the upcoming HTC MyTouch 3G (a.k.a. "G2"). The funding, led by Clearstone and Shasta Ventures, appears…

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JitterGram for Local Merchants: ‘Show the Phone!’

A lot of small businesses are tinkering with mobile media, especially adding Twitter. We heard recently from sales consultant Mel Taylor that Naked Pizza in New Orleans, which is backed by netpreneur Mark Cuban, is getting 15 percent of its…

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