Interview: loyalty start-up Belly invades San Francisco, pushes Small...
There have been countless reports on how small businesses are failing against big-box stores, which makes the success of loyalty card app Belly that much more interesting. Launched in Chicago just over...
View ArticleThe reverse check-in trend continues as discount notifier Scoutmob feeds...
The biggest issue facing FourSquare and other check-in services is that users actually have to tell them their location, but now developers are designing apps that will run in the background and...
View ArticleMobile loyalty app shopkick profitable with 4 million users
The retail loyalty app shopkick hit four million users, redesigned its interface and, now, announced it is now profitable. We just wrote yesterday how Google Zavers is aiming for the same market, but...
View ArticleOpenTable acquires FoodSpotting for $10 million cash
Restaurant website OpenTable has already launched the definitive mobile reservation app and now it’s acquired the food photography app FoodSpotting. According to AllThingsD, OpenTable paid $10 million...
View ArticleInterview: iFood nets 2.5M from Movile, plans Brazilian food delivery takeover
Brazilian delivery app iFood today announced a $2.5 million investment from Latin American app publisher Movile. It is part of a bigger South America digital boom, as Inside Social Commerce reported...
View Articleshopkick fourth most used shopping app via Nielsen, hits 1B product views in...
New Nielsen data puts shopkick as the fourth-most-used shopping app and the 34 most used app overall. The December 2012 data comes out as shopkick hits its first one-billion product views in version...
View ArticleReal-world retail analytics service Euclid gets 17.3M in funding
Today the retail analytics service Euclid announced $17.3 million in Series B funding. Led by Benchmark Capital, the investment will help Euclid expand beyond its 50 million-plus mobile device...
View ArticlePayPal joins Coinstar machines in another brick-and-mortar push
Coinstar machines now allow PayPal users to access their account and get, send or add money. It follows PayPal’s recent brick-and-mortar deals with Foot Locker, Home Depot and others. The system...
View ArticleGoogle Field Trip brings location-based push notifications to iPhone
Today Google launched the location-based Field Trip app on the iPhone. Released on Android last year, Field Trip sends push notifications when users are near a particular landmark, person, or, most...
View ArticleInterview: Tinyview CEO Raj Lalwani on the future of mobile shopping
More shoppers are using their cell phones while they visit brick-and-mortar stores and Tinyview is keen to take advantage of their attention. Launched last summer, the store shopping app already has...
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