Fancy yourself popular? The new metrics of social networking can measure just how connected and influential you are—and major brands are lining up to put their money where your mouth is. Think of the Internet as the ultimate public square, populated at... »
As part of a new partnership with American Express, Twitter announced this week that it will now use its ability to draw attention to certain topics to help advertise local businesses. Basically, this means that in addition to the "promoted tweets" see... »
A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...Twitter Launches Self-Service Ads for Small Businesses (Twitter Advertising Blog)...Check-In Needs To Work, But How Can We Fix It? (TechCrunch)...Daily Deals: ... »
This week's top quotes come from Twitter and Summify as they discuss their new partnership in order to increase delivery of instant, relevant news. This week also features Harvard researchers explaining why some ventures succeed and Boyan Josic of Dail... »
It's not easy being a reporter on the daily Groupon deals beat these days. So says fatigued Emily Chang at Bloomberg West. And why did Foursquare win over Gowalla? Because if you can make it in New York, pretty much no one else stands a chance. Or, in ... »
Soon it will be the time to sign up for AYSO Fall soccer. Menlo Park/Atherton Region 109 AYSO signups start May 1st. And this year, you don't have to register in person; only new players need to attend the walk-in signup session at Hillview Middle Sc... »
