Businesses running Groupon promotions will be required to use an iPad-based cash register running Groupon's Breadcrumb point-of-sale software and payment processing.…
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Uber hires former Amazon/Groupon exec as chief product officer
Uber has hired Jeff Holden, until recently a vice president at Groupon, to become its chief product officer. We got to know…
Read MoreHow the age of design-centric e-commerce might not lend itself to sales
We've seen a rise of e-commerce companies recently that have tackled the dual problems of discovery and boredom: They've made shopping a fun, emotional experience. But can they translate that to sales?…
Read MoreHead of Groupon Goods Faisal Masud is leaving to take a new job
Faisal Masud, who was hired away from eBay to help Groupon become a broader e-commerce company, is moving on.…
Read MoreGigaOM Reads: A look back at the week in tech
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason fired, Google CEO Sergey Brin feels emasculated by phones but not by nerd glasses and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is putting an end to remote work. Plus Oscars & Fashion. Here is our take on the week that was!…
Read MoreCEO Andrew Mason is out at Groupon
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason will be leaving the company he announced Thursday after a disastrous company earnings call on Wednesday.…
Read MoreFrom pedicures to pet grooming, MyTime wants to be your online booking solution
Could one startup convince local businesses to get on board with online booking? A Silicon Valley entrepreneur is going to see if local businesses want to get on board with his new company called MyTime.…
Read MoreGroupon targets restaurants with Breadcrumb iPad payment system
Groupon is increasing its bet on payments with the introduction of Breadcrumb, an iPad point of sale system designed for restaurants and hospitality customers. The move pits Groupon against Square Register and shows how Groupon continues to expand beyond daily deals.…
Read MoreWith Savored buy, Groupon moves further away from daily deals
Groupon has bought New York City-based discount reservation service Savored, which offers diners up to 40 percent off their meals in exchange for making a reservation at a specific time. The acquisition complements Groupon Now, but distances Groupon even more from its core daily deals product.…
Read MoreGroupon rolls out its own Square competitor
Groupon has joined the mobile payment race with Groupon Payments, which provides a mobile payment service similar to Square. It's part of a larger effort to build up its merchants services tool and create a new business outside of daily deals.…
Read MoreIn the Age of Imagination, small trends have big impacts
Most small companies can't take advantage of the big trends occurring in the world today, but they can keep an eye out for small ones that they can then translate into new businesses or companies. Thinking small and being imaginative can let entrepreneurs succeed.…
Read MoreAs daily deals decline, DealsGoRound relaunches as MyCabbage
With daily deals in retreat, it's forcing companies that have built up to serve that market to evolve. DealsGoRound, a secondary market for deals, is now relaunching as MyCabbage, a broader service for saving not just deals but gift cards and coupons.…
Read MoreTo Kleiner Perkins’ web woes, add greentech
Is it the end of an era for the former rock star venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins and did greentech play a large part in that fall from grace?…
Read MoreGroupon is not a tech company. Why was it valued like one?
Groupon's precipitous stock decline since its public offering in November 2011 has turned the local commerce company from a web hero to a piñata. The problem is that of false expectations and lofty valuations from a company that was never really a tech-company.…
Read MoreStartup Togather thinks crowdsourcing is key to profitable author book tours
Author tours have never been a guaranteed way to sell books, so many publishers have cut back on them. Togather, a new Brooklyn-based startup, hopes it can reinvent the author tour by guaranteeing that a certain number of books will be sold in advance.…
Read MoreNEA on energy tech: We’re in it for the long haul
While some venture capitalists are moving away from funding cleantech startups, NEA -- one of the oldest and most established VC firms out there -- plans to stay in energy tech investing for the long haul and will continue to invest in new energy innovators.…
Read MoreAttention: The social-web IPO window is now closed
A lot of hopes were riding on Facebook having a superstar IPO, including the hopes of venture investors that it would help trigger a wave of interest in other social-web companies, which could then also go public. But now those rosy assumptions are in question.…
Read MoreWho is right on internet valuations? Public markets or VCs?
When it comes to the new generation of internet companies, VCs are from Venus and public market investors are from Mars. So the big question is who is right? Answer is in the stock prices of Zynga, Groupon and Facebook.…
Read MoreThanks, Groupon: NEA closes monster $2.6B fund
Proving that the venture model is working for at least a few select brand name venture capitalists, NEA announced on Wednesday that it's closed a massive $2.6 billion new fund. The firm describes the fund as "one of the largest venture funds ever raised."…
Read MoreKinnevik cosies up to Rocket again in Billpay round
The Swedish investor has become a new backer of Billpay, a Samwer brothers operation and PayPal rival that's talking expansion - but what kind?…
Read MoreMobile payments coming to a loyalty/deals app near you
Groupon is reportedly testing out its own Square-like mobile payment service. It's a sign that local deals and loyalty providers are increasingly looking at adding mobile payments services to help build out their tool set for merchants and retailers.…
Read MoreGroupon expands beyond deals with rewards program
In an attempt to move beyond being a provider of deals, Groupon is launching a loyalty program for U.S. consumers and merchants, part of a bigger effort to become the "operating system for local commerce." Groupon Rewards gives merchants a way to track and recognize loyalty.…
Read MoreSo what exactly is a tech company?
Alex Payne, formerly of Twitter and more recently of Simple, a banking service, asks the all-important question: What is and is not a technology company? He is right in asking this question, but shouldn't we also be rethinking how to value some of these companies?…
Read MoreYelp gives $1.2 million to settle unpaid overtime suit
Yelp has reached a settlement with employees who accuse the review site of breaking state and federal wage laws.…
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