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A Nation Divided on How to Say the Word “Coupon”

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on November 6, 2011 at 12:51 pm PT

You say toe-may-toe, I say toe-may-tah. Poe-tay-toe, poe-tah-toe. And, now there’s this: Coo-pon or cue-pon?

How to Open a Beer Bottle With a Magazine. Is That a Web Ad Worth Saving?

Peter Kafka in Media on January 4, 2011 at 2:01 pm PT

Web start-up AdKeeper says if advertisers make compelling ads, surfers will want to save them and look at them again. So here’s one worth looking at, at least. But is that enough?

Google Acquires Zetawire for Mobile Payments Tech

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 13, 2010 at 2:37 pm PT

Google has acquired Zetawire, a Toronto-based start-up that has been working on technology that turns a cellphone into a virtual wallet.

Shopkick Checks In With Target–CEO Cyriac Roeding Talks About Social Shopping

Kara Swisher in News on November 16, 2010 at 10:28 am PT

The idea of being rewarded for being a consumer is getting a lot of heat of late, as retailers seek to take advantage of the fast-moving social phenom among consumers, especially young ones. Thus, a wide range of efforts to combine location-based mobile apps with purchasing, both online and offline. Today, another company in the space, shopkick, announced it had added another store–Minneapolis-based Target–to its list of retailers deploying its platform and mobile app that gives you points for simply walking in a store.

OpenTable CEO Jeff Jordan Talks About Groupon, Mobile Growth and Why IPOs Aren't That Scary!

Kara Swisher in News on September 9, 2010 at 5:38 am PT

It was certainly high time that BoomTown made a reservation–oh, I had to make that pun–to check in with OpenTable CEO Jeff Jordan. The well-liked and voluble Silicon Valley exec–who had worked in a top job at eBay before moving over to the online restaurant reservation service and taking it public last year–has actually been up to a lot recently.

Groupon Grabs $135 Million From DST and Battery–Valuation Above $1 Billion for Social Buying Site

Kara Swisher in News on April 18, 2010 at 7:07 pm PT

Groupon, the social buying site that has become one of the hotter start-ups of late, has gotten a giant round of funding from the same Russian investors that backed social networking powerhouse Facebook and game phenom Zynga. Digital Sky Technologies is the main funder of the round for the Chicago-based Groupon, but Battery Ventures is also participating. The money, the company said, will be used to grow the business–and to speed far ahead of numerous rivals–as well as cash out employees and early investors.

Groupon's Andrew Mason Speaks!

Kara Swisher in News on March 4, 2010 at 9:00 am PT

My 2010 start-up that passes the slightly-less-raised-eyebrow test is Groupon, a group-based social buying service that nabbed another $30 million in funding in December. So earlier this week, I sat down with Groupon’s Midwesternly-nice Andrew Mason, 29, to talk about where the start-up is headed with its pile of dough and growing base of consumers who want to make a deal.

Let's Make a Deal! Groupon Nabs $30 Million in Funding

Kara Swisher in News on December 2, 2009 at 12:00 am PT

Groupon, a group-based social e-commerce buying service, has nabbed $30 million in its second round of funding, led by Accel Partners. The innovative Chicago-based service, which launched only a year ago, had previously received $4.8 million in funding from New Enterprise Associates, as well as $1 million from an angel investor. NEA participated in this round too. Groupon features a daily deal at a deep discount on a wide range of things–from spas to skydiving–in 26 U.S. cities for large groups of potential buyers on the Web, through email and social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Think of it as social networking lead-generation or, perhaps, the “Social Shopping Network.”

Almost Famous: Savings.com's Loren Bendele

Drake Martinet, Intern, All Things Digital in News on November 27, 2009 at 2:43 am PT

This week: We caught up with Loren Bendele, CEO of Savings.com, a deal-finding social network, just in time for the holiday shopping wars!