LivingSocial Will Cut 400 Jobs

The daily dealer is clipping 10% off of its workforce.

Groupon CEO Andrew Mason: I’d Be The First To Fire Myself, But Groupon’s Here To Stay

Responding to rumors that Groupon board members are considering booting him as CEO, Andrew Mason says it would be “weird” if they weren’t thinking about it.

Schoola Is Like Groupon For School Fundraising

The startup is trying to apply the daily deals model to help schools make up for funding cuts.

With Lifestyle Deals, eBay Takes On Groupon, Google, Amazon, And Others

The e-commerce giant moves beyond products. Shoppers, start your search engines.

Groupon’s New POS Is The Latest Tool In Its Kit For Local Businesses

A restaurant POS system called Breadcrumb is the latest startup for local businesses to get the Groupon treatment.

How Groupon Can Save Itself

When any business operates by putting more focus on getting new customers than on retaining existing customers, it’s going to pay the price of constant churn.

Startups’ Missed Connections

Spotify plus Ticketmaster. Mint plus Match. Groupon plus Facebook Places, plus Foursquare, plus Gowalla…. Why don’t more social, tech, and data services quit brushing by each other and get to smushing? Here are five ideas to break the ice.

Reclaiming Coupons And The Company Vision

After investors “sure path” to success in the daily deals industry failed, CityPockets CEO Cheryl Yeoh reinvented her company as a Pinterest for the thrifty.

Groupon’s New App Hints At A Change In Course

Once a text-heavy app focused on daily deals, it now gives Groupon Now, Groupon Goods, and Groupon Getaways equal play. Here’s the likely reason why.

Signpost Connects Businesses With Customers When The Daily Deal Is Done

The lovechild of Groupon and Foursquare was never meant to be. So Stuart Wall found another way to help small businesses advertise.

Groupon And Its Pivots: A Mega, Meta Mash-Up Of The News

The latest installment of our mega-meta-mashup news series, in which each line of text is “aggregated” from another source to create the final article, chronicles the many pivots of daily deals site Groupon.

Boomerang Brings Your Friends To Social Gifting Game With A Million Dollars Of Lightbank Cash

We’re a little coupon-ed out. But freebies from friends? That could work.

“Like Sonny And Cher–With More Google Analytics”

What’s it like to cofound a startup with your significant other? To find out, we talk to the creators of UnsubscribeDeals, a repellent for all that unwanted daily deal email in your inbox.

GroupMe Launches Experiences, Makes Partying And Planning With Friends That Much Easier

Today the New York-based company–recently acquired by Skype, which is now owned by Microsoft–unveiled its latest feature, Experiences by GroupMe, a service that showcases curated events and streamlines the planning and payment process.

The Chicago Startup That Changed How Orbitz, Gap, And Obama Collect Your Data

Online data tracking is a messy, broken world that contributes to slower page loads, overtaxes IT teams, and leaves everyone from global corporations to the U.S. President’s campaign without complete control of their data. Moxie Award-winner BrightTag has a fix.

How To Make A Splash In A Sea Of Startups: Tips From Chicago’s Top Accelerator and VC

Chicago has transformed into a prime hub for digital business thanks to a host of new ventures seeded by the success of Groupon, Orbitz, and Feedburner. As the tech landscape grows more crowded, here’s some expert advice on standing out.

The 350-Year-Old British Post Office Is Leading The Mobile Payments Charge

Groupon Acquires Breadcrumb’s Slice Of The Point-Of-Sale Market

Groupon Getting In On Square’s Game, Low Rates And Free iPod Included