OpenTable

As OpenTable Booms, Who Gets The Dough?

The online reservations service is a classic network-effect business: Like eBay, PayPal, Facebook, or, of course, Apple's App Store, OpenTable gets better as more people use it. It now accounts for just under 10% of the 700 million dining sessions that occur in North American restaurants every year.READ»

Yelp and OpenTable Partner Up for Better Dinner Planning

What's most surprising about this is that it hasn't happened sooner: OpenTable's reservation system will soon be integrated into Yelp.READ»

OpenTable for Docs Expands to D.C., Other Cities

In 2007, businessman Cyrus Massoumi and physician Oliver Kharraz teamed up to found ZocDoc.com, a Web service that matches patients with available appointments at doctors' and dentists' offices. It's OpenTable for health care. ...READ»

Seven Entertaining Things Online This Week

While kids in Harlem free their minds, kids in Britain are getting prosecuted for politically incorrect jokes. If that makes you lose all hope for the world, well, there's always the prospect of a long, isolated trip to the moon. On second thought, just go surfing, dream of 3G MacBooks, and kick back to some of the Internet's finest viral cat videos.READ»

Under the Radar Conference Preview: MoFuse

When I go online with my Verizon phone, it's kind of slim pickings if I limit myself to Verizon's preset offerings. I have added bookmarks for Google's tools, Facebook, even OpenTable and enjoy them. Although I can access some of my ...READ»

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