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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»

Fast Company Cover Subject Soraya Darabi Becomes Cofounder of Foodspotting

She’s leaving drop.io and will be coming on as cofounder and head of business development and marketing of a startup called Foodspotting.READ»

MySpace Partners With Citysearch for "MySpace Local"

In a Web event this morning, MySpace announced a new service called MySpace Local in partnership with Citysearch that will debut in open beta next month. Using the latter's database of 75,000 local businesses, MySpace has created ...READ»

The Perils and Promise of the Reputation Economy

It's not easy doing business in the reputation economy.READ»

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TechWatch: CitySearch Knows Where You Live

The restaurant-review site is already a go-to guide for anyone looking to try a new place to eat or find a certain business. Now the company is trying a new place itself: your neighborhood. That's right -- yours.READ»