Man pans bookstore on Yelp. Bookstore owner tracks him down, writes harassing emails, and tries to break into his house. Man responds by calling police--and Yelping about the entire experience.
In what can only be described as a ...READ»
While Layar pushes forward with augmented reality apps and Nokia finds ways to embed AR cameras in our clothing, the rest of us wait breathlessly for a world in which our maps and data are overlaid on what we see, a world in which our ...READ»
Google's just tweaked its mobile search functionality to add in a whole bunch of new features--basically going head-to-head with existing mobile services like Yelp, FourSquare and AroundMe--merely be adjusting its search ...READ»
Yesterday, Nokia released a well-produced video demonstrating what they apparently believe to be the future of augmented reality apps. If you haven't been keeping up with AR, it's just used to denote an information layer ...READ»
Consider what a site like Yelp does for a small but excellent cafe: For travelers and locals alike, a good mobile-Web app should make it as easy to find as the nearest Starbucks. Does that signal a shift in the market, sapping the ...READ»
The user-submitted restaurant and small business review site Yelp has been the subject of some pretty hot debates over its policies as its influence in local markets from San Francisco to New York has grown. Now it seems they ...READ»
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»
You read our Fast Company 50. Now learn about the companies within specific industries that are doing both creative and ground-breaking work. Here we present the top ten in Web 2.0.READ»
One of the most popular meetups in New York, NextWeb's NY Web 2.0 Meetup, catering to the Web 2.0, Social Networking and Social Media scene, continues to highlight some of the Alley's most innovative companies.
The networking ...READ»
We live in a recommended world. Seemingly every website offers opinions on something. And recommendation-only sites, such as Yelp, are growing in popularity. GoodRec offers a lightweight, socially focused recommendation service that's very addictive.READ»