Topic: Yelp! Inc.

Streaming Media West 2010

Long relegated to the fringe, Internet-enabled TV sets are finally ready for prime time: Nearly 28 million will ship this year, up 125% from 2009, and electronics research firm iSuppli Corp. estimates that by 2014, 54% of ...READ»

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• Read: Decision Points
• Share: National Philanthropy Day
• Soar: Future of Air Transport Conference

Looking for Signs of Intelligent Marketing Life - Part 3

Businesses have enough to keep up with when it comes to their site, blog, email newsletters, Facebook Page, and Twitter feed. The barrage of new sites such as Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp, or that yet-to-be-invented network is enough to send businesses ducking for cover. Fortunately, your customers will tell you what the next "big thing" is.READ»

Facebook Places Secret Super Power: Local Business Location-Based Ads

The interwebs are alight with discussions about Facebook's new location-based checkin service Places. Among the flurry of info and debate about its value, one thing may have been overlooked: The secret ingredient of the system that may end up making Facebook a lot of money.READ»

Swipely Lets You Overshare Everything You Buy

Social network purchase-info site Swipely launches today. Its aim: to reward you for telling others what you've just bought. READ»

Rumor: Facebook's Location-Based Game Effort Due For Unveil Wednesday

Facebook may be about to get even more personal: All rumors are pointing to a Wednesday roll-out for Facebook location-based services like "check-in" gaming. A clever move, but Facebook better tread carefully.READ»

Ratings and Reviews Are Key to Luring Tourists

Having just returned from a family trip to Europe, I've come to value even more sites like TripAdvisor and Yelp that let users rate and review restaurants, tour guides, and more. Sites like these were particularly helpful in Europe where there seems to be two kinds of customer in every town: The locals who know everyone and the tourists who know no one. We fell into the latter group, so finding good restaurants and attractions required good recommendations and referrals.READ»

Rumor: Foursquare Due to Get Venture Cash Injection

Foursquare is reportedly on the verge of landing a large venture capital investment which will let it dramatically expand its enterprise, according to people in the know. We know it's hot technology ... but what's Foursquare's ...READ»

Work Smart: Must-Have Mobile Apps for the Road Warrior

If you've got a smartphone that can run apps like the iPhone, BlackBerry or an Android phone, you've got a pocket computer--and when you're on the road, you want to load up on the apps that can help you get where you need to ...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»

Five Ways to Keep Customers Happy After the Sale

I’ve heard all too often about organizations that sell phenomenal products or services, but then fall short of providing an equally great customer service experience. This can hurt a company’s reputation more than they know and ...READ»

Why Pretty Pictures Are Not Enough

Make sure your business looks good without makeupREAD»

Online Privacy: Check Yourself (Before You Wreck Yourself)

Online privacy is at worst an illusion, and at best harder to come by than ever--and it's making headlines every day. Facebook's under fire for everything from its labyrinth of confusing privacy settings to apparently banning ...READ»

Another Google Fail: Privacy

Yesterday, on Mark Zuckerberg's birthday, Google revealed in its blog that it had stopped collecting data from its street view service because it had inadvertently sniffed and collected about 600 gigabits of ...READ»

Biomimicry Challenge: IDEO Taps Octopi and Flamingos to Reorganize the USGBC

The Boston office of IDEO worked with the United States Green Building Council to find a new organizational structure that matched their sustainable mission.READ»

• Designers Accord Case Studies
• What Would You Ask Nature? Biomimicry Challenge

Help: International Virtual Assistants Day

1968 Hal 9000 2001: A Space Odyssey's supercomputer sets the bar: Hal could interpret emotions, anticipate requests, and co-opt systems on an interplanetary voyage. 1987 LesConcierges Jaguar and Genentech still use this ...READ»

• Now: May 2010
• Olge: 20th Anniversary of the First Photo From the Hubble Telescope
• Groan: Franchise Fatigue

Apple Buys Voice Search Startup Siri, Aiming Squarely at Google

Why would Apple buy a teeny startup for somewhere between $100 and $200 million bucks? Hint: if you have a lousy Yiddish accent, it rhymes with "kugel."READ»

Time to Audit Your Facebook Privacy Settings, Here's How

Now that Facebook is loosening its data-sharing policies with third-party Web sites and applications, it's the perfect time for users to consider tightening up their privacy settings. This week the mega social network announced new ...READ»

Fancy Hands Finds You an Assistant for $30 a Month ... in the Cloud

A new service by tech entrepreneur Ted Roden offers virtual personal assistants that can help you with just about anything. Is it worth it?READ»

Crib Sheet: Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook f8 Keynote

Facebook is invading the rest of the Internet, foisting its social manifest on your online life. Documents, toolbars, new search options, recommendations, plug-ins, and 30 new partners--this is what you need to know.READ»

AT&T Joins Crowded Local Reviews Game With a Familiar App Name: Buzz

Another day, another local business finder/recommendation service, though this one's coming from a source you might not have imagined: AT&T. It's launching AT&T Buzz, which has been in private beta for a while to the public. ...READ»

Google Places: All Up In Your Business

Local Business Center, the service that local businesses use to hand a virtual shingle from within Google Maps, is being renamed Google Places. Along with the name change, Google's added a heap of new features to help firms connect ...READ»

Is SMO (Social Media Optimization) The New SEO?

Brian Solis, widely recognized as a thought leader on new media, argues that "we are media" and discusses the importance of social media optimization for businesses and organizations.READ»

Webby Awards Nominees Announced: New York Times Makes Up for Those Pulitzer Snubs

The Pulitzers can make all the edgy new-media nominations they want, but the real awards for internet content come from the Webby Awards, which just announced this year's nominees.READ»

Yelp Tweaks Its System for Transparency--and Lawsuit-Dodging

Yelp has found a work-around for those wicked extortion rumors (and that pesky lawsuit). In a blog post with the no-nonsense headline "We're Increasing Transparency and Eliminating 'Favorite Review'," Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman ...READ»