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Yelp's CEO on the end of the professional critic
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Kai Ryssdal
Aug 6, 2014
Yelp turned ten this year, while posting a profit for the first time.
You can now search Yelp for emojis
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Kai Ryssdal
Apr 8, 2014
Kai thinks the Internet has gone too far.
Marketplace.org is the BEST site I've ever visited
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Adriene Hill
Sep 23, 2013
The fake online review business has moved way beyond having your friends write raves for you. “Reputation-enhancing” businesses provide fake reviews, sometimes outsourcing the job overseas.
New York cracks down on false reviews
Sep 23, 2013
New York's Attorney General has slapped 19 companies with fines for writing fake online reviews.
Yelp Worldmap: Testing the correlation between hipsters and money
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Katie Long
Jul 3, 2013
Yelp has created heat maps showing the geographical density for search terms 'hipster,' 'pricey,' and more. Here's our (unscientific) look at the correlation between hipsters and money.
PODCAST: Oprah cashes in on Lance's confession, 7-11 tries to retake Manhattan
Jan 18, 2013
Oprah Winfrey hopes Armstrong's doping confession will boost her cable network. 7-11 wants to expand in Manhattan. Yelp plans to add health scores to restaurant ratings.
Yelp partners with city health departments; New real estate technologies
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Molly Wood
Jan 18, 2013
Letter grades from the health department found in the windows of restaurants in cities like San Francisco and New York will begin appearing in Yelp reviews. And, the National Association of Realtors gets in the tech startup game.
For public good, not for profit.
Yelp starts branding companies for buying fake reviews
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Queena Kim
Oct 18, 2012
The popular review site will now post online alerts outing businesses suspected of soliciting paid recommendations.
Enormous robot to land on Mars, take pictures with a laser
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Molly Wood
Aug 3, 2012
Curiosity Rover will drop to Mars from ropes on Sunday night.
Foursquare checks in on a new business plan
Jun 7, 2012
Foursquare is adding Yelp-like recommendations to its mobile check-in app in its latest attempt to find a way to make money.