Month: February 2013

An interesting photo popped up on Facebook recently, posted by Mike Cassidy, the director of Google X. The photo showed a CEO dinner party that included a number of the biggest names in the tech industry, including Apple’s SVP Jony Ive, Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer, and CEO of Twitter Dick Costolo. A big reason why…

The next time you're searching Yelp for where to eat, you may notice a number next to the review. The online review site announced it's working with city governments to add hygiene scores alongside consumer reviews. "While ratings and reviews are incredibly powerful ways to guide spending decisions, we're always looking for new ways to…

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Today Mayor Edwin M. Lee, Chairman of the US Conference of Mayors Technology and Innovation Task Force, and Yelp CEO and Co-founder Jeremy Stoppelman announced the initial integration of city-provided restaurant health score information on the site that connects people with great local businesses. San Francisco will…