Month: March 2013

Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley discusses the future of location at SXSW. (Credit: James Martin/CNET) AUSTIN, Texas--Make no mistake: Foursquare, the New York-based social network centered around places, is chucking the check-in to take over local search, a move that pits the 4-year-old company directly against Yelp. When asked whether Foursquare was now gunning for Yelp,…

If you have an IOS 6 device, try this simple experiment. Hold the home button to activate Siri, and then say "Find me a Thai Restaurant." You will be presented with a list of restaurants in the surrounding area with quality rankings based on Yelp (YELP) reviews. The IOS integration was announced on September 19,…

Wunderilch's Blake Harper is making some waves Monday morning, speculating on several possible takeover targets for Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). With CEO Marissa Mayer recently on the prowl, Harper believes Yelp (NASDAQ: YELP), Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), OpenTable (NASDAQ: OPEN) and Millennial Media (NYSE: MM) could all be on the table as buyout candidates. The analyst called…