Year: 2013

"Hi, I'm Gavin," said the tall, slender man with swept-back hair (is that a spray of gray?) in the expertly tailored suit, flashing a megawatt smile and wearing a cologne of confidence.Didn't we see this guy on the cover of GQ magazine?Nope, that guy must have been a lookalike. This guy is Gavin Newsom, Irish-Catholic…

A key reason why Yahoo's board hired Marissa Mayer as its CEO was her deep-reaching social and professional connections through Silicon Valley. Those connections were on display last night at a dinner hosted by Nirav Tolia, a longtime Silicon Valley entrepreneur who's now running Nextdoor, a local social network. A prominent guest: Jony Ive, Apple's…

A key reason why Yahoo's board hired Marissa Mayer as its CEO was her deep-reaching social and professional connections through Silicon Valley. Those connections were on display last night at a dinner hosted by Nirav Tolia, a longtime Silicon Valley entrepreneur who's now running Nextdoor, a local social network. A prominent guest: Jony Ive, Apple's…

Restaurateurs who thought getting good recommendations on Yelp was good enough, have a new score to deal with: hygiene data from the health departments. Yelp says the health inspection data will initially be provided in San Francisco and New York, and that it will be coming soon to restaurant reviews in Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago.…

Despite Yelp's (YELP) inability to turn a profit since going public in the Spring of 2012, as shown here, some Wall Street analysts and pundits still remain bullish on the stock. Wall Street analysts who see significant upside for Yelp often base their opinion on the questionable logic that the company's future is bright because…

Yelp Inc., owner of a website that lets consumers review local businesses, reported a wider fourth- quarter loss than analysts estimated as it boosted spending on expansion into new markets. The net loss was $5.32 million, or 8 cents a share, the company said yesterday in a statement. Analysts on average projected a loss of…

Yelp posted a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss and its shares fell 6 percent in after-market trading as the San Francisco consumer review website faces competition from Facebook.Facebook last month unveiled a new feature called "graph search" that lets its users to trawl their network of friends to find everything from restaurants to movie recommendations, bringing it…

A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology. Yelp CEO Takes $1 Salary (CNET) Add Jeremy Stoppelman, chief executive of business reviews site Yelp, to the list of CEOs who are willing to work for $1. Stoppelman will take a $1 base salary for 2013, according to information in Yelp’s 8-K…