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Are Those Real People Or Sock Puppets Raving On Yelp About A New Brooklyn …

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a crack down on businesses hiring firms to provide fake rave Yelp reviews recently, fining some as much at $100,000. The practice is called “astroturfing” and black hat marketing firms offer the service of “sock puppet” reviewers to restaurants to boost their overall Yelp ratings. As any…
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The "Yelp Of Weed": Leafly And Other Marijuana Startups Hope To Gain As Feds

- 9 hours ago @ fastcompany.com: Ask investors about emerging trends in technology, and they might mention wearable devices, the connected home, mobile payments, even Bitcoin. But more often than not, they're glossing over cannabis, a multibillion–dollar industry that's only gaining momentum with varying degrees of legalization in 21 states and the District of Columbia. It's…