Yelp Sucks

(Credit: Dan Farber/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 document filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The itsy-bitsy take-home pay makes Stoppelman…

Though the Hudson Grace design store on Sacramento Street is in a monochromatic mood, co-owner Monelle Totah was thrilled to hold a book signing Feb. 5 for designer Eric Cohler."When we added napkins in 21 colors here, that was a big deal," joked Totah. "But Eric is not afraid of color or risks, and I…

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…

Are Yelp reviews a form of civic action? Yelp, the ratings site with 70 million users, has begun the process of integrating city health department reports into its restaurant reviews. Starting over the next few weeks, when you look up Mission Chinese in San Francisco or New York, Pat's King of Steaks in Philadelphia or…

"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…