Yelp CEO: We're not scared of Facebook

Facebook’s new Graph Search emphasizes restaurants, but Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman says no competitor is going to torpedo Yelp, at least “overnight,” because the Yelp community has “generated deep, rich content” that’s difficult to replicate. Stoppelman’s remarks were directed to financial analysts today after the company announced that its fourth quarter of 2012 loss narrowed…

Google, Merck, Gruyere, Newzbin2: Intellectual Property

Google Inc. owes its creation partly to a patented software algorithm for ranking documents in a database, issued to company founder Larry Page and owned by Stanford University. The world’s largest search-engine company contends that too many other software patents hurt innovation more often than they lead to viable businesses. Google, along with JPMorgan Chase…

Buzz Stocks: Google Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Visa Inc, and US Airways

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US stock index futures signal mixed open

PARIS | Thu Feb 7, 2013 9:55am GMT PARIS Feb 7 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Thursday. Futures for the SP 500 were down 0.05 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.07 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.05 percent at 0933 GMT. * European shares…

Google Joins JPMorgan in Seeking Software Patent Limits

Google Inc. owes its creation in part to a patented software algorithm for ranking documents in a database, issued to company founder Larry Page and owned by Stanford University. The world’s largest search-engine company contends that too many other software patents hurt innovation more often than they lead to viable businesses. Google, along with JPMorgan…
Do You Impress The Press?

Do You Impress The Press?

In the past few weeks I’ve sent out a few media queries to this group from some major news sources. And over 70 of you responded before the deadline to just one of them. Thank you! With that said, I saw many of your replies and although a few of you may have gotten to…

How Yelp Could Create More Accurate Reviews

Image via CrunchBase How, then, does a consumer make sense of the spate of opinions, many of which contradict each other? New research suggests a scientific way to aggregate reviews in a way that makes ratings more meaningful to consumers—and fairer to the businesses they review. Michael Luca, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School,…

PureCostumes.com Re-Opens its Halloween Costume Warehouse to Public

Due to consumer demands and a growing local presence, PureCostumes.com has lifted the restrictions on customer walk-ins at its Halloween costume warehouse. By allowing customers to walk in and make purchases in person, PureCostumes.com aims to establish itself as one of the only year-round costume shops for local consumers and last-minute shoppers in the Los…

Out of Warranty Doesn't Mean Out of Options for Luxury Car Owners in Miami Disgruntled Over Local Dealer Service

MIAMI, Jan. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Social media sites reveal top luxury car dealerships in South Florida have some of the lowest customer ratings in the industry for their Service Department operations. Reports of unethical practices, over-billing and poor quality control are leaving local car owners asking questions and looking for alternatives. For the past…