jeremy stoppleman

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…