Local search update for Google Maps iOS could hurt Yelp

Google has updated its outstanding Google Maps application for the iPhone with the capability to search for your contacts’ addresses and lots of easy-to-search local business data. Apple’s Maps app received a lot of criticisms after it debuted for iOS 6, but thankfully Google came along and released a standalone Maps app that blew it…

Is Facebook Graph Search a Dud?

Recs 0 By Steve Heller More Articles March 4, 2013 Comments (0) In this video, Motley Fool contributor Steve Heller goes through the basics of Facbook (NASDAQ: FB  ) Graph Search and what that means for investors. In particular, he resists calling Graph Search a Yelp (NYSE: YELP  ) killer because it's lacking some crucial ingredients. After…

Beware: A Groupon Campaign Could Slash Your Yelp Rating

Surprise - Groupon Margins And Stock Price Crash Tim Worstall Contributor Is Google To Buy Groupon? And What's Fun If It Does Tim Worstall Contributor Beware Groupon Tim Worstall Contributor Groupon: Probably Not Sustainable Tim Worstall Contributor Here’s a very interesting little piece of economic research. Or, if you prefer, an application of the economics…

Anonymous Yelp Review Counts as Evidence

By Jacob Gershman Getty Images On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog, according to the famous New Yorker cartoon. But, canine or human, your opinion still matters in the courtroom. A federal district judge from Tampa earlier this month relied on an anonymous Yelp posting as key evidence in a ruling on a business dispute…