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And Yelp listens…

MSDN Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

On Twitter: On GetSatisfaction: And, the results: Thank you, Yelp! “ ai ”

Board Wrap: Is It Ever Ok To Eat at the Gym, Church?

Eater (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

· Reports from the Ballfields [CH] · Most Inappropriate Places to Eat: Mass, Lecture Hall, the Gym [SE] · Conflicting Restaurant Week Reports at Grayz [CH] · No Takers for a 10 p.m. Babbo resy Giveaway [Yelp] · Ted Allen's...

Family Finds Dog Shot To Death

Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

Police are searching for the person who fatally shot a family pet in the head early this morning. Ada Tavares called the police about 3:45 a.m. and told them she heard her 3-year-old dog, Princess, barking, then heard a gunshot. After the gunshot, she said she heard a yelp, then silence.

Reviews of local services

LA Times (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

Just a few years ago, Yelp was used primarily by San Francisco-area residents to exchange opinions on local restaurants, bars and nightclubs.

Highbrow social site Spire hits the scene

Webware.com (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

The easiest way to describe Spire , a new community site that made its debut Monday, is as a more grown-up, cultured Yelp : the latter offers expert advice on the best dive bars in Brooklyn, whereas the former focuses on four-star restaurants and hotels across the river in Manhattan. Calling itself a "social resource," it's devoted to advice and recommendations on topics like luxury vacations and...

• Highbrow social site Spire hits the scene - Cnet

the wrong way to act take two: bitchy old queen of a bartender edition

duanemoody.com (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008

What happened last night can only be described as surreal. Trying to order a drink at a bar got me yelled at, to which I walked away from, and then the bartender came after me for more, which led to my ultimately leaving the bar. I think that what I wrote for my yelp review [...]

An update to Friday's security advisories

LWN.net (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008

The following Fedora advisories are all cascading changes caused by the Firefox fixes: epiphany-extensions ( F8 , F9 ), epiphany ( F8 , F9 ), devhelp ( F8 , F9 ), xulrunner ( F9 ), yelp ( F8 , F9 ), liferea ( F8 ), cairo-dock ( F8 ), ruby-gnome2 ( F8 ), galeon ( F8 ), kazehakase ( F8 ), chmsee ( F8 ), Miro ( F8 ), openvrml ( F8 ), gnome-python2-extras ( F8 ), gnome-web-photo ( F8 ), blam ( F8 ), gtkmozembedmm...

Board Wrap: Eating Polar Bears

Eater (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

· Polar Bear, Nom, Nom, Nom [SE] · Socarrat Has Ok Paella, but Attracts Urban Daddy Readers [eG] · Broiling v. Grilling and Luger's Perfect Broiling Temp [Yelp] · Drooling Over Midtown's Arancini Truck [CH] · Dessert Truck: Didn't Wow...

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The Common Room (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

That's pretty much what I did when I read this quote from Barack Obama in an address to the American Federation of Teachers: Real change is finally giving our kids everything they need to have a fighting chance in today’s world. That begins with recognizing that the single most important factor in determining a child’s achievement is not the color of their skin or where they come from; it’s not who...

The Week in Yelp: Yelpers On Clubbing, Debauchery

Eater (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

From the people who brought you The Week in Craig, one of the all time great uses of the internet, comes The Week in Yelp, wherein Amy Blair takes aim at the ridiculousness that is the world of Yelp. Her...

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punkystyle.com (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

Second Time Around is coming to the Providence Place Mall. STA is a chain of contemporary, designer, consignment clothing & furniture stores that is always packed with amazing finds for a decent price. Check out their website. If you were looking for other vintage stores in Providence RI, Yelp has a bunch of listings.

Board Wrap: Emeril on The Plump Side

Eater (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008

· Emeril's New Look: "Somewhat More Plump These Days" [eG] · Dovetail beats Eighty One in Chowhound Face-Off [CH] · No Free Birthday Meals, But you Can Drink Free at Cheap Shots [Yelp] · Be Honest: I don't Actually Have...

Brooklyn Nibbles: Flipsters Has Hipsters Flipping Burgers (in Park Slope)

The Gowanus Lounge (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008

Don’t look now, but Brooklyn Burger Bar has finally died (after many rumors of a premature demise) and something called Flipsters has risen in its place. The early reviews on Yelp say that the service blows so hideously that no food could be worth it, which would seem to leave them no place to go [...]

YPMobile Enjoying Early Success

Screenwerk (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008

YellowPages.com’s YPMobile iPhone application (with events content from Zvents) is doing well on the list of free downloads. It’s number 21 out of 100 on the list: Among “local search” apps, it’s only trumped by Where and Google. Interestingly it’s (so far) beating out local apps from Yelp, Eventful, Loopt and others. There is one other [...]

Board Wrap: Some Fights Never Die

Eater (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

· Woman Still Mad at Dead Husband For Messing Up Hot Wings [SE] · Baked Alaska in New York (Hint: No one Mentions Kobe Club) [Yelp] · Your Foodie Name: Lynn Guini, PerkyMac, Pete Zah [SE] · New Thrid Ave...