LinkedIn and Facebook will celebrate the anniversaries of their IPOs just a few days apart this week. But their experiences as publicly traded companies couldn't be more different.
May 13, 2013
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Traditionally, consumers have largely selected cars on the basis of size, color, power and price. But increasingly two new factors are influencing their choice: The kind of wireless connection it has and the kinds of mobile ...
Mar 29, 2013
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Reviews site Yelp is adding restaurants' health-inspection grades to its site, giving users yet another filter through which they can decide where to eat.
Jan 17, 2013
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The Internet has given consumers the unprecedented opportunity to reach a mass audience and thereby advance their social position through displays of good taste, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Jan 15, 2013
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US regulators are likely to conclude a lengthy antitrust probe of Google's dominance of Internet searches with a voluntary settlement, news reports said Monday.
Dec 17, 2012
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On Yelp, a popular review site for everything from restaurants to gas stations, fans of Mari Luangrath's cupcake-delivery shop have noted the "hustle" of her operation and the "subtle" flavors of its products.
Nov 02, 2012
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(AP)—Yelp says it will alert users if it suspects that a business has tried to buy fake, misleading reviews on its site.
Oct 18, 2012
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Silicon Valley, it turns out, doesn't revolve around the stock prices of Facebook and its playful sidekick, Zynga.
Sep 10, 2012
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(Phys.org)—For anyone who has wondered whether crowd-sourced online reviews make a dent in a business's bottom line, the answer is an unequivocal yes, according to a new study by UC Berkeley economists.
Sep 05, 2012
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(AP)—Yelp's stock is passing one of its biggest stress tests since the online business review service went public nearly six months ago.
Aug 29, 2012
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Groupon became the latest of the newly traded tech companies to report quarterly earnings. Zynga and Facebook reported quarterly earnings that disappointed investors, while Yelp and LinkedIn followed with stronger results. ...
Aug 13, 2012
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Webster's defines a valley as "a stretch of low lands between hills or mountains." But for a growing number of tech entrepreneurs and workers, "Silicon Valley" is a squared-off patch surrounded by water, not mountain ranges.
Aug 09, 2012
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Some businesses say the consumer-review site Yelp isn't exactly what it claims to be: "Real People. Real Reviews." Instead, they say, Yelp manipulates how reviews appear to coerce businesses to advertise.
Aug 09, 2012
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Judging from recent reviews on Yelp, the Center for Counseling, Recovery & Growth was the place to go to turn your life around.
Jul 11, 2012
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Microsoft's Bing search engine tied up Thursday with the business review firm Yelp to power local search in a move countering similar offerings from Google and Apple.
Jun 14, 2012
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