Yelp
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Yelp grows up
The site is making some changes, not to placate critics, but to prove they've been wrong all along. By Paul Smalera, senior editor
"Some businesses are never going to be happy with a paradigm that allows customers to comment, or makes them have to have to earn their content," Vince Sollitto of Yelp tells me
It's hard to argue. As Yelp has grown from fledgling start-up to critical mass website, serving over 30 MORE
Apr 9, 2010 5:25 PM ET -
SXSW's location-tagging smackdown
Foursquare and Gowalla are squaring off for the title of top tagger at Austin's annual tech-fest.
By Caroline Waxler, contributor
The annual South By Southwest Interactive conference kicks off Friday and the advance buzz is all about a fierce competition between two location-tagging social networking companies: Foursquare and Gowalla. (Disclosure: I know the Foursquare co-founders.)
These services help you locate where your friends and contacts are at any given moment -- perfect MORE
Mar 12, 2010 9:24 AM ETPosted in: apps, Brightkite, Facebook, Foursquare, Google Buzz, Gowalla, location tagging, Loopt, SXSW, Twitter, Yelp
