Tag: YELP

Location-based services and local searches are all the rage these days; just ask Google and Twitter. So AT&T -- which may be losing its iPhone exclusivity in the near future and has been taking a public beating over its network reliability -- is looking to grab a little bit of that luster by launching Buzz.com. The site is currently in private alpha testing, drawing on the wealth of data ...

Have you ever given someone or some business a bad review online? Well, you'd better keep what you write in check, or else you could end up getting sued like the California couple who bashed a dentist on Yelp. Dr. Yvonne Wong, the dentist, is going forward with a lawsuit against Tai Jing and Jia Ma for libel and emotional distress after a court ruled that she had enough grounds for a case, or, ...

If you ever find yourself needing to re-up on your legal cannabis supply, there is a new Web site you might want to check out: Weedmaps is essentially a Yelp for cannabis seekers and dispensaries that provides specific locations and ratings of dispensaries nearest the user. It has been pointed out that Yelp already has a section devoted to this topic, but with Weedmaps floating ideas like ...