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Trump Loyalists Create An App For The MAGA Set, 63red Safe

Trump Loyalists Create An App For The MAGA Set, 63red Safe

Yelp gives its users lots of information, but the app doesn’t tell you if a restaurant is a safe space to wear a MAGA hat or tote your gun. But now, 63red Safe, an app available for both iOS and Android, will tell the user if they can dine without fear that their red hats […]

5y ago

High-End New York Restaurant Bans Women From Eating Alone At The Bar

High-End New York Restaurant Bans Women From Eating Alone At The Bar

An expensive restaurant on Manhattan’s Upper East Side has reportedly instituted a policy that disallows women from eating alone at the bar, because they want to keep sex workers out. That’s according to an essay published this week. On a website called Drug Store Culture, London-based advertising executive Clementine Crawford writes, in an essay called […]

5y ago

Florida Man Shoots At Woman’s House Over A Bad Review Of His Friend’s Diner

Florida Man Shoots At Woman’s House Over A Bad Review Of His Friend’s Diner

A Florida man was arrested Thursday after allegedly shooting at a home in response to a bad experience at his friend’s family restaurant. Forty-two-year-old Norman Auvil of Orlando stands charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling, shooting from a vehicle within 1,000 feet of a person, and abuse of a disabled adult, according to the […]

5y ago

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Tossed From Virginia Restaurant On ‘Moral Grounds’

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Tossed From Virginia Restaurant On ‘Moral Grounds’

For the second time in a week, a member of the Trump administration has been driven out of a restaurant. Kristjen Nielsen was driven from a Mexican restaurant by protestors in Washington, D.C. earlier this week, and last night, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her family were asked to leave a Lexington, Virginia restaurant […]

5y ago

Everything You Wanted To Know About Cracker Barrel Firing Brad’s Wife Nanette

Everything You Wanted To Know About Cracker Barrel Firing Brad’s Wife Nanette

You might have observed that there has been a lot about Cracker Barrel on the internet lately, and someone who goes by the name of Nanette, a woman originally known as “Brad’s wife,” who was fired from her job at a Cracker Barrel in Indiana. Who is Brad’s wife, why did she get fired from […]

7y ago

Yelp Negative Review Case In California Could Set Legal Precedent Mandating Removal Of Potentially Damaging Bad Ratings Online

Yelp Negative Review Case In California Could Set Legal Precedent Mandating Removal Of Potentially Damaging Bad Ratings Online

Yelp will soon defend itself against an order from a California appeals court that asked the business review website to take down negative reviews. The popular platform is used by millions of customers before making their final decision to avail services the businesses featured on the website offer. California Supreme Court’s decision might cause the […]

7y ago

Walmart Stores In Black, Latino Areas Called ‘Ghetto’ In Yelp Reviews More Than Anything Else

Walmart Stores In Black, Latino Areas Called ‘Ghetto’ In Yelp Reviews More Than Anything Else

Walmart may be a far cry from luxury shopping in any neighborhood, but a recent analysis of Yelp reviews from Columbia University sociology professor Adam Reich affirms that stores in black and Latino neighborhoods are more likely to be called “ghetto” and “dirty” than their Caucasian counterparts. A study reveals a disturbing trend about Walmart […]

7y ago

‘Pokémon GO’: New Yelp Filter Helps Players Catch Pokémon While They Eat, Catch ‘Em All With PokeStop Filter

‘Pokémon GO’: New Yelp Filter Helps Players Catch Pokémon While They Eat, Catch ‘Em All With PokeStop Filter

“Catch ‘Em All” while you eat. That’s the goal of a new Yelp filter that helps Pokémon GO players, known as trainers, find restaurants and shops near PokeStops so they can grab a tasty bite to eat and chase the virtual creatures at the same time. Pokémon GO, an augmented reality game for your cell […]

7y ago

Yelp Employee and Single Mom Fired For Visiting Boyfriend In The ICU

Yelp Employee and Single Mom Fired For Visiting Boyfriend In The ICU

A single mother and Yelp employee just lost her job for spending time with her boyfriend in the ICU, where he was suffering from a brain bleed. The Yelp review website isn’t getting good reviews itself from people who have heard the story. Jaymee Senigaglia lives in the California Bay area and recently headed to […]

8y ago

Starving Yelp Employee Writes Asks For A Better Wage, Gets Fired

Starving Yelp Employee Writes Asks For A Better Wage, Gets Fired

http://cdn3.wibbitz.com/player?id=b61524dd963d543d0b4d127a92e75d1a9 An open letter to the CEO of Yelp from a starving employee is going viral, but may have earned the employee the sack. The customer service rep and blogger Talia Jane (not her full name) wrote an open letter to the CEO and founder of Yelp Jeremy Stoppelman titled “Dear Jeremy.” https://twitter.com/kevinroose/status/701089321130991617 Posted on […]

8y ago

‘South Park’ Being Sued By Yelp Over ISIS Comparisons

‘South Park’ Being Sued By Yelp Over ISIS Comparisons

South Park is known for its satire and for taking on PC situations and flipping them on their head, and they do that incredibly well, but sometimes, okay most of the time, they push it to the brink of no return. That’s exactly what South Park did in a recent episode titled “You’re Not Yelping.” […]

8y ago

‘South Park’: ‘You’re Not Yelping’ Is One Of The Best Episodes Ever [Opinion]

‘South Park’: ‘You’re Not Yelping’ Is One Of The Best Episodes Ever [Opinion]

Caution: spoilers ahead if you haven’t watched this week’d episode of South Park. Sometimes, South Park gets it wrong. For instance, the show’s attempt to take on PC culture a month back was promising, but failed to deliver. The following episodes were a little bit better. However, South Park finally hit the jackpot last night […]

8y ago

Yelp Accused Of Manipulating Customer Reviews And This Has One Restaurateur Steaming Mad

Yelp Accused Of Manipulating Customer Reviews And This Has One Restaurateur Steaming Mad

Yelp is being accused of manipulating customer reviews of a business when the owner refuses to purchase ads. This is what one restaurateur is claiming and believes his business is being unfairly punished by Yelp. David Levi is the owner of Vinland, a restaurant in Portland, ME. After declining to buy ads on the Yelp […]

8y ago

Yelp Goes To Jail With Grim User Reviews

Yelp Goes To Jail With Grim User Reviews

Yelp is a bastion of Internet snark, a safe harbor for the aggrieved and the slighted, and the go-to source for user-generated reviews of everything from local coffee shops to doctors and hospitals. It’s also a rabbit hole that provides a bizarre, sometimes harrowing, look into the American penal system. When most people hear about […]

8y ago

Yelp Implodes: Second Consecutive Earnings Miss, Chairman Resignation

Yelp Implodes: Second Consecutive Earnings Miss, Chairman Resignation

Stock in Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) is trading down more than $9, or about 28 percent, on four times its daily average volume as of 12 p.m. Last night, Yelp reported its second quarter 2015 financial results, which missed estimates for the second quarter in a row and announced the departure of Chairman of the […]

8y ago

Why Is Apple Sending Out Minivans With Cameras?

Why Is Apple Sending Out Minivans With Cameras?

Minivans operated by Apple and mounted with huge camera apparatuses have been spotted on the road since February. Just what is the iPhone maker up to? The minivans are on a mission to improve Apple Maps, which took the place of Google Maps on the iPhone and iPad in a 2012 iOS 7 update. Apple […]

9y ago

Yelp Review Gets Denver Couple Sued: ‘Absolutely Horrible Experience’

Yelp Review Gets Denver Couple Sued: ‘Absolutely Horrible Experience’

A Yelp review has led to a Denver couple being slapped with a lawsuit. According to FOx31, Matt White posted a review of Footprints Floors back in 2013. The experience he had with the company was, needless to say, not the best, and he decided to warn others about using their services. “Absolutely horrible experience. […]

9y ago

Postmates Signs Deal With Chipotle To Provide Delivery Service

Postmates Signs Deal With Chipotle To Provide Delivery Service

Postmates will be delivering to select areas soon. Be ready to pay for the service, however. According to the Huffington Post, Chipotle, during their conference call, announced they have made a deal with the delivery app Postmates, which is based in San Francisco, California. Postmates delivery will be available in 66 cities across the country. […]

9y ago

Chicago Woman Hit With A Lawsuit For Posting A Negative Yelp Review

Chicago Woman Hit With A Lawsuit For Posting A Negative Yelp Review

A Chicago woman has been sued for libel, all because she put up a negative review on Yelp, NBC Chicago is reporting. The Yelp user, identified only as Katie M on the review in question, and not identified at all in the media, purchased blinds on October 16, 2013 from Zwick Window Shade Co. in […]

9y ago

Groupon Now Creates Pages For Businesses, Whether The Business Wants It Or Not

Groupon Now Creates Pages For Businesses, Whether The Business Wants It Or Not

If at first Groupon doesn’t succeed… Re/Code is reporting that Groupon is attempting yet another way to reach the public. Groupon is now offering a service called Pages, loosely based on Yelp. In this case, Groupon creates a page for individual businesses which then allows the business to offer deals and customers to leave feedback […]

9y ago

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