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Is It OK to Write a Yelp Review For a Restaurant Discount?
Mel's Drive-In, a restaurant chain in California, made news this week when a PR firm uncovered the diner's "virtual bribe" — or a deal for Yelpers. Here's how it works: you write a Yelp review (it can be good or bad) of the eatery, bring in a copy, and receive a 20 percent discount on your bill. I've never been into Yelp, the website that lets everyone be a restaurant critic, so I won't be participating in Mel's discount any time soon.
The Latest Yelp App Features This Cool Feature
Yelp is one of those apps that I think everyone should have on their iPhone. It's free, it's handy, and it saves you from having to do multiple searches in Google.
But did you know that version 3 of the Yelp app has a little something something that makes it that much more amazing?!
Last but Not Least: Yelp For the BlackBerry
I don't know if Yelp is very popular in your neck of the woods, but here in San Francisco, it's one of those sites that everyone uses. Whether you're trying to find the address of a restaurant or are looking for a decent dry cleaner near your office, Yelp delivers the goods and then some.
Being both an iPhone and BlackBerry girl, I usually do all of my yelping from my iPhone, but good news today, folks: Yelp has just launched a BlackBerry Yelp app.
Daily Tech: Samsung's Latest Cam Includes a Front-Facing LCD
- This is pretty neat. The Samsung TL225 point and shoot camera includes a front LCD screen for self portraits — Dvice
- Yelp's latest iPhone app, which will be available soon, comes with a cool Sales and Offers Near You feature — TechCrunch
- TheRadio is an on-demand service that aggregates radio stations from around the world — Makeuseof
- Oil painter Bill Guffey uses Google Street View to paint destinations across the globe — ABC News
- Google has just introduced new Google Reader features to make sharing interesting links easier — Mashable
- Wal-Mart is selling the Toshiba Satellite L355 laptop for only $350 — CrunchGear
Express Yourself: 6 Websites to Get Your Review On
Got a lot to say? Well the Internet is your playground then, buddy. There's no reason you should stew over a product that broke or a restaurant that left a bad taste in your mouth — review it online!
Daily Tech: Manage Your Netflix Queue From Your Cell Phone
- For Windows Mobile users only, Microsoft has released an awesome a download called Mobile Netflix Mobile, which is available for free for a limited time. Get it while it's hot! — Lifehacker
- This is amazing!
Gmail Labs Adds Previews For Yelp, Picasa, YouTube, Flickr
Imagine if it wasn't necessary to click a link to view a photo album or YouTube video? Now if you go into your Gmail Labs under Settings and enable YouTube videos (you can watch the entire clip right from your inbox), Flickr and Picasa preview, and Yelp review preview, you can see everything inside your mail window. Yes, Gmail will automatically detect links from various sites and show you previews right from your email message.
Oh, Snap: SF Restaurant Puts Bad Yelp Reviews on Shirts
There are a lot of business owners who've felt the sting of bad Yelp reviews, and one restaurant in San Francisco is getting even (instead of getting litigious).
Pizzeria Delfina decided to embrace its one-star reviews — by printing them on the shirts the staff wears.
They triumphantly rock t-shirts that say stuff like "This place sucks" while serving their delish dishes.
Negative Online Reviews: Freedom of Speech or Libel?
A dentist has sued two people for posting negative reviews on the online review site Yelp, accusing them of libel. The reviewer stated that her son felt "light headed" after a visit thanks to laughing gas, and was given fillings that contained mercury. While the dentist agrees that the fillings were mercury, she says that the parents should have read the disclosure form they signed.
Should You Be Able to Say Anything Negative on the Internet?
It's quite the litigious news day for the Internet, what with the news that a Yelp user is being sued for his negative review of a doctor, and a model is suing Google because of anonymous nasty comments about her which were posted on a Blogger-hosted blog.
Disregarding the validity of each case, they both present interesting cases for how we should and shouldn't use the Internet; as for Yelp, you're supposed to be able to post negative reviews (reviews tending to be one way or the other); will each negative claim be investigated? Could I be sued for not being able to prove that I found a hair in my burrito?
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