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Salon customers: We've been threatened after leaving negative Yelp reviews
Someone is browbeating two customers who posted negative reviews about an Upper East Side salon on the Yelp Web site. Women who complained about Brows by Victoria said they have...
Restaurant's Popeyes secret gets outed on Yelp
A California eatery "proudly" admitted it serves customers Popeyes chicken after a diner outed the restaurant in a Yelp review. Sweet Dixie Kitchen in Long Beach — which boasted stellar...
These are the worst cities to start a business
You better hope your business goes south. The majority of the cities with the most opportunity for business owners were located in the South, according to a new study on...
Robots learned how to write fake Yelp reviews like a human
Robots are coming to steal your reviews. Researchers at the University of Chicago have trained a neural network, or artificial intelligence system, to write fake reviews on Yelp – and...
T.J. Miller has a Yelp habit and it's funny-sad
It’s good to have a hobby. Comedian T.J. Miller is turning to his: Yelp restaurant reviews. The actor has apparently had some time on his hands since was relieved from...
Yale dean who called people 'white trash' to be replaced
The Yale University dean criticized for posting Yelp reviews that called people “white trash” is leaving her position, according to a report Tuesday. June Chu, the dean of Yale’s residential...
Yale dean put on leave amid 'white trash' review furor
A dean at Yale University whose Yelp reviews referred to customers as “white trash” has been placed on leave and won’t take part in graduation ceremonies next week. June Chu,...
Yale dean loves diversity except for 'white trash'
A dean at Yale University who championed cultural sensitivity has apologized for her “insensitive” Yelp reviews of restaurants, gyms and movie theaters, including hot takes on what “white trash” customers would...
Yelp admits smaller businesses are fed up with its site
Yelp just got a one-star review from Wall Street. Shares of the only customer-reviews site plummeted as much as 22 percent in early Wednesday trading after it slashed its sales...
WWE beauty and Dean Ambrose used Yelp to get married at 1 a.m.
WWE star Renee Young revealed earlier this month that she and longtime boyfriend Dean Ambrose are now married, one day after she appeared on "Talking Smack" wearing a very noticeable...
Yelp's senior VP of engineering is stepping down
Michael Stoppelman, Yelp’s senior vice president of engineering and the younger brother of co-founder Jeremy Stoppelman, will step down from his position on March 2, the company said in a...
Here's how Yelpers feel about Odell Beckham's favorite strip joint
The Bronx strip club where Odell Beckham Jr. lost his pricey pinky ring has “mediocre” strippers and “fake butts all over the place” but is the best spot in town...
Yelp, TripAdvisor reviewers may play role in single-room occupancy hotel case
The city is asking a judge to force Yelp, TripAdvisor and other online review companies to hand over users’ info so they could potentially serve as witnesses against an SRO...
Don't mess with Tituss Burgess
The “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” left a scathing review of a Brooklyn moving company.
Final photo of Yelp exec who fell to her death gave mom chills
The mother of the Yelp executive who fell 400 feet to her death in the Grand Canyon feared for her daughter's life after seeing the photograph her daughter posted —...
Yelp executive plunges to her death at Grand Canyon
A Florida Yelp executive accidentally plunged to her death after stepping out of the way for a man on a popular hiking trail in the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Collen...
New site lets lawyers, bondsmen and PIs bid for clients
A Web site is letting defendants post their cases online — whether they be traffic fines, divorces, assaults or even murders — and wait as lawyers, bail bondsmen and private...
'Yelp for people' app is back with safeguards for bullying
Need some external validation? There’s now another free app to promote your fabulous self on a social-media channel. First introduced (to much criticism) in October, Peeple — the so-called “Yelp...
What underpaid millennials can learn from the Yelp girl's mistake
When Talia Jane, a 25-year-old Yelp employee, complained online in a recent open letter to the company’s CEO that her $12-per-hour salary wasn’t enough to live on in pricey San...
Yelp was right to fire entitled millennial who whined about salary online
Memo to Millennials: Corporate America doesn’t want to have a “dialogue” about your “concerns.” Being an employee is not like being a college student. Your boss isn’t there to give...