—Elise Worthy left Ada Developers Academy, the women-only coding school she co-founded, to get back into building software. “Founding Ada was a passion project and something I wanted to do to give back… Read More
Zomato, the India-based restaurant discovery company that bought Seattle’s Urbanspoon for $60 million to establish a U.S. beachhead earlier this year, made another round of sweeping layoffs today. Multiple Zomato offices, including the… Read More
Fast-growing restaurant directory service Zomato is cutting ties with the remaining engineers from Urbanspoon, seven months after it acquired the Seattle-based restaurant reviews site for roughly $60 million. Zomato spokesperson Naina Sahni… Read More
Things certainly heated up at GeekWire during the month of June. We reported live from the U.S. Open golf tournament, part of our expanded coverage of the collision of sports… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show: What happened when we tested Amazon same-day delivery on a weekend; what’s at stake for Microsoft in Windows 10’s July 29 launch; and why… Read More
“So long, Urbanspoon!” That was the message on Zomato’s Facebook page today, announcing it had shut down Urbanspoon after acquiring the Seattle-based restaurant reviews site for roughly $60 million earlier this year.… Read More
Restaurant directory Zomato wasn’t the only one interested in devouring Seattle-based Urbanspoon. GeekWire has learned that there were multiple bidders for the IAC-owned property, with other big-name technology and content brands… Read More
Restaurant directory Zomato confirmed its acquisition of Urbanspoon today — marking a significant expansion in the U.S. for the seven-year-old New Delhi, India-based company. The news was first reported by… Read More
Zomato, a fast-growing restaurant directory that operates in more than 130 cities in 20 countries across the globe, has agreed to purchase Seattle-based Urbanspoon in a deal that will help cement… Read More
—Sebastian Thrun, the co-founder of Google X, has left his roles as a Vice President and Fellow at the Mountain View tech giantas of last month. Thrun, who also works as… Read More
Urbanspoon has been telling you where to eat for the past eight years — now it wants to tell you what to eat. In an interview with the company’s newly… Read More
—Eight months after joining Urbanspoon, Keela Robison has been promoted to CEO from SVP and general manager. She is the first to hold the title in several years, following the… Read More
—Keela Robinson, a mobile industry veteran who previously worked at Amazon, WhitePages, RealNetworks and T-Mobile, has been named senior vice president and general manager of Urbanspoon. She most recently served… Read More
Forget about asking your server for a recommendation. The next time you walk into a restaurant, your iPhone may tell you which dishes other diners prefer, thanks to a new… Read More
We heard a few months ago that Urbanspoon was shopping its online restaurant reservation system Rezbook. Now, we’ve learned where that business has landed … in the arms of one… Read More
Google is taking a leaf out of Gordon Ramsay’s playbook and relaunching its Zagat website and mobile apps. In a post on the Official Google Blog, Gannon Hall, a Group… Read More
It’s the end of an era at Urbanspoon, the wildly popular online restaurant recommendation service that was sold to IAC in 2009. Patrick O’Donnell, one of the three Urbanspoon founders,… Read More
Like many couples hitting the town for a bite, Chris Eigner and Devon St. Clair started scrolling through their phones to find a good place to eat. But much to their… Read More
As the assigned restaurant-selector of his travel group, all Suraj Samaranayake wanted to do was find the best places to chow down in San Francisco. He tried using popular review… Read More
CityGrid Media, the parent company of Urbanspoon, Insider Pages, Buzz Labs and Citysearch, announced today that it is cutting 15 percent of its staff in a shift of advertising models… Read More
In the online age, everyone can be a critic. And now, Seattle-based Urbanspoon is letting you release your inner Tom Colicchio via your smartphone. A new app feature, Urbanspoon Guides,… Read More
We know Seattle is a serious food and drink town — and we have the apps for that. Now food-geek fans of the late, great Julia Child can download a… Read More
Urbanspoon, the Seattle-based restaurant locator and reservation service, is rolling out a new feature that will let diners check the immediate availability of tables at restaurants where they want to… Read More
As a parent with an energetic toddler, I sometimes struggle to find restaurants that have the right balance of good food and entertainment when dining with a two-and-a-half year old.… Read More
Urbanspoon is, if you’ll forgive the pun, shaking up its signature iPhone app with a completely new interface and by adding recommendations, filters and maps. The new app available today… Read More
Urbanspoon may be best known for helping folks find new dining experiences, from sushi restaurants in Seattle to steak houses in Kansas City. But a growing component of Urbanspoon’s business… Read More
Urbanspoon scratched and clawed its way to success, driven by the bootstrapping mindset of founders Adam Doppelt, Ethan Lowry and Patrick O’Donnell. The online restaurant directory grew largely through word-of-mouth;… Read More
You’ve heard the stories of the tight labor market, and read about some of the unusual gimmicks (and even cash bounties) companies have rolled out to attract top engineers and… Read More
Just in case you aren’t sharing enough of your lives with your friends already, Facebook last night announced a series of new apps that integrate with Facebook Timeline, from a… Read More
Have you ever wanted to remember that great sushi place in Seattle or the crab bisque you ate at a seafood restaurant in San Fran? Urbanspoon today is rolling out… Read More