The "behemoth" public corporation with its "quirky, do-no-evil" corporate philosophy has bought "granny's favorite restaurant guide" Zagat, "the company that invented User Generated Content before their was a management consultancy name for it." Read More
Faced with a host of online competition, restaurant reviews Bible Zagat relaunched its website today with a host of features to make it more accessible to those without a premium subscription. The upgrades include revamped member profiles complete with badges, new entry points to reviews through updated editors' blogs and lists and an Read More
Ryan Charles is head of mobile at Zagat's, pushing the mobile app development and partnerships with Foursquare, Foodspotting and Twitter that have earned the company some headlines for thinking outside the book.
He's also a bit of an app-maker himself. Mr. Charles is launching a new company, called Consmr, which will be a social Read More
From the Department of the Obvious: Zagat released a new survey focused on the use of technology in restaurants which found that most diners don't enjoy it when other patrons are talking on their cell phones.
More than 40,000 people rated restaurants for the 2011 Zagat guide to New York, and 64 percent said texting Read More
In a video posted on YouTube, a pretty young woman with long blond tresses twirls in Times Square at night, phone in hand. She’s staring at the screen, which flashes a compass plotted with nearby restaurants. Scores and distances float above a red dot marking a restaurant’s location. She turns: There’s Bond 45! Turns again: Read More
“While we considered some very attractive options, given our Company’s strong performance and continued momentum, and in light of the current economic climate, we have decided to Read More
Asked “Do you think the recent temporary shuttering of some NYC restaurants for health violations is…?” only 15 percent Read More
Perhaps not coincidentally, New Yorkers are cutting back slightly on nights out per week (2.0) and on their nightly drink intake (3.2), compared to years past, the Read More
