Delivering on its promise to make the real world easier to use, location-sharing startup Foursquare has added the menus of nearly 250,000 U.S. restaurants to its service today. The new menu feature, powered by SinglePlatform, provides members with a detailed look at more than 13 million menu times offered at restaurants, with caloric information and [...]

Being two weeks into the new year, maybe it’s time to stop downloading all those iPhone diet and calorie-tracking apps. It’s time to embrace a good, hearty meal again. And every meal tastes better when it’s free (or really cheap), right? These days, entertainment and going out can be expensive — and we appreciate all [...]

Facebook‘s long-awaited IPO is likely to come in late May, according to a report. Citing “multiple sources,” All Things D reports that the social networking giant will offer shares to the general public during the third week of May… Tweet This Post

I’ve heard like a billion people complain about this recently so here goes: When you’re starving you don’t want to read through thousands of Yelp reviews on your phone or download a random PDF from a terrible restaurant website that’s so slow-load it’s indecipherable… Tweet This Post

EBay’s PayPal unit plans to take on Groupon in early 2012 with a new service that will offer coupons based on users’ buying habits and mobile phone locations. PayPal has partnered with 200 U… Tweet This Post

Yelp has hired Goldman Sachs and Citigroup to lead its $1.5 billion to $2 billion IPO in the first quarter of 2012, according to a report. Yelp is expected to file its prospectus by the end of this year, reports The New York Times, which cites “several people briefed on the situation… Tweet This Post

The iPhone 4S’ Siri integration may be a potential game changer, but she’s not quite the world traveler some of us would like her to be. In fact, it seems she’s as lost outside of US borders as any unprepared tourist… Tweet This Post

Eric Schmidt, Google‘s executive chairman, is likely to mention Facebook, Apple and other competitors outside the search realm as he faces a grilling Wednesday during an antitrust Senate hearing on Capitol Hill, according to a report… Tweet This Post

When it comes to local commerce, the ultimate prize everyone is going after right now is how to close the redemption loop. The redemption loop starts when a consumer sees an ad or an offer for a local merchant, and is completed when the consumer makes a purchase and that purchase can be tracked back [...]

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. While many small business owners have considered offering a group deal, only 10% have actually run one, according to recent research from MerchantCircle… Tweet This Post

User review and search service Yelp is keeping up its brisk growth, and to celebrate that its 20 million reviews, the company created this infographic showing a heat map of all user submissions across the United States… Tweet This Post

A new mobile app for iPhone and Android hopes to make it easy for people to share what they are eating, while rating what food is good — and what dishes to avoid.Nosh.me bills itself as a cross between Foursquare and Yelp… Tweet This Post