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For a considerable time, Google management has insisted that the company is not in the media business.

Google is in talks to acquire Yelp Inc, an Internet local search and review provider, according to published reports.

Techcrunch reports that Google [GOOG] is about to acquire Yelp, the local restaurant and store reviews site for as much as $500 million.

Google Inc. is reportedly in advanced talks to buy the Yelp online reviews business.

Now that Hertz has their cars smelling so fresh and so clean , they've moved elsewhere to set themselves apart from the rental car competitors.

The field is yours, Sprinklesmobile. Eater SF is reporting that the Sprinklesmobile cupcake truck will part at Justin Herman Plaza again tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., followed by stops at Twitter headquarters at 2 p.m. and Yelp headquarters at 3 p.m. All proceeds go to the San Francisco Food Bank.

At heart, are dogs as unpleasant as human beings? The question pummels at my sinews today because an iPhone app of unusual enlightenment has been brought to my attention.

Frequent Yelp users will be pleased to see a Yelp for Android app take its place in the Android Market on Monday.

New York is a melting pot for ethnic food, but West Coast students will cite a lack of authentic Mexican taquerias as the exception to this rule.

In a wide-ranging interview this afternoon at ILM:09, ILM Program Director and conference chair Matt Booth tried several times to pin the Yelp COO, Geoff Donaker to the mat.

FlavorPill provides a local gateway to a number of cities including New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and London, and they are hosting a competition to foster some fresh ideas on how your neighbourhood should look.

Today, if you want to find out more about that new little trattoria around the corner or an exhibit at your local museum, you have to go online and track down its Web site or reviews on Yelp.

Jeremy Stoppelman and Russel Simmons, co-founders of Yelp, have made it easier for consumers to be heard.

For reviews of most businesses, therea s Yelp . But once you pass beyond that magical threshold known as the airline check-in counter, you enter a bustling world of commerce not typically covered by Web sites.

Thumbtack.com's promise is to connect local businesses to consumers, online. While Craigslist.org and Yelp.com amongst others provide a similar service, nobody has quite nailed it like Thumbtack.

Controlling everything on the Internet is not enough for Google . The Silicon Valley giant now wants to take a bite out of Zagat and Yelp.

Fresh air meets yoga at Purusha's Saturday morning class in Golden Gate Park. www.purushayoga.org The Purusha Seva Project is a San Francisco-based non-profit dedicated to bringing the benefits of classic Hatha Yoga to at-risk populations in the community.

Thomas Mancini of Wood-Ridge dislikes chain restaurants and wanted to help others find independently owned places to eat.

Now, a Reagan app for iPhone Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer You've loaded up your iPhone with Yelp for restaurants and Shazam for music.

Look what we found on Flickr : Photos from Yelp's holidays party! The photos we found are from Yelp San Diego's "HolidayS" party -- thrown by Yelp for employees and users.