http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:30:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/mercedes-benz-facebook-car.html Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:09:15 +0000 Update your status, find friends, browse restaurant reviews, and run a web search all from the comfort of the front seat.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/bmw-drivers-can-now-yelp-in-their-cars.html Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:26:24 +0000 Owners of the newer models can now access the review site straight from their vehicle dashboards.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/chain-stores-revenue-affected-by-yelp-reviews.html Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:30:09 +0000 According to Michael Luca, more reviews on independent stores can decrease profits for chains. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/psfk-asks-the-purplelist-what-is-your-favorite-travel-app.html Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:41:17 +0000 From entertainment and food to hotels and maps, PSFK's PurpleList members give their favorite travel apps.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/social-media-network-to-help-you-meet-the-neighbors.html Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:28:48 +0000 Nextdoor will not only help you to build ties in your community but also to build your business network.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/foursquare-founder-our-drive-to-a-mainstream-audience.html Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:08:50 +0000 Dennis Crowley speaks to PSFK about getting friends to meet up even when they're driving their cars.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/text-enabled-scavenger-hunt-offers-a-novel-way-to-explore-your-cit.html Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:00:49 +0000 PSFK spoke about the Future Of Gaming with the founder of Stray Boots, a company that offers interactive, cell phone-guided tours.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/springwise-tomtom-navigation-device-will-include-real-time-tripadvisor-reviews.html Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:20:59 +0000 The newest TomTom GPS offers real-time reviews from several different apps to help users choose restaurants and hotels along the way.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/iphone-app-predicts-what-youll-love.html Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:10:35 +0000 A sophisticated app recommends new places to dine and enjoy, based on your favorite haunts.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/yelp-lets-you-choose-restaurants-based-on-their-hipster-quotient.html Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:49:53 +0000 The popular website now allows you to classify restaurants based on their patrons to provide more accurate feedback to users.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/crowdbeacon-when-quora-meets-yelp.html Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:44:32 +0000 A location-based Q&A application searches Foursquare, Yelp and Wishpond - and lets individuals and businesses respond to your search with real-time recommendations.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/machine-code-challenges-amazons-mechanical-turkers.html Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:52:01 +0000 A recent experiment asks: who's better - "the crowd," or the computer?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/design-thinking-overhauls-exhausted-online-travel-experience.html Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:41:15 +0000 Wanderfly aims to bring the recommendation engine experience to online travel transactions.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/community-creativity-in-miami.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:45:01 +0000 PSFK SALON MIAMI speaker Maria Argüello of Yelp shares her thoughts on creative happenings developing in the Miami area.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/video-psfk-salon-ny-how-technology-is-changing-retail-and-marketing.html Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:26:24 +0000 Watch our recent panel discussion featuring Ashley Granata, co-founder of Fashism, Sam Feuer, creator of FastMall and Leighann Farrelly, Community Manager at Yelp.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/this-week-in-design-car-designers-camera-the-sleepover-office-a-satellite-delivery-room.html Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:53:49 +0000 PSFK curates the latest design ideas and stories you shouldn’t miss from the past week.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/topguest-the-standard-team-up-to-offer-geolocation-reward-points.html Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:51:49 +0000 The innovative hotel chain is teaming up with a new player in the social and location-based marketing space.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/yelps-secret-augmented-reality-tool.html Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:47:29 +0000 Gizmodo reports that the Yelp iPhone app has a special Easter egg program hidden inside of it. Named Monocle, it’s an augmented reality app that is only accessible by shaking the device three times. After the AR feature is unlocked, icons of Yelp-reviewed establishments will begin to pop-up on your screen, showing locations, ratings, and reviews for restaurants in your surrounding area. Gearlive has a video demo: [via Gizmodo]]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/yelp-allows-businesses-to-talk-back.html Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:40:25 +0000 Yelp, the popular community sourced review site, has announced that it will finally allow businesses a public voice on their forums. Prior to this reversal, companies were left with few ways to respond to negative reviews – they could either contact reviewers privately or in the case of one San Francisco pizza shop, showcase their bad reviews on employee t-shirts in a bit of ironic marketing – both of which fell short of addressing the public at large. Yelp co-founder Jeremy Stoppelman looked upon this previous stance as a means of protecting the consumer’s point of view, but as the site’sRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/scanwiches-look-before-you-bite.html Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:48:23 +0000 Given the recession, it’s more important than ever to know exactly what you’re getting before you buy, especially when it comes to the crucial decision of what we’re going to eat today. Our individual choices might have the power to simultaneously drive the economy and ourselves, how many times have we ordered from a menu – perhaps swayed by an expertly snapped photo depicting the perfect meal – only to be disappointed by the end result? And while myriad examples of online review sites like Yelp! and Urbanspoon now provide us with greater access to information on restaurants, they often requireRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/wearing-1-star-yelp-reviews-proudly.html Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:22:21 +0000 In a humorous display of the interplay between the digital realms and real life, Pizzeria Delfina in San Francisco has started outfitting its staff with t-shirts bearing quotes from some of their “best” 1-Star Yelp reviews. The move is interesting for a number of reasons, but in particular because it points to a real understanding of how much these reviews mean to businesses nowadays. Social media platforms that provide peer-to-peer reviews have at least caught up with, if not surpassed, the once powerful sway held almost exclusively by the classic expert reviewer. And while this new methodology may offer aRead more...]]>