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Order Takeout “Seamlessly” on iPad

Lauren Goode in News on February 28 at 7:00 am PT

Seamless, the popular Web site for placing food takeout and delivery orders, has launched an iPad app after seeing mobile sales increase to more than 25 percent of all transactions, up from 1 percent just two years ago. The free app features slider tabs instead of drop-down menus for selecting cuisines, the option to rate restaurants, and more prominent photos of venues and food items than are currently on the Web site. Seamless operates in 12 U.S. metro areas, including New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Austin; following its acquisition of Menupages, it claims 40,000 restaurant menus in its database. Seamless CEO Jonathan Zabusky says the company plans to launch an Android version of the tablet app sometime this year.

Snapfinger Lets You Peer Inside the Restaurant — From Your Living Room

Lauren Goode in Commerce on December 5, 2011 at 7:19 am PT

Ordering food online can be a crapshoot (although we don’t mean that literally).

So Hot Right Now: Pictures and Ratings of Food

Liz Gannes in Social on December 23, 2010 at 1:38 pm PT

Even the greatest menu in the world has all-star items and dishes that are just blah. A bevy of dedicated apps and recently launched features for existing local apps now enable smartphone users to take pictures of memorable dishes and rate or comment on them. Here’s a sampler.

Converting Songs From AAC to MP3 in ITunes

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on December 1, 2010 at 3:10 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions on iTunes and Norton Antivirus.

Google TV: No Need to Tune In Just Yet

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on November 17, 2010 at 6:07 pm PT

Google TV, the latest attempt to integrate Web video and regular TV, is a bold effort, but it is ultimately too complicated for mainstream use.

BoomTown Clarifies Ron Conway's Clarification of His Super Angel Fit (Plus Bin 38 Menu!)

Kara Swisher in News on September 26, 2010 at 5:13 pm PT

Now comes the backpedaling. Of course. Today, well-known Silicon Valley angel investor Ron Conway sent a missive to his favorite missive publisher, TechCrunch. It was a “clarification” of his earlier “leaked” email to Super Angels in which he lambasted them for a controversial dinner at Bin 38.

AT&T Tethering Option Spotted in Latest iPhone Beta

John Paczkowski in Mobile on May 19, 2010 at 6:00 am PT

It has been nearly a year since Apple announced Internet tethering for the iPhone and it now seems that AT&T may finally be ready to support it. Apple last night released a new beta of the iPhone 4.0 OS that features a “set up tethering” option in the Network Settings menu.

New TiVo Mixes TV and Internet, but Falls Short

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on March 24, 2010 at 6:06 pm PT

The latest TiVo model aims to seamlessly blend programming from conventional TV and the Internet, but it doesn’t go nearly far enough in tapping the Internet.

Announcing the “PLEASE BRING THE SIGNPOST BACK” Facebook Group

John Paczkowski in News on February 5, 2010 at 10:29 am PT

Facebook has given itself (wince) another facelift. In celebration of its sixth birthday, the social networking site has redesigned its homepage and navigation with an eye toward increased usability. Among the improvements: A notification icon that has been changed from a signpost to a globe.

Google’s Nexus One–Now With Multitouch

John Paczkowski in Mobile on February 2, 2010 at 1:04 pm PT

Apple and Google both issued updates to their respective super-smartphones today, Apple rolling out iPhone OS 3.1.3, Google an unnumbered point release to the Nexus One’s software. iPhone OS 3.1.3 is a bit of a yawner, but Google’s Nexus One update is quite meaty, enabling multitouch in a number of the device’s applications.