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Confirmed: Schultz and Efrusy to Leave Groupon Board; “Accounting Types” Joining

Kara Swisher in Commerce on April 30 at 12:40 pm PT

Will a shake-up of the board of the daily deals company help its prospects?

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).

OpenTable Investors Queasy After Google-Zagat Meal, Er, Deal

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on September 8, 2011 at 4:06 pm PT

OpenTable’s shares tumbled more than 10 percent during the day, following the announcement that Google was buying local review site Zagat.

Digital Grilled Cheese D9 Poll Results Are In: “The Kara” Edges Out “The Walt”

Kara Swisher in D9 on June 8, 2011 at 2:34 pm PT

Personally, I preferred “The Walt” over “The Kara.” But the attendees of the ninth D: All Things Digital conference seemed to like the grilled cheese sandwich made of “sharp” cheddar over more “experienced” gruyere, courtesy of a new start-up demo called Melt.

You Will Know Jack–Square CEO Dorsey Added to D9 Speaker Lineup

Kara Swisher in D9 on May 24, 2011 at 12:58 pm PT

We’ve added Jack Dorsey, one of Silicon Valley’s hottest entrepreneurs, to the D: All Things Digital conference stage. He’s now busy disrupting the online payments space with his Square start-up, and before that invented a little service called Twitter. Heard of it?

Viral Video: David@Denny's

Kara Swisher in Media on May 9, 2011 at 12:17 am PT

This is a very funny CollegeHumor video series, called “Always Open With Dave Koechner,” a great if unsung comic. It is set at a Denny’s restaurant. Really.

Exclusive: OpenTable CEO Jordan Likely to Head to Silicon Valley VC Firm Andreessen Horowitz

Kara Swisher in News on May 3, 2011 at 10:28 pm PT

Jeff Jordan, the president and CEO of OpenTable who unexpectedly stepped down from his job today at the online restaurant reservation leader, is set to take a job at a major venture firm in Silicon Valley. While Benchmark Capital was a big funder of OpenTable before it went public in 2009, sources said the likeliest home for the well-known Internet player–Jordan has also been a major exec at eBay–is Andreessen Horowitz.

With Jobs Definitely Mulling Appearance at iPad Event, Let's Hope the Focus Is on the Product

Kara Swisher in News on March 1, 2011 at 9:31 am PT

According to several sources close to the situation, Apple CEO Steve Jobs–who is on a health-related leave from the company–is definitely considering an appearance at its big iPad 2 event tomorrow. But the possibility–which would be a big sensation at the San Francisco gathering–is also just as definitely not confirmed as yet, stressed sources. In any case, if he does appear, let’s hope everyone can pay more attention to what bells and whistles the iPad 2 has rather than how his jeans are fitting.

Foodspotting Captures $3M Series A

Liz Gannes in Social on January 10, 2011 at 11:51 am PT

Foodspotting, the maker of visually pleasing apps for recommending particular restaurant dishes, has raised $3 million in a Series A funding round led by BlueRun Ventures, the mobile-focused venture capital firm.