Facebook relaunched and renamed its Events app — potentially creating a more potent competitor to local event and business listing services such as Yelp. The social networking giant on Friday unveiled ...

It seemed like only a matter of time until Facebook figured out how to kill Yelp and Foursquare. The company's been experimenting around the edges for years: It's offered food ordering within Facebook ...

Facebook’s new feed update has been reported as benefiting local news. But that’s not entirely true. It’s not just news sites that benefit. Any website, including a blog or local business can benefit ...

Facebook announced on Wednesday that is expanding its feature that spreads local news and community information from governments to users based on their geographic location. "Today In," which Facebook ...

Goodbye Facebook Nearby, hello Facebook Local Search. InsideFacebook points out that the company has renamed its mobile app feature “Nearby” as Facebook “local search.” Until late last year, Nearby ...

Bad news for Yelp and good news for nightlife lovers. When you want to go out, it doesn’t necessarily have to be to an event. So to help you discover bars, restaurants, and nearby attractions, ...

A number of Facebook users recently reported seeing a new feature called “Local Market” appearing briefly in their Facebook iPhone app, sometimes in place of the “Messenger” button at the bottom ...

In June, Grimsby resident Joseph Richardson was walking through his local park in East Marsh when he spotted a skip full of books that had been thrown away by the local library. Outraged, and likening ...

As the main search engine of choice for most people, Google dominates with more than 63% market share and holds 95% of mobile searches. But that’s quickly changing as Facebook continues to expand its ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) — Facebook may still be the number one social media platform in the world — by a long shot — but the number of people using Facebook groups is declining. The slide started last ...

Facebook Graph Search: Local Search Ranking Factors Facebook Graph Search could be an important driver of new customers for local businesses as it continue to roll out. This post covers a number of ...