Jeff Campbell
01-14-2011, 06:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/google_places_for_iphone_offers_better_finding/' target='_blank'>http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/arti...better_finding/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Google announced Thursday the release of Google Places for iPhone, a combination of Google's Hotspot and Google Maps that you can use to find restaurants (etc.) near you. This standalone app is effectively an effort to out-Yelp Yelp by offering search results that are ranked and affected by your own ratings and the ratings of your friends."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1294968312.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>I use Yelp for most of my recommendations or searches, although for the last couple months I really haven't been out enough to bother. I like that it's integrated with Google Maps but I would expect no less, and it's free and available now <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-places/id406513617?mt=8&partnerId=30&siteID=p8StJ7oxYpg-OcLxYt38ZD0gQu4327dDCg" target="_blank">in iTunes</a>. I plan on using Yelp again but I think I will also give this a go, how about you? What do you use to get your recommendations for restaurants, bars, etc?</p>