TechTaffy

tech:

taffy

OpenTable Acquires Rezbook

By TechTaffy Desk

UrbanspoonUrbanspoon is partnering with online restaurant reservation provider OpenTable to power reservations on Urbanspoon. OpenTable
 is also acquiring Urbanspoon’s Rezbook reservation system for restaurants.

Matt Roberts (CEO, OpenTable): We’re looking forward to introducing more diners to the convenience of online booking by powering reservations across our more than 20,000 restaurants on the Urbanspoon site and mobile apps. We’re also excited about welcoming Rezbook and its approximately 2,000 restaurant customers to the OpenTable family.

OpenTable seats more than 12 million diners per month via online bookings across more than 28,000 restaurant customers worldwide. In the first quarter of 2013, reservations booked on mobile devices accounted for 36 percent of the 34 million diners OpenTable seated in North America.

Urbanspoon is owned by local advertising business CityGrid, which is part of IAC. Urbanspoon’s website publishes reviews, photos and dining data on restaurants.

[Image courtesy: Urbanspoon]

Just in

Around the web

U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs — NPR

The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own, writes Andrea Hsu. 
AI

The Coca-Cola Company commits $1.1B to Microsoft Cloud and AI partnership

The Coca-Cola Company and Microsoft announced a five-year partnership on Tuesday. As part of the collaboration, Coca-Cola has committed $1.1 billion to Microsoft Cloud and generative AI capabilities. 
Industry

Silicon Labs appoints Radhika Chennakeshavula as CIO

Silicon Labs has appointed Radhika Chennakeshavula as chief information officer.
Around the web

Apple deletes WhatsApp, Threads from China app store on orders from Beijing — CNN

Apple has removed WhatsApp and Threads from its app store in China, following an order from the country’s internet watchdog, writes Juliana Liu.
Industry

Singtel, Vonage partner to integrate Paragon platform

Singtel has announced a partnership with Vonage, a cloud communications company and subsidiary of Ericsson, to help enterprises and telcos innovate and scale their services through Singtel's orchestration platform, Paragon.