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With summer right around the corner, OpenTable , a leading provider of free, real-time online restaurant reservations for diners and reservation and guest management solutions for restaurants, is pleased to announce the 2012 Diners' Choice Award winners for the Top 100 Restaurants for Outdoor Dining in the United States.

There's a silent war being waged throughout Toronto's restaurant scene, and the battle is happening below the guise of that cheery-seeming Saturday dinner reservation for two.

Visitors heading for San Francisco during the first two weeks of June will be pleased to hear they have great timing.

OpenTable, Inc. , a leading provider of free, real-time online restaurant reservations for diners and reservation and guest management solutions for restaurants, today introduced the OpenTable Restaurant Industry Index, a quarterly barometer that tracks the state of the reservation-taking restaurant industry.

Hamish McKenzie over at PandoDaily recently noticed an interesting "glitch" regarding how Google lists its reviews of various places in search.

OpenTable , a service for reserving tables at restaurants, is trading around 0.5% higher for the day.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenTable, Inc. , a leading provider of free, real-time online restaurant reservations for diners and reservation and guest management solutions for restaurants, today announced that OpenTable Chief Executive Officer Matt Roberts will participate in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2012 Global Technology ... (more)

The foursquare Blog just announced that its geolocation service has forged a partnership with OpenTable , the online real-time restaurant reservation platform.

Tripadvisor Inc : Piper Jaffray raised its price target for TripAdvisor after the company reported better than expected Q1 results, but maintains a Neutral rating on the stock due to valuation.

Broadcom Corp. : Deutsche Bank believes Broadcom is positioned for a strong second half of the year following the company's better than expected Q1 results and solid guidance.

The Plumeria Beach House at the Kahala Hotel & Resort was the only Hawaii restaurant to make the list of Open Table's 2012 Diners' Choice Award winners for the Best 100 Restaurants for Brunch in the United States.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenTable, Inc. , a leading provider of free, real-time online restaurant reservations for diners and reservation and guest management solutions for restaurants, today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012.