TripAdvisor sets sights on social travel planning with Wanderfly buy

Today there's one less challenger trying to unseat veteran vacation destination TripAdvisor from its digital throne.

There’s a Pinterest for that: A list of niche Pinterest clones

As soon as one startup hits it big, a crop of clones rush to cash in on the excitement. The latest company de jour to mimic is Pinterest, the popular visual-bookmarking site. And, as with Groupon and Airbnb before it, …

6 promising startups spotted at the Launch Festival

There were quite a few interesting companies presenting their ideas at the Launch Festival in San Francisco this week.

These were the startups that struck me. (I only attended the first day of the conference.) For the purposes of this …

Wanderfly re-launches with a Pinterest-inspired travel site

Wanderfly, a travel recommendation search engine, re-launched its service Wednesday with a whole new site. The company is doing away with details like hotel prices and is offering picture-heavy travel guides for cities instead.

Wanderfly’s new site is full of …