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Tapl.io brings every restaurant review site to the table with its browser extension

You could call me a foodie. I judge restaurants by their menu design, I never pass up fresh oysters and Michelin star restaurants turn me on. In New York City, we have hundreds of excellent spots to choose from on any given night. It’s overwhelming! So first, I check out Dinevore to discover new restaurants, then Yelp to check location and reviews. If it seems good, I stop by MenuPages to browse their apps, then Google Maps to grab the location and OpenTable to make a reservation....

Taptu delivers the news. A lot.

Taptuis another entry into the magazine-style social news reader apps available for the iPad, and while it does present itself in a unique way as compared to similar apps, it just doesn’t offer a compelling enough reason for many to switch from, sayFlipboard,Pulseor even stray too far another new entry in the space,News.me(although the last example isn’t free, whereas the others are). But if you’re really, really into news…then Taptu might be just the app you’re looking for....

Tariq Krim from Jolicloud tells us why innovation is being stifled in France

Speaking atThe Inspire Conferencetoday wasTariq Krim, founder ofJolicloud, a personal cloud computing portal. He is also the founder ofNetvibes, a personal dashboard for users to monitor their favorite blogs and social networks. The serial entrepreneur and angel investor has been recognized by MIT Technology Review as one of the world’s “Top Innovators Under 35” (2008), and by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader. More recently, Krim was honored by the President of France as Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres....

TaskRabbit goes mobile! And it’s in NYC, which is awesome.

Often times I ask myself if technology is really helping us. I’m not suggesting it’s not beneficial. It’s making us super human beings! And I’m sure you have days when you feel like a 56K modem in a broadband world. The San Francisco based companyTaskRabbitwants to bring you up to speed. TaskRabbit is a two-way marketplace that connects ‘TaskPosters,’ people who need help, with ‘TaskRabbits,’ a network of pre-approved and background checked individuals, who have the time and skills needed to complete the listed task....

TaskRabbit makes outsourcing your personal tasks a breeze.

Not everyone can afford a maid or a full time assistant. But most of us have certain tasks that we would pay for others to do, either because we don’t like it or because we can’t do it. TaskRabbitis a service that allows you to outsource your personal tasks. It was founded in Boston by husband and wife teamLeah and Kevinwith the help of their dogKobe. Calling all Scaleup founders! Join the Soonicorn Summit on November 28 in Amsterdam....