[credit provider=”GeekWire” url=”http://geekwire.com/”] Yahoo has just acquired Propeld, the maker of a local-recommendations app called Alike, according to Alike’s website.TechCrunch, which first reported the deal, speculates that Yahoo will use Alike’s technology to pull data from Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare to recommend nearby businesses.

[credit provider=”Twitter/@Marissamayer” url=”https://twitter.com/marissamayer”] Update: Stamped has written a blog post about its acquisition. We’ve updated the article with information from the founders’ post.Stamped, a mobile app founded by two ex-Googlers, has been acquired by Yahoo.

Last month, Robby Stein and his team of 10 relaunched their mobile app startup, Stamped.

[credit provider=”Shutterstock”] Last week, a mobile app Stamped relaunched. It had a slew of big-name investors behind it, including Justin Bieber, Ryan Seacrest and Ellen DeGeneres.Stamped is an app that lets users bookmark their 100 favourite things across categories like books, music and movies and share them with others.

[credit provider=”Daniel Goodman / Business Insider” url=”http://www.businessinsider.com.au/author/daniel-goodman”] Robby Stein and his team haven’t slept in days. They’ve been pulling all-nighters preparing to launch a second version of their mobile app, Stamped, which went live this morning.Stamped is an app that lets you list all of your favourite things, from books, […]

Justin Bieber recently invested in a New York startup and mobile app, Stamped.

[credit provider=”Daniel Goodman / Business Insider” url=”http://www.businessinsider.com.au/author/daniel-goodman”] Last Spring, Robby Stein and Bart Stein (not related) left their jobs at Google to start a company, Stamped.Stamped received funding from Google Ventures and others to become a mobile app that would make restaurant and small business reviews more social.

Today we grabbed lunch with Robby and Bart Stein. The pair of ex-Googlers (same last name, no relation) founded Stamped last year.Stamped is a mobile app that’s like a more social Yelp. Users can rate places and things and share reviews with friends.