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"Looking for your next burrito, slice of pizza or cupcake just got a little easier with an update to AT&amp;T Interactive's YP app. Now in addition to searching for types of restaurants around you, you can look up specific items on the menu.\n\u201CWe believe local is evolving from 'search' to a deeper experience that's helpful in actually making a decision,\u201D says David Williams, VP of Consumer Products at AT&amp;T Interactive. \u201CAdding menu item search  is a simple, yet powerful new option for smartphone users. It empowers them to express what they're looking for and leads them to restaurants offering what they crave.\u201D\nTo do those searches by the dish AT&amp;T Interactive is working with SinglePlatform, which allows restaurants to update their menus instantly on the mobile app, web and even their Facebook page simultaneously.\nYP has an advantage over other restaurant review apps because it is searching the actual menu for a restaurant rather than reviews written by previous restaurant goers. For instance, if someone writes \u201CI wish I had gotten a burrito\u201D in a review on some other sites, then that restaurant and review may show up when searching for burrito. Since YP has the actual menu data, it's searching only for menu items that are currently available \u2013 so you won't wind up at a restaurant that no longer serves what you're interested in, or never served it in the first place. \n\n\u201CThis is the first mobile app to use our restaurant menu content and empower the user to search at the dish level, getting them one step closer to a merchant's doorstep,\u201D says Wiley Cerilli, CEO at SinglePlatform. \u201CWith the YP team, we're making finding food extremely simple and giving restaurants another way to connect with customers hungry for what they have to offer.\u201D\nThe YP app has a database of more than 13 million menu items located across 300,000 restaurants in the U.S. In addition to finding out what's on the menu, you can also check out photos of the business, find business hours, and check out ratings and reviews. You can also search for menu items based on price, and select restaurants by ambiance.\nYou can register for a YP account with Facebook Connect to submit reviews and upload photos of restaurants yourself to the app. YP can also be used to find discounted gas prices and find local coupons.\nThe YP app is available now for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry.\nHave any of you tried the YP app? What do you think about the new menu search feature? Let us know your thoughts in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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