A Geek in Beantown (Free subscription) | yesterday
(from a friend) 1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die. 2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong. 3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger. 4. There is great need for a sarcasm font. 5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet? [I know how!]...
TREND HUNTER Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
(TrendHunter.com) I’m definitely an advocate of Google Maps--no Mapquest for me--so when I stumbled upon Beste Miray Dogan’s unique Google idea, I couldn’t help but love it. Finding a useful way to utilize the hi-res Google…
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 07/02/2010
Reuters has this from minutes ago : Large explosion reported at power plant in Connecticut WASHINGTON Sun Feb 7, 2010 12:35pm A gas line exploded on Sunday at a power plant in Middletown, Connecticut and local media reported dozens of casualties. The Middletown Press said the explosion was at the Kleen Energy plant. Middletown is 23 miles south of the city of Hartford. The newspaper said on website...
Love the Mac (Free subscription) | 05/02/2010
[ The Dirty's Fresh Dirt ] THE DIRTY ARMY: Nik, I’ve been seeing this new smoking hot chick hanging out with AIM and Mapquest, and I want to know if DA had her story, to be honest I’m what you call on this site a “Trout” at the age of 51. Most consider me wealthy, my three kids are done with college, and now that I’m divorced I’ve been meeting nothing but hot smoking...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 05/02/2010
Nokia's new competitor to the online mapping giants has logged more than 1.4 million downloads in the first week of its launch. The OVI Maps program is one of five services for Nokia's Ovi brand which also include media, music, games and messaging. It is supported by the Navteq geographic information system used by Mercedes-Benz, Mini, and government law enforcement and transport agencies. Nokia executive...
Mortgage News Clips (Free subscription) | 04/02/2010
MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood. Speaking of neighborhoods, in signs of a rebound from very low levels, according to the MBAA, commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations in the fourth quarter of 2009 were 12% higher than they [...]
hard but not (Free subscription) | 01/02/2010
to save on bookmark space in browsers... *) mirror's edge 2d platform game *) sem web triple rank thingy *) worthwhile things with geography *) get chromium *) unity 3d game dev thingy *) AOL mapquest gets streetview-ish *) google maps with time shift-ish view *) gmaps gets perspective *) eye-fi and google picassa *) paywalls will never work? *) NYT charging models? *) TBL on data.gov.uk *) data.gov.uk...
bizjournals (Free subscription) | 01/02/2010
Drivers clutching pages of directions may be the biggest sign of MapQuest’s relevance through the years.
lgstarr (Free subscription) | 29/01/2010
Random Thoughts of the Day: 1) Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong. 2) I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger. 3) There is a great need for a Sarcasm font. 4) How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet? 5) I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries...
Lemondrop (Free subscription) | 28/01/2010
Filed under: Happy Pill This neat little app literally puts your name on the map. We're not even going to ask how Steve at Weather Sealed put together this incredible database of streets with people names, but we love him (and his possible OCD tendencies) for it. A ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
James Fee GIS Blog (Free subscription) | 27/01/2010
One thing that has become crystal clear is the preferred method of having a mapping application on the iPhone and by extension the new iPad is to create a native iPhone/iPad app. That said, the noise sometimes causes people to miss some great web mapping app (as native web apps). I’ve looked into using SVG [...] Related posts: Using SVG to Create Interactive Maps on the Apple iPhone Adding Touch...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 27/01/2010
AUSTIN, TX (MARKET WIRE) New technology has been introduced that facilitates the leasing and rental of residential rental homes and apartments online. NationwideRentalHomes.com, an Internet directory service for US-based rental properties, has layered its national property database over the MapQuest street view application. Tenants' advanced search results are now tacked to their addresses on the MapQuest...
Alamo City Pundit (Free subscription) | 26/01/2010
From Facebook: Date: Friday, January 29, 2010 Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm Location: Fatso’s Street: 15630 Henderson Pass City/Town: San Antonio, TX View Map Google MapQuest Microsoft Yahoo The San Antonio 912 Project will be hosting a watch party to view the second Texas Gubernatorial debate of the primary season which will be broadcast live on KENS 5 at 7pm. This debate will include Governor...
Telecompaper (Free subscription) | 25/01/2010
(Telecompaper) US cable operator Charter Communications has promoted Michael J Lovett, currently the executive vice president and chief operating officer, to the position of interim president and chief executive officer. Lovett has replaced Neil Smit, who is joining US cable network operator Comcast as president. Smit's resignation as CEO is effective 28 February. Smit will be responsible for all business...
geo2web.com (Free subscription) | 24/01/2010
The Silverlight version of Bing Maps is out of beta , and will become the default over time; those averse to installing Silverlight can still use the default AJAX version. Previously: Bing, Google and MapQuest Add Each Other’s Features . Bing Maps Silverlight Out of Beta first appeared on The Map Room: A Weblog About Maps on January 24, 2010. Copyright © 2010 Jonathan Crowe. Distributed...
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