The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
By nature, I am a highly verbal, nonvisual person. I learn best by reading books or listening to lectures. I rarely benefit from looking at tables, charts, pictures, and the like. I’m the kind of guy who can’t drive to an unfamiliar destination without a detailed mapquest itinerary telling me exactly which turns to take; [...]
GigaOM (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
As AOL lays off a third of its work force as it prepares to go independent, it’s looking to drop its ICQ and MapQuest units, according to reports by Kara Swisher. But with the deluge of information hitting web users these days, location and presence are two of the most promising ways to parse the [...]
Cnet (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Purchasers of the mapping and directions service are likely to be other mapping giants, such as Microsoft, sources say
BoomTown (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Yesterday, BoomTown wrote about AOL's efforts--including hiring investment bankers--to sell its ICQ instant-messaging unit. But that's probably not going to be the end of the shedding of assets at the online site. In fact, according to sources inside and outside AOL, one of the next candidates for sale could be its MapQuest online map service.
Crave RSS (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Quick writeup on the performance and features of the MapQuest Navigator and Gokivo Navigator applications for GPS iPhones. Originally posted at iPhone Atlas
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
strong><span class="subhead">Today's problem</span></strong> After getting Mapquest directions to reach Ewing Street from U.S. 40, Estella Boyd of Kansas City drove around for an hour without ever seeing a sign for Ewing.
SeekingAlpha Media Stocks (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Steve Alexander submits: Time Warner ( TWX ) is one of the largest media conglomerates in the world, with four distinct operating units. Cable Networks is the largest portion of the company, driving about half of operating earnings. This unit runs some of the most widely distributed and largest audience channels in cable, including TBS, TNT, CNN, and HBO. AOL, representing just under a quarter of...
Pocket-lint (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
But Swedish upstart Spotify is gaining fast A survey of 2000 internet users in the UK from GfK NOP has found that iTunes still remains by far the most popular music service, but that new entrant Spotify is shooting rapidly up the charts, despite having only just celebrated its 1st birthday . The survey asked participants which music services they used, and 11% said Spotify. That puts it in fourth...
WOW Insider (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Looks like the newly-renamed Dungeon Finder isn't the only new UI feature we have to look forward to in Patch 3.3 -- Blizzard just released an official preview of its new Quest Tracking feature, and it looks great. It seems to have a number of the features that ZorbaTHut's great QuestHelper addon does, which follows Blizzard's pattern of poaching the best third-party UIs for use in the stock UI. Our...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Google's quest to map and photograph the entire world has been stopped in its tracks by a country not usually associated with confrontation.
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Want to know how far it is from the eastern end of Interstate 40 in North Carolina to the western end in California? You'll have to punch it into your GPS or try MapQuest.
Download Squad (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Filed under: Microsoft , Search Microsoft's Bing search engine is still pretty new. It just launched this summer. But the company is giving the site a minor facelift which includes improved local search results and a deal with Wolfram Alpha that allows Bing to answer some complex questions about math and health-related information. It looks like the new features are coming in a phased rollout, because...
James Fee GIS Blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Microsoft finally has added draggable routes to their Bing Maps service. ‘Bout time guys since Google has had it for over 2 years. That said I’ve been using Bing Maps more lately because I don’t trust the Google Maps layers (great API, horrible data). Is anyone going to host a Bing Maps Party? Related posts:Huge Bing [...] Related posts: Huge Bing Maps Worldwide Update Bing Maps for...
Mike Ormond's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Where: Microsoft Offices, Reading, UK When: 25 th November 2009 from 9.30 Event Overview The Bing Maps Platform brings location data to life by making it easier to visualise, understand and analyse. It’s already being used by thousands of governments, companies and organisations worldwide. This developer focused event will show you how to build well performing and visually engaging web mapping...
All Points Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
AOL acquired hyperlocal news site Patch in the spring. This week it swapped out the previous mapping tool, Google Maps, for an OpenStreetMap-based solution. Business Insider suggests is further evidence that AOL management is not that interested in t... Read more
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sonupt5@gmail.com | 08/12/2009
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