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Windows Live Local Gets “Virtual Earth” 3-D Cities
Tomorrow Microsoft will bring dramatic 3-D mapping to the browser window. Windows Live is set to launch photorealistic 3-D imagery for the…
SideStep Buys TravelPost
SideStep acquired TravelPost for a combination of cash and stock. TravelPost will become a wholly owned subsidiary of SideStep. According to the…
Face Found On Google Maps
Philipp Lenssen spotted on Digg a link to Google Maps that shows a face outline in the earth. The coordinated for the…
Google Maps Adds “More Info” Link & Expand/Collapse Result
Philipp Lenssen reports that Google Maps has added a “more info” link on the Google Maps results. If you do a search…
President George Bush Uses Google Maps To Get Away
Justin Uberti of Google linked to a Think Progress video where President George Bush said he uses Google Maps. The transcript reads:…
Grayboxx: A Better Local Search Engine?
I hear lots of claims from startups about how they’ll improve upon or do better than the competition. Most of the time,…
Verizon Announces SuperPages Spin Off, To Be Called “Idearc”
Ending several months of speculation Verizon announced yesterday that its SuperPages unit would be spun off as a separate company, to be…
Google And Palm Launch Maps For Smartphones
I’ll resist the “maps in the palm of your hand” jokes here. But Google and Palm announced the launch of Google Maps…
Cool New Real Estate Tools
The real estate vertical is one of the most interesting online segments for several reasons. Among them are the tools that have…
Will Voice-Enabled Mobile Search Kill Directory Assistance?
Local media research firm The Kelsey Group just forecast “portal-backed wireless voice search [will] reach 1.45 billion queries in 2010″ and cause…