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1 Signal Map Compares Cell Providers In Your Area
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2 Scope Out Your Facebook Friends' Locations on Google Maps
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3 Find the Distance Between Two Points With a Google Mashup
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4 Site Combines Google Maps And Craigslist
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5 Planning A Vacation? Take Virtual Video Trip First
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6 Website Of The Day: Flickrvision
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7 What Mashup Site Would You Love?
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8 Website Of The Day: Fast Food Maps
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9 New Seven Wonders Of The World Google/YouTube Mashup
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10 Geek Tip: Check Out YouTube Videos on a Timeline
Health
11 Track the Swine Flu Outbreak on Google Maps
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12 Geek Tip: Coordinate Time Zones With Tinyti.me
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13 Website of the Day: HousingMaps
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14 Website of the Day: Crime Reports
Feeling a little antsy while wondering through your 'hood? Moving to a new location and wonder what the crime rates are? You could go sifting through public record like they did in the olden days, but with this Google Map mashup called Crime Reports, all you have to do is enter your zip code, and Crime Reports will spit out all the reported criminal activity — including assault, robbery, theft, Read more
When you use Google Maps, the distance you're getting from point A to B is in driving, walking, or public transportation terms. But, if you just need to find the distance between two points on a map, then check out this cool Google Map mashup: Distance From To. It works just like Google Maps where you put in your starting and ending point, and gives you exact distance in kilometers and miles, but Read more
This might be one of the most inappropriate Caturdays in recent memory, but a franchise like Happy Caturday needs something different every once in a while to keep fresh, no? Some joker wanted to prove that everything is made cheerier by our light blue polyester outfitted Keyboard Cat — even the scariest scenes from Stanley Kubrick's The Shining! Hmmm . . . the jury's out on this one. Read more
If you're house hunting, Craigslist can be a great resource for finding a sweet rental property. But once you're inside Craigslist, you usually have to click around Google Maps to find the whereabouts of online listings. Not anymore! Because a site called HousingMaps is a mashup of Craigslist and Google Maps — showing you listings on the right side (which you can click on for the actual Read more
If you needed proof that soundtracks help determine how you watch a scene in a movie or television show, look no further than this remixed Diff'rent Strokes theme song. In place of its banal but chipper song is something straight out of a horror film. Come to think of it — Diff'rent Strokes was a pretty weird show. Read more
It's not every day a Facebook app catches my eye, but because I have friends from all over the world, I knew Map Motive would be something I might find useful. I saw this app on Digital Inspiration, and what's great about it is that if you're planning on doing some traveling and you're wondering if you're going to know anyone at your destination, Map Motive will instantly show you on a Google Map Read more
If you coordinate meetings for different time zones (say if you're in Chicago, and you're setting up a phone conference for others in Paris), you could try to convert the time zones on your own, but why do that when you can use Tinyti.me, and have it all done for you? Just enter the time you want your video conference or phone call to start, add a quick description, and you'll be rewarded with a Read more
Unless you've been living a tech-free existence for the past week, then you've probably been hearing a lot about the swine influenza A virus. The outbreak has already taken 149 lives in Mexico and more confirmed cases have been reported in other parts of the US. On Twitter, the topic is already receiving over 10,000 Tweets Per Hour as people micro-blog their concerns and questions about the Read more
I read about President Obama answering more questions from the nonmainstream media, but I had no idea how far nonmainstream he was going. Of course, infomercial king Billy Mays here has some faaan-tastic products for the beleaguered prez. . . Get Flash to see this player. var so2987430 = new Read more
The Internet can provide a wealth of knowledge these days, but sometimes I find that the news can get a little jumbled. Like searching YouTube for videos relating to the presidential election — although you can sort by when videos were uploaded (today, this week, or this month) things are still out of order and shown by how many views, not by latest video uploaded. I want up-to-the-minute Read more
