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San Francisco's Map in 1853 Thanks to Pastmapper

This is a ridiculously cool and unique usage of Google Maps’ API. Developer Brad Thompson aims to launch a platform where you can not only see what city blocks looked…

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Massive Google Earth Display Sports 48 Screens

While we’ve known for quite some time that the Earth isn’t flat, it doesn’t make this display any less impressive. In 2009, Google debuted a technology called “Liquid Galaxy” that…

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Lonely Planet's Guide to NYC Goes Free Until The 15th

If you’re traveling during the holidays, perhaps New York City is one of your destinations. Sporting some of the greatest holiday displays, the city is the premiere shopping mecca of…

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Google Maps Add 3D Views For Major Cities

If you’re planning a trip to Las Vegas and want to get a real feel for what it’ll be like once you’re there, Google Maps is bringing more dimensions to…

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Google Announces 'Schemer', a New Location Service

It’s been a busy day in tech, with Twitter, Facebook, and Google all getting into the act of launching new products and features. It’s the busiest December we can remember….

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Whim Is Way Less Formal Than A Facebook Event

Most of Facebook’s event functionality focuses on choosing a day and time for an event. The second step is adding all of the people you’d like to come. It’s pretty…

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New Version of the Color App is Live

If you haven’t heard, Color has been working on a new version of its app for the past six months. I reviewed what the company has come up with, and…

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TruxMap Shows You Where The Food Trucks Are

If you’re not familiar with what a food truck is, allow me to school you a bit. Food trucks have become a phenomenon all over the United States, with each…

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TripsQ Tells You How Many Foursquare Miles You've Traveled

If you religiously check-in using foursquare whenever you travel, the app TripsQ will pull all of that information together to tell you just how much you’ve actually traveled. The data…

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Gowalla Confirms Facebook Acquisition

We reported last week that social check-in and travel journal company Gowalla was acquired by social networking titan Facebook. Today, the company confirmed the acquisition in a blog post. One…

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Rentmix Helps You Find Houses To Rent

We’re all familiar with services like AirBnB which list homes that are available for short-term rentals. If you’re in town for a weekend or even longer, sometimes it’s cheaper to…

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Here's How To Delete Your Gowalla Account

Gowalla doesn’t hide the ability to delete your account, but they don’t necessarily make it obvious either. We’ve learned today that the social networking behemoth Facebook has purchased Gowalla, the…

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Google Flight Search Now Front And Center

In September, Google announced its “Flight Search” product. The service let you search for available flights by clicking “Flights” on the left hand side of Google search results. Flight Search…

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Beautiful Google Maps Promo For The Peugeot RCZ

The best advertisements are the ones that are so cool you don’t even care if you’re being advertised to. This Peugeot RCZ promotion is one that does a brilliant job…

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Yipit Secretly Tests its New Foursquare Integration

We’ve just received a sweet tip about one of New York City’s most successful daily deals services. Yipit is about to get social, and even more local. In February 2010,…