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Track Swine-Flu On Google Maps!
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 | Hack, Mashup, News, google | No Comments
Thanks to a quick mash-up, you can now track the out-break of Swine Flu via Google Maps. AHHHHHHHH it’s getting closer!!
Tracking Twitter – Directory of Brands on Twitter
Friday, March 6th, 2009 | Business, Marketing, Mashup, Tools, Twitter, WebApps | No Comments
Brand management firm ElectricArtists just recently launched Trackingtwitter, a site that tracks media, entertainment and consumer product accounts on the microblogging site.
Trackingtwitter follows Zappos, Whole Foods, Starbucks, Jet Blue and Comcast, among others. It broadcasts the brand category (”sports,” “television,” etc.), the Twitter usernames, number of followers, most recent tweet and any personal notes they may have collected about the account.
New Stock Photography Search Engine – Cyclo.ps!
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 | Mashup, Tools, Utilities, computer graphics, photo-manipulation | 1 Comment
I just came across a pretty cool new site called Cyclops – http://cyclo.ps. It lets you search through six different stock photography sites, all with only one search!
Included in the search so far (and you can select/deselect any of them for each query) are Photos.com, Shutterstock, iStockphoto, Fotolia and BigStockPhoto. The website combines the search results into one cohesive list of images for you to go through. Very convenient and they claim to be working on adding more sites. They’ve also got a blog if you want to see what they’re up to. Check ‘em out!
Sell advertising space on your Twitter account!
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 | Affiliate, Business, Marketing, Mashup, Tools, Twitter | 1 Comment
It was only a matter of time before people started finding ways to monetize Twitter, last week announcing the arrival of a short-url CPC program and this week announcing the arrival of Twittad.
Twittad.com lets you put up your twitter account on their marketplace where advertisers can see the number of folks who are following/followers as well as the price you are asking to allow their products/advertising to be displayed on your twitter page.
If you’re a Twitter user looking for advertising – You get to select the duration that the ads are displayed as well as the price. Anyone interested in purchasing that space will then contact you through twittad.com, giving you the ability to accept or deny the offer.
How does twittad.com make money then?
They get paid a 5% service fee on the total purchase price (minimum of $0.99 cents).
What’s to stop an advertiser from contacting the user directly, skipping twittad altogether?
NOTHING! You’re given the user’s twitter profile, there you have any number of ways of contacting them without twittad even knowing! Email, through their website and even through twitter.
Right now the most expensive twitter account only has 599 Followers/605 Followings. Get this, it’s going for $100!! The highest paid twitter account though is only $25 for an user with a following of 351. I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s one of the developers who purchased the account!
I can’t see how this will last… but it’s an interesting attempt at monetizing Twitter. I give it a week before script-kiddies with auto-generated twitter accounts take-over the site. Good luck.
Atlanta Now Included In Google Maps Street View!
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 | Mashup, News, google, photo-manipulation | No Comments
You read that correctly, apparently Atlanta has been added to Google Maps street view in celebration of their service turning one year old! The above picture is the street-view of The World Of Coke (located downtown) but it has worked well with every other location i’ve thrown at it so far. Go check it out by going to http://maps.google.com and search for an address in Atlanta. Clicking on the street will bring up the box you see above, or select the “street view” link. Live traffic is also up and running so you can also use google maps to check how bad I-20 is before heading out to work.
If you’ve ever wondered about the technology behind Google Maps Street View, here’s a quick diagram taken from Popular Mechanics:
That’s about as basic as it gets, so if the above info-graphic seems like common sense to you and you’d like to know more behind the actual specifications behind the process, checkout this great article on their website. It even includes a ride-along with the google street view truck in action.
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