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Sep 10
2009

‘Clever Commute’ Now in 5 Cities; Adds Ferries, Buses and Subways

Clever Commute, which aggregates info from commuters on tardy schedules, is now in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington D.C., per an article in USA Today. The service was launched three years ago by Joshua Crandall, a New York City-bound commuter to keep track of NJ Transit info. He initially got five fellow …continue reading »

Categories: Local Search, Mapping, Social Media, Verticals

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Aug 28
2009

Bargain Babe LA: Social Maps for Shopping

Tip sheets on local bargains seem like an obvious local media play. I even sketched one out at dinner with friends last winter. Bargain Babe LA is better than anything I was thinking of. Launched in July by former LA Daily News Reporter Julia Scott, BBLA’s tag line is “daily tips for savvy shoppers.” The …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Local Search, Mapping, Social Media

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Aug 17
2009

MSNBC.com Buys EveryBlock

MSNBC.com, the Seattle-based entity co-owned by Microsoft and NBC, has acquired Everyblock, Adrian Holovaty’s hyperlocal site. The price was apparently for “several million dollars,” per reports. The six person site, an outgrowth of Holovaty’s Chicagocrime.org site, is a leading edge example of “mapping journalism.” It maps street-by-street and neighborhood data and content for wide-ranging categories, …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Local Search, Mapping, Newspapers

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Jul 17
2009

LAT49 Raises $1.5 Million

Lat49, which sells ads on online maps for over 120 websites, including Topix.net, Trails.com and others, announced that it has raised $1.5 million in Series A financing. Participation was lead by PenderFund Capital Management, with further participation from existing investors including Discovery Capital. The site, launched in early 2007, focuses on location specific segments. These …continue reading »

Categories: Local Search, Mapping

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Jul 15
2009

New CEO at HopStop Pushes for Fast Growth

HopStop, which provides public transit routing and schedules, plus walking directions, has brought in new leadership and expects to pursue rapid growth to 200 cities. It is currently in seven markets (or eight, if you count Long Island as a separate market). New CEO Joe Meyer, a former Quigo and eBay executive, was brought in …continue reading »

Categories: Google, HyperLocal, Mapping, Mobile, Newspapers

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Jul 14
2009

Urban Mapping Seeks ‘Incremental Page Views’ to Neighborhood Maps

As noted in the above post, Urban Mapping continues to build out its neighborhoods and compete to license its neighborhood mapping API. It has 80,000 neighborhood maps developed. But it is also focusing on providing additional value with several features that add incremental page views, says CEO and founder Ian White. Relatively new endeavors for …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Mapping, Verticals

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Jul 14
2009

Maponics Adds Zip Code Data to Neighborhood Info

Maponics, a provider of polygonal neighborhood boundary data based on both GIS and sociological data, is launching a suite of services that match the data with zip codes. The Norwich,VT-based company, which has around 30 staffers, says it is now tracking 66,000 neighborhoods in the U.S. and Canada. Customers for Maponics data include Google, Trulia, …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Mapping, Shopping/Transactions, Verticals, Yellow Pages

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