September 29, 2008
· Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo
After years of telling people that Google Maps is superior to MapQuest, the facts have finally come out. According to TechCrunch, industry analyst firm Cowen & Co. have released results that Google Maps is way ahead of Yahoo! Maps, MapQuest and Live Search (Microsoft) Maps. Cowen & Co. describe it as simply a matter of not having the resources to beat Google at the cartography game, direct quote below:
“Since our initial survey in July 2007, innovation at (AOL’s) MapQuest and Yahoo Maps has stagnated,” and although Microsoft has improved Live Search Maps, it remains the least popular of the four top services, said Cowen and Co. “Yahoo and MapQuest do not have the resources to keep pace and are forced to aggressively monetize a declining franchise in the maps segment.”
Here’s to everyone who told me MapQuest is “easier to use and gives faster times.”
September 29, 2008
· Filed under Google, Linux, Programming · Tagged Chrome, Firefox, Linux, Wine
Now, before the title gets you all excited about the release of Chrome for the Linux platform (which hopefully comes soon); this is more or less a CrossOver application with the intermediary being Wine. Although a Linux version is in the works, it is far from being ready to be tested. I suppose it goes without saying that this isn’t very stable and is prone to error, I myself have not tried this as of yet. You can find out the steps of doing this here. Like I said, I have yet to try this, but LinuxHaxors provided a nice screenshot of it that you see below. Can’t wait till Chrome comes out for OS X, but I would hate to part with FireFox!
Chrome running on Linux via Wine
September 29, 2008
· Filed under Web 2.0 · Tagged Flickr, Idee, Yahoo
The team over at Idée Labs have created a cool little utility that allows you to search all of Flickr by simply different hues of color! Sounds like a simple algorithm (well, relatively), but it is really cool nonetheless. I’m honestly not sure when you’ll look for certain color images (?) but its cool, I’ll give them that! Maybe Yahoo can use this to look for more purple things… They do own Flickr.
