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So, you’re stuck using ActionScript in Flex so you can produce Flash applications. You’re all excited about the Bing Maps Silverlight Control , but are getting some directive that requires you to use Flash; but, man, you really love Bing Maps . No problemo. The Bing Maps Platform team has...

Picture the Impossible is a community-based game developed jointly by the Lab for Social Computing at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. The game engages members of the community in exploration of the City of Rochester, and encourages both creativity and...

Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters? When will they get a web site? I hate calling people now; but, I’m anti-social like that. Ah, but when the lights go out there is a web site for you to log in to for reporting the problem to your local utility – StreetLightOutages.com . Built by iFactor Consulting...

I recently wrote a post discussing the advertising opportunities on Live Search Maps . Well, it turns out there's a player in town ready to take up the opportunity to provide map-based advertising (aka mapvertising) and make YOU some money for your mapping applications! The guys over at Lat49 have created...

Virtual Sweden (not related to Virtual Earth) has launched Microsoft Virtual Earth into their web site highlighting different points of interest around the Nordic country. The map interface is pretty straightforward with orange pins representing points of interest on the map. And, greatly enough, we...

I just joined Facebook. This is after a long, nightmarish experience of "friends" on MySpace forced me to delete my account (3 times) and depart from social networking sites altogether; however, I'm healed and recovered and now move forward with a Facebook account (don't be offended if you...