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Google Pulls the Plug on Maps Click-to-Call

Update: Some time after I made this post it appears the feature is available again, apparently with no more safeguards than before.
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Just days after launching their click-to-call service, Google has pulled the plug … most likely due to the high amounts of prank calling people have used it for. This is something Google probably never […]

KnowNow and WordPress Partner Up

Read on TechCrunch today about the partnership between Wordpress maker Automattic and RSS vendor KnowHow.
Check out a clip here:
Automattic, the business end of blogging software WordPress, and enterprise RSS vendor KnowNow have announced a partnership that’s all the talk of the blogosphere. The two companies will offer a joint product that blogs and reads feeds […]

Yahoo seeking geek credibility

CNET’s news.com posted a story today on how “never before have small friends been so important to big companies” and how “with more applications moving to the Web, the venerable online company is stepping up efforts to reach outside developers.”
We’ve quoted some of the story below:
Yahoo, best known as an Internet portal welcoming millions of […]

Google Page Creator Adds 3 New Features

Google announced that Google Page Creator has released 3 new features to make amature web page developement easier than ever.
Image Editing- Now fix any image without having to use an external program or re-uploading it.

Multiple Sites- This used to be available for those with Experimental Features enabled. Now it’s back for everybody, decreasing the ability […]

Announcing Click to call in Google Maps

Google announces it’s Click to call feature on Google Maps - from their official blog below: - if you catch this link quickly you’ll see the mistake by their editor in the second paragraph - “[insert link of live example]” - oops, forgot to take that out!
“Last week, I was trying to buy blue lightbulbs […]

Microsoft Virtual Earth - Now in 3D WITH Billboards

TechCrunch reported today that …
Microsoft is unveiling its integration of detailed 3D imagery into its Virtual Earth this afternoon (see Live.com). US users with Vista-ready Windows computers and IE 6 or 7 will be able to navigate through an aerial view of 15 select cities with enough detail to discern the texture of buildings […]