Tag Archives: yahoo

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Sep 11

Farewell Yahoo! Maps API, Hello Nokia Maps API

Posted on 5th September 2011 by Gary

Yahoo’s JavaScript and AJAX API was the first mapping API I ever used and it now seems hard to remember when Yahoo’s API offerings were the dominant player, always iterating and innovating. The Yahoo! API set formed and continued to … Continue reading →

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05
Jun 11

The Non Golden Rules of Geo (Redux)

Posted on 5th June 2011 by Gary

Back when I used to work for Yahoo! I wrote a lot of posts for the Geo Technologies blog; for reasons partially explained in my last post, that blog is now offline, presumed dead. But one post that seems to … Continue reading →

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04
Jun 11

The Opposite Of Geolocation Is … Relocation?

Posted on 4th June 2011 by Gary

First a disclaimer; there’s one elsewhere on this blog but this post merits another. I used to work for Yahoo! as part of the Geo Technologies group. I now work for Nokia as part of their Location group. The opinions … Continue reading →

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04
May 11

Will The New Delicious Still Be … Delicious?

Posted on 4th May 2011 by Gary

Delicious is dead! Long live Delicious. Like a lot of Delicious users, I recently received a mail urging me to authorise the transfer of my Delicious account and bookmarks to the new service once ownership transfers from Yahoo! to AVOS. … Continue reading →

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Aug 10

Facebook Places; Haven’t We Been Here Before?

Posted on 31st August 2010 by Gary

A week and a half ago Facebook finally launched their Places feature to a predictable media furore over location privacy, regardless of whether it’s justified or not and, to location industry watchers at least, a strong sense of deja vu. … Continue reading →

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