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+ - Minnesota Bridge Tragedy Uses Interent to Share-> 0

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on Thursday August 02, 2007 @05:13PM

gavinpquinn writes "This gentleman shared his story almost immediately after the Minnesota Bridge Tragedy. Using a camera phone, as he was passing by, he took pictures of something he could hardly believe. Using today's most cutting edge tools he shares his experience. http://www.grapheety.com/?story=1029"
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+ - Google Buying Geotagging site Panoramio->

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on Thursday May 31, 2007 @05:04PM

gavinpquinn writes "Google is at it again, purchasing Panoramio, a geo-tagging service for photographs. They have had a partnership with Google Earth for the past year and have seen tremendous growth since then. Google has finally agreed to purchase Panoramio for an undisclosed amount. How will this affect competition — http://www.flagr.com/ http://www.flickr.com/maps/, and http://www.grapheety.com/ ? Google announced recently they were looking to do more M & A in the Geotagging area looking for high quality teams of people."
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+ - Google releases new maps competitor

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on Thursday April 05, 2007 @11:38AM

gavinpquinn writes "I can't believe no one posted this yet. Google released a new mapping feature for creating your own custom maps with pictures and movies (Picasso). This will probably compete with http://flickr.com/map.

Although I think the new application is mysteriously similar to http://www.grapheety.com. Noting the public/private, ability to add pictures, movies, etc.

Looks like the Geoblogging area is really starting to heat up."

+ - How do you waste time at work?

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on Monday January 22, 2007 @05:41PM

gavinpquinn writes "What are the best games to waste time at work? They have to be quick, easy to hide, and take a LOT of time. I like the treasure hunts on Grapheety personally. A map where they put real treasures on it with clues, and you just find a prize. My buddy won an iPod already. I was really close. But what else have people done? I think 90% of people have a little extra time, and there's only so much news you can read."

+ - Have you had your ideas stolen by Microsoft?

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on Wednesday January 03, 2007 @11:40AM

gavinpquinn writes "Microsoft is doing so much development, you often wonder when they come out with a new concept, have they stolen it from another startup without the deep pockets for advertising?

Could Apple, Google, and all the big players be doing the same thing? What are the rights of these start-ups that may not have patents or patent attorneys and 10 billion dollar advertising budget? Microsoft just recently launched this application on MSN http://fordedge.msn.com/Experience.aspx?GT1=8938. Essentially a way to tag a map with peoples own content. However, this looks surprisingly like http://grapheety.com! A site that is a startup but has the exact same concept.

I just wonder how many other people have seen this same thing?"

+ - Grapheety Release with Treasure Hunt for iPod Nano

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on Monday December 18, 2006 @05:01PM

gavinpquinn writes "http://www.grapheety.com/ has just released a new version of their up and coming geo-blogging software. It looks to be competing with the likes of flickr.com/map and panaramio. To kick off their release, they are giving away an iPod Nano, no strings attached, to the first to find it in the treasure hunt."