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Reuters Why is the Israeli mobile GPS startup drawing acquisition prices as high as Instagram and Tumblr?
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Chicago's Secrets, Revealed Through User-Friendly Apps
The Open City group turns government data into apps on crime, snow plows, even lobbying efforts.
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Can You Build a Tech Ecosystem in a City with a Huge Digital Divide?
Access for all was one of the hot topics at The Atlantic's Start-Up City: Miami conference.
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Maps
Watch a Map of Lost Productivity (Otherwise Known as Tweeting)
All the tweets in the world glimmer in this entrancing visualization of real-time tweets.
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How Does a City Known for Art and Design Turn Itself Into a Tech Hub?
Miami tries to figure that out.
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Maps
NASA Satellite Spots Foul Pollution Trails Over Shipping Lanes
Thick trails of lung-damaging nitrogen dioxide stretch from ports in China, India and the Middle East, and fume off of coastal cities worldwide.
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Photos
Watch from Space as the Blizzard Eats New England
Meanwhile on the ground, there are automotive pile-ups, white-out conditions and reports of ferocious thundersnow.
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Maps
How the Internet Reinforces Inequality in the Real World
What happens to a community with no "digital shadow" on the web?
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Imagining a Drone-Proof City
A sci-fi riff on Middle Eastern building traditions.
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Wikipedia Nearby Is Basically a List of Interesting Things Near You
The fruits of Wikimedia's new GeoData extension.
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Skydiving Accessory of the Day: A Folding Bicycle for the Extreme Sports Enthusiast
Sweet.
