Could Kevin Rose be latest convert from info tech to cleantech? In a recent video blog post, the Digg founder fleshed out an idea for making managing the power consumption of your home’s many gadgets a little more eco-friendly and way more gizmo-geeky. The idea combines ideas that startups like Tendril and Green Plug are […]

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Big Olympic cliche is the trading of pins. Little medal/enamel trinkets. I thought it was an athlete thing — “I’ll trade you my Russia for your USA pin” — but it turns out everybody from the sponsors  to the teams to cities bidding for future Games are in on the action.If you are cool (I […]

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This is where I spend a good portion of every day here in Beijing. A board room two floors below the lobby of the Beijing Grand Hyatt next to our VIP guest hospitality center. This is the central nervous system for tickets, transportation to and from the Olympic venues, planning, fire fighting, special requests and […]

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Could Kevin Rose be latest convert from info tech to cleantech? In a recent video blog post, the Digg founder fleshed out an idea for making managing the power consumption of your home’s many gadgets a little more eco-friendly and way more gizmo-geeky. The idea combines ideas that startups like Tendril and Green Plug are […]

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This is where I spend a good portion of every day here in Beijing. A board room two floors below the lobby of the Beijing Grand Hyatt next to our VIP guest hospitality center. This is the central nervous system for tickets, transportation to and from the Olympic venues, planning, fire fighting, special requests and […]

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Hi5 has had a growth spurt over the first half of this year, growing from 31 million to 56 million monthly active users over the first six months of the year. Like its still-larger rivals Facebook and MySpace, it has been hiring lots senior leaders, especially on on the business side. Before the list […]

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In the film Ocean’s 12, Rusty (Brad Pitt) says to Linus (Matt Damon), “Look, it’s not in my nature to be mysterious. But I can’t talk about it and I can’t talk about why.” Try asking a developer why their iPhone application was banned from Apple’s App Store and you’ll get much the same answer.At […]

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Can you imagine having the ability to edit something that’s wrong on Google Maps? If you could do that, it would look an awful lot like Openstreetmap.org. With this great site, you’ll be able to see a user-generated map of almost every city in the world. Users are encouraged to add information to the map, to make it more accurate and complete. After you sign up, you’ll be able to start adding information to the map. Like with any wiki project, accuracy is encouraged. Many users keep diaries on the site. These deal with the travels they’re taking which allow them to complete these maps. It’s very interesting to see to what lengths some people go to provide this site with accurate data. From what I can see, the information on the map is very accurate. There are some sections of the world missing, but that’s due to the fact that the site hasn’t grown to its full potential yet.

In their own words

“OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world. It is made by people like you.”

Why it might be a killer

It’s always good to have an alternative to the bigger map services. This one is accurate, and since it’s user-generated, you can use it and contribute.

Some questions

Why not use the other maps? Aren’t they more complete?

Link: http://www.openstreetmap.org
Our Review: http://www.killerstartups.com/Web-App-Tools/openstreetmap-org-wiki-your-neighborhood

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Remember when you would make mixtapes for your friends? Favtape.com is bringing that back. By telling the site your Last.fm username or Pandora profile URL, you’ll be able to stream your favorite songs. If you feel like changing up your listening habits, then you should check out some of the pre made lists that are on the site. Just pick a song out of the many play lists the site has and start streaming it through your browser. The music loads fairly quickly and the sound quality is impeccable, so you’ll enjoy today’s hits with crystal clear quality. If you like a song you are listening to, you can find a link on the site that will allow you to buy it.

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“Create & share an instant mixtape of your Pandora bookmarked songs or Last.fm loved”

Why it might be a killer

It’s always good to have a place in where to listen to music legally. This site does just that and it works great.

Some questions

Why not just use Last.fm or Pandora in the first place?

Link: http://www.favtape.com
Our Review: http://www.killerstartups.com/Video-Music-Photo/favtape-com-mixtape-to-go

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theodp writes "Yes Virginia, there is a Techdirt reader at Google. It took a little public teasing, but Google has quietly fixed the formula bugs in its YouTube-hyped Shared House Expenses spreadsheet template, which can now correctly split roommates’ bills three ways (before and after). And so ends another episode of life imitating The Onion."

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Could Kevin Rose be latest convert from info tech to cleantech? In a recent video blog post, the Digg founder fleshed out an idea for making managing the power consumption of your home’s many gadgets a little more eco-friendly and way more gizmo-geeky. The idea combines ideas that startups like Tendril and Green Plug are […]

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Hi5 has had a growth spurt over the first half of this year, growing from 31 million to 56 million monthly active users over the first six months of the year. Like its still-larger rivals Facebook and MySpace, it has been hiring lots senior leaders, especially on on the business side. Before the list […]

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JPawlak writes “Researchers believe that it may be possible to increase the speed of the Internet by slowing down certain parts of it by using metamaterials. Metamaterials could be used to replace the bulky and slow electronics that route Internet information, allowing for faster Internet speeds. As data nears its destination, the frequencies must be separated. The light must then be converted into electrical signals, which are stored, routed, and converted back into optical signals. The conversion not only adds significant cost and complexity to the process, but slows down the transmission as well. However, if the light signals could be slowed during the switching process, they would not need to be converted into an electrical signal. ‘The ability to slow the light could be a tremendous force for telecoms that is sure to enhance speed and efficiency,’ says University of California professor Xiang Zhang.”

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