2008 web Predictions... from Read Write Web

I know it might sound a bit boring to read yet another *predictions... but hey... i love it and can't read enough of those.

Click here to read the predictions made by the guys from Read Write Web. Enjoy!!

36 Startup Tips: From Software Engineering to PR and More!

This is a collection of startup tips covering software engineering, infrastructure, PR, conferences, legal and finance. They describe best practices for an early-stage startup. We hope that you will find these tips useful, but also please remember that they are based on subjective experiences and not all of them will be applicable to your company.

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2008 technology prediction from "Latest Geek Stuff"

Click here to read another 2008 tech prediction... "location based services" seems to be on the very top of the list.

Mashable’s 2008 Predictions

Click here to read the 2008 predictions done by Adam from Mashable.

Atheros Buys Some Global Positioning

Location Based Services (LBS) are going to be a big next year - you can tell that from the M&A frenzy (25 deals so far in 2007)....

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Mobile Killer app is finally here: Part 1 & Part 2

Mobile based map applications and location based services are the most favored apps on mobile phones.

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Microsoft Acquires One of Europe’s Top Online Map Services

Microsoft Corp. has acquired Multimap, one of the United Kingdom’s top 100 technology companies and one of the leading online mapping services in the world.

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PM: Look at R&D, move up value chain

PM said adapting currently available technology and localising them to suit specific community needs, is a good starting point. He said Malaysia recognised the significant role that knowledge, technology and innovation could play to create wealth and spur economic growth. He also said at the opening of the 3rd Global Knowledge Conference, the lack of local content for developing countries is one of the key factors leading to the widening of the global digital divide.

Mapdoo has always been focused on organizing Malaysia's information to provide a platform of rich localised contents and making it universally accessible and useful through the maps. Hopefully we could contribute a little on this front...

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Twitter + Where I’ve Been = WhereAboutz

Twitter's updating mentality applying it to a mapping feature, wrapped up in a Facebook application = WhereAboutz... cleck here to read on.

Google Improves AdWords Location Targeting

Google AdWords advertisers now have new options for geo-targeting feature... read here

Google and TomTom Sharing Data

Live business data and points of interest from the Google business listings as well as certain crowd-sourced Google Maps data for points of interest will be available via Internet capable TomTom devices. Click here to read on...

Loic Le Meur’s Ten Rules For Startup Success

I thought this is worth listening to...

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Google Launches Local PlusBox

Google has begun using its new PlusBox feature in local search results. Click here to read the original post.

Google LatLong: Google presents the Elections 2008 gadget

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