Archive for March 2007

New API functions…

We’re happy to introduce some great new features added to the ZoomIn Mapping System (ZMS) API:
Minimap
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The mini map can be added to any ZMS map to give the users a quick overview of the area displayed on the map. It shows you more of the region and lets you navigate quickly around large areas. Find [...]

What's hot?

Wellington is, right now, as the temperature charts on the Greater Wellington Regional Council website show. Now, if only they would publish the data as numerical RSS feeds rather than static GIF images, it would be great mashup fodder. Hmm, I feel a project coming on…
Anyway, one ZoomIn user has decided to do something about [...]

About a blog

John has asked me to write about my blog WellUrban, and I thought I’d take the opportunity to discuss some of the aspects that have made it modestly successful.
Have something to say. To many people, the blogosphere is full of people writing about their cats or their personal problems… and that’s at least 90% true. [...]

Yahoo's approach to combat phishing

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I was logging onto flickr this morning when I noticed that Yahoo has developed a simple approach to combat phishing.
Yahoo has added a user created seal that is unique for each user. (See the example above)
This looks like a simple way to ensure that a user is logging on a real yahoo page. (Note: [...]

Link bait

I’ve been reading a bunch of links over the past week that I’d thought I’d share…
I would suggest that if you are interested in Entrepreneurship then you check out Y Combinator Startup News Aggregator, its a fantastic wealth of Knowledge. They have a lot a great stuff to read every day.
Tech

The birth of Ajax – [...]