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Trade Me have just released their new maps site smaps, powered by the new ZoomIn Mapping System.
The site is using our new maps. The new map design include better definition of streets and labelling of points of interest.
We’ve been working really hard in making smaps the best map site in New Zealand.
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Propertyradar – A new real estate site has just launched powered by ZoomIn Maps.
It has some really nice features that allow you to save the properties that your’re interested in and ignore the ones that you don’t like.
Congrats to the Property Radar team.
Big news today. Jeff Bezos VC fund just invested in 37signals.
So the big question is….
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Robert Stainsby has been working hard on a new Mac plug-in that adds ZoomIn maps to the Mac OS X Services Menu.
Robert describes his mapping service as:
MappingService adds ZoomIn Maps to Mac OS X’s Services menu. A user can select a text address in most applications, then choose this menu item to map the selection in their browser.
You can download the software from Robert ’s Mapping Service page.
A big thanks to Robert!
I’m at Webstock over the next day or so.
Come and say hi, I’ll be in the Positively Wellington Business Booth or I’ll will be out and about.
Feel free to post your pictures on ZoomIn.
John
John-Daniel Trask has just written a post on Zoomin. John-Daniel was asking about some information to help budding entrepreneuers. I thought I’d offer some suggestions to help get kickstart people into starting a new business.
If you’re thinking of starting a business there is plenty of organisations in Wellington that can assist. Here are a few links to get you started.
That’ll get you started.
Remember to talk to lots of people, networking and relationships are the key.
Come on Wellington get started, become the next Trade Me !
Hi Everybody,
I just wanted to tell you all that now you can send private messages to any member of the ZoomIn community. Simply locate the profile of the person you want to talk to and click on “Mail this person” action.
To read your own messages click on the little envelope icon located in the top right corner along your sign-in status. If the envelope has a number next to it then you’ve got that many new messages waiting for you.
You can also access your inbox and sent messages from your profile page.
cheers,
tomek
We’ve just been included in Max Newman’s cool sites of the week.
A big Thank You to Max for the inclusion.
A warm welcome to our new xtra users.
We really appreciate your feedback, so let us konw if you have any comments or suggestions.
Business week have a nice article on the 8 myths of Software as a service.
Here are the main points:
Here’s my thoughts on Software as a service.
The reality is change is expensive. Software as a service makes it possible to try the software to see if its a fit for your needs. If you have to invest lots of time and resources in some that might work, you have to be prepared to face the fact that you might have brought a lemon.
As the software provider this model works great. We get to focus on the features that our clients actually want. Our focus is on creating value.
Let me know your thoughts on the article.
We in the final stages of finalising the new pricing for the ZoomIn Mapping System.
The summary of the changes are:
Sign up and get cracking. Our developer license is free. You can get you own map up and on your site in only minutes.