For anyone trying to get around Toronto using public transportation, Crazed Monkey’s Toronto transit map could could be the elixar you’ve been seeking. The Google Maps mash-up features TTC, Go Transit, Viva, Brampton Transit, Mississauga Transit and Vaughan Transit (editor’s note: is there such a thing as public transit in Vaughan?). For more information on […]
Mike Pegg, Canada’s Google Maps maestro, has a sweet round-up of a bunch of Canadian-focused Google Maps mash-ups. Among them are one for the TTC, Canadian Tire and Pizza Pizza. The most fascinating is one called VirtualCity.ca, which allows you to search for addresses (business and residential) and directions, and gives you photos of the […]
Markus Frind may be Canada’s most successful Internet entrepreneur, although he doesn’t have a huge profile or an appetite to build one. So what does Fried do to warrant such respect? Well, he runs PlentyofFish.com, one of the world’s most success online dating services. PlentyofFish is a free service so Frind makes his money from […]
The New York Times has a story today on Toronto-native Jonathan Abrams, who was offered $30-million by Google in 2002 for Friendster, one of the first social-networking sites. Abrams decided to turn down the offer - an offer that would have been worth $1-billion given Google was going to pay him with pre-IPO shares. It’s a classic […]
It looks like Google Canada’s Wendy Muller has moved on judging by the “want ad” posted by Google for a Canadian country manager. Interested? If so, here’s what Google wants:
“Google is looking for a seasoned professional to lead Google’s sales and operations within Canada. The ideal candidate will have deep advertising sales experience, demonstrated general […]
Mike Pegg has emerged as one of the most influential people within the Google Maps community through his popular blog, Google Maps Mania. To find out more about how Pegg, who lives in Waterloo, Ont., got involved with Google Maps and his blog, I decided to do a Q&A. Enjoy.
1. How did you get started […]
Looking for a Google alternative? Want something with more of a Canadian focus? You may want to wander over to SearchEngine.ca, which is trying to carve out a niche in the market by offering the ability to search the Web, news, video, audio, blogs and shopping sites. You can also search using a single search […]
Never find yourself scrambling to find a Tim Horton’s ever again. Thanks to a Google Maps mash-up, locating a Tim’s has never been easier. You can search in cities across the country and easily locate the cloesest caffeine fix in minutes. The mash-up was created by Pentura Solutions.
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Mike Pegg is quickly becoming a Google Maps guru. His blog has been gettting some serious attention recently, including: a link from PC Magazine in the Top 99 Undiscovered Web sites in the travel category; a mention and link from the New York Times travel section in last Sunday’s newspaper; and a link in Blogger.com’s […]
A company getting a lot of buzz these days is Calgary-based Cambrian House Inc., a software development shop that uses “crowdsourcing” to solicit ideas and code from people outside the company. Last month, Cambrian sent more than 1,000 pizzas to Google to celebrate Google’s induction into the National Viking Association hall of fame. So what’s […]
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Written by Tris Hussey [email] for b5media.
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