Google Maps now notes if a location is wheelchair accessible

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Many people will find themselves asking the quastion “Can I get in the building?” regularly. But for the 3 million+ wheelchair users in the U.S., it’s a question that has to be considered. And starting now, it’s one that Google Maps is trying to help answer. “Wheelchair accessible entrance” , which is noted in a location’s “Amenities” section wherever Google

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Web 2.0 Users And Consumers in the Enterprise

Web 2.0 Users And Consumers in the Enterprise

The last 2 years in web startups and general usability improvements online have been fascinating. A product of this innovation period is a consumer/userbase of individuals who come to expect the same experience out of every web-based application they use online and at their day jobs. I love the passion! There was a good post and subsequent discussion started at

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Shazam: from text-based service to $1bn app in 15 years

Call a company “Shazam”, and it needs to be doing something magical. Last week, the 15-year-old British business managed that, at least in part: a $30m (£19.9m) investment for just under 3% of its shares. That meant it became one of only half a dozen UK technology startups valued at $1bn or more – joining Powa, Wonga, Monitise, Zoopla and,

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Top 10 web trends shaping the future of sustainable business

Web 2.0, or the ability to share and manipulate information online through user collaboration, has had a disruptive effect on business. Customers now expect to participate in the corporate world, and place a greater value on transparency in return. This new environment, termed “wikinomics” by Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams, is based on four principles: openness, peering, sharing and acting

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