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Check out this video by Blair Trosper (@blairblends on Twitter) and Charlotte Tweets (@cltweets) showing Twitter keyword popularity in Charlotte, including the names of the various political candidates, as poll results streamed in on election night.
This is just the beginning, Blair has been saying on Twitter, so be sure [...]
date: Sat, Nov 15location: uptown @ Charlotte Observer
As the first event of its type in the Queen City, Charlotte WordCamp is a conference on all things blogging. Why WordCamp? The conference is focused on Wordpress, currently the most popular blogging software. Registration opened up last week and is already 50% full. It is $15 to [...]
Have you ever been walking through uptown wanting to check your email, or cruising up near University City lost and needing to check out Google Maps for directions? Most of us have had this problem, and now there is a solution. Go check out JiWire; they have some really sweet-looking maps and one of the [...]
A ton of location-based data is now at your fingertips with EveryBlock, which has recently expanded its coverage to Charlotte. We are thrilled to see Charlotte added as EveryBlock’s 5th city, joining the ranks of such great cities as Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco. The site allows you to access a variety of [...]
Trade and Tryon, looking at the BOA tower
This entry was cross-posted at Design Charlotte.
On June 10th, Charlotte, NC was added to Street View, the collection of interactive, panoramic photos that Google Maps has been adding to since May of last year. Charlotte is thoroughly covered by Google, with every conceivable part of town and suburb [...]
A quick shout-out to one of Charlotte’s most famous startups:
Charlotte technology company Yap Inc. has secured $6.5 million in financing from SunBridge Partners, Harbert Venture Partners, Pittco Capital Partners and individual investors. (…)
Yap is a developer of a platform that converts speech into text. (…)
Last year, Yap was among several companies honored in the N.C. [...]
“Duke Energy Carolinas is proposing a $100 million plan to install electricity generating solar panels at up to 850 North Carolina sites, including homes, schools, stores and factories.
‘We believe an initiative of this scope and scale will help us meet the requirement of North Carolina’s new Renewable and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard,’ Keith Trent, group [...]
Going.com has been around for a while now, but only in major cities like NYC and San Francisco. They’re a website and social network focused on events, helping people find fun things to do (and perhaps more importantly, good people to do them with).
About two weeks ago, Going launched in a number of new cities [...]
The city government of Charlotte is beginning a comprehensive look into utilizing technology and social services on the internet to engage citizens in the decision-making process. Recently, the MecklenBlog called on local community members to become a part of the MeckConnect program which aims to…
“(…) identify what motivates and what inhibits civic involvement in local [...]
This entry was cross-posted at DesignCharlotte.org.
Yeah, I know, “Another social networking site?”
Bear with me. BrightKite.com has a cool twist. Think Twitter (network-based micro-blogging) combined with Google Maps. The short of it is you can see your network on an actual map.
“Brightkite enables location-based community and friendships on the fly. Discover social communities around your favorite [...]
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