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Google to Unite Mapping Mashups

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the can-you-see-me-now dept.

jihadist writes "Hoping to make it even easier to turn its online maps into collages of local information, Google Inc. is introducing tools that will stitch together applications from a hodgepodge of Web sites."

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  1. Re:Mapplets not Apps by ronadams · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I, for one, welcome our new Web 2.0 Buzzword Overlords.

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  2. Mashup by Exitar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did the word "Mashup" exist before "Web 2.0"?

    1. Re:Mashup by game+kid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      To me, a mashup is two or more songs mixed together in a specific way...if anything.

      In either case I like that word about as much as "blogosphere".

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    2. Re:Mashup by dayjn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I think mashup is a great word. It originally started as a cool synonym for music sampling and has proved flexible like lots of great popular terms, such as cool itself. There are lots of other newish words out now that are annoying, but not this one. But then again, such terms run the risk of being overused. Regardless, youngsters nowadays will probably say it lots (especially if they know that it bothers some grumpy older folk) and we all should get used to it!