Yahoo’s new release of BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is exciting news for companies interested in developing their own search engine based products. Basically what they’ve done is invited any developers to use Yahoo’s technical know how, in the shape of their Search index, as a foundation. But why give this technology away so freely?
Long long ago, in the days before the Internet, a mouse was something that made maidens hitch their hooped skirts up and scream. Today that little mechanical wonder is attached to what is arguably the biggest conversation killer of our time. I’m talking about real live face to face conversations here, not chats or IM’s.
That’s your mission should you choose to accept it. If you always fancied yourself as the explorer type, here’s your opportunity to let that spring forth. Today Google put out a call for volunteers to help them fill in the blanks for uncharted terrains in GoogleMaps.
Interested? Then toddle on over to the Google Map Maker. Anyone can help by adding additional features like roads, businesses, points of interest and lakes to the maps. Details in Google’s LatLong blog revealed, “You will be able to trace many of these features using satellite images; as you trace, maps are immediately updated.”


