1. 4mapper Puts Foursquare On The Map  permalink

4mapper Puts Foursquare On The Map
MG Siegler / TechCrunch

As one of the hot social-location properties, Foursquare has a wealth of information about where you go. Unfortunately, it doesn't really offer many good ways to visualize it. In fact, Foursquare only focuses on providing a text stream of your check-ins. A new app takes that data and puts it on a map. 4mapper , built by John Wiseman , is a very ...

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Foursquare-python /   —  >>> import foursquare >>> fs = foursquare.Foursquare() >>> fs.cities() {'cities': [{'geolat': 52.378900000000002, 'name': 'Amsterdam', ...}]}

2. Thanksgiving: a displaced Brit writes…  permalink

Thanksgiving: a displaced Brit writes…
Paul Carr / TechCrunch

When I first heard about this "Thanksgiving" thing, I thought it sounded like a great idea. We Brits spend a ridiculous amount of time each day giving thanks to strangers - we say thanks to people who hold doors for us, thanks to people who stop their cars to let us cross the road, thanks to waitresses when they give us our bill; even thanks ...

3. Canadian and Australian Governments Give MicroHoo The Go Ahead  permalink

Canadian and Australian Governments Give MicroHoo The Go Ahead
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4. You In? Yahoo Wants To Help Spread Ripples Of Kindness This Holiday Season  permalink

You In? Yahoo Wants To Help Spread Ripples Of Kindness This Holiday Season
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch

The holiday season is in full swing, and that means it's time to share some of the comfort we enjoy year round with those who are a little less fortunate — and just to be nicer to people in general. This year, Yahoo is kicking off a drive called You In? , where it invites users worldwide to share their "purple acts of kindness" (purple has ...

5. Thanking our supporters  permalink

Thanking our supporters
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We’ve put together a page to thank our supporters, whose financial contributions support Venture Hacks. We’ve also included them below. We also wish to thank them, and many others, for contributing their time and advice.

6. TomTom's XL 340S Live Gets Connected  permalink

Computerworld Mobile and Wireless News

Just in time for the holidays, the TomTom XL 340S Live is hitting store shelves. The XL 340S Live is TomTom's second connected GPS device; the first was the Go 740 Live. Both feature a built-in GPRS radio module that promises to provide you with live traffic updates, weather reports, Google Local searches, and fuel prices.

7. Taiwanese researchers show several flexible e-reader screens  permalink

Computerworld Mobile and Wireless News

Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) showed off a number of flexible display screen technologies in Taipei on Thursday as part of a show promoting e-readers and e-paper.

8. Useful Things in my Home Office  permalink

Useful Things in my Home Office
Chris / Chris Pirillo

Useful Things in my Home Office is a post from Chris Pirillo Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I love to surround myself with things I can use – and that look good on my desk. When the folks at Useful Things sent me a care package recently, I was only too happy to try out their nifty little offerings! I was ...

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Useful Things in my Home Office My First PDA – Sharp Wizard   —  My First PDA – Sharp Wizard is a post from Chris Pirillo Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed My first PDA was an old Sharp Wizard which carried 64MB of data! It was over $300 back in the day, and was considered to be a high-end model. I could add things to my calendar and keep track of what I had to do. My calendar ...

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Useful Things in my Home Office IPhone Comics   —  iPhone Comics is a post from Chris Pirillo Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed This is Ken Brady, who lives in both Portland and Japan. He’s a software developer who I think you’ll want to follow! He’s working on a few very cool things. One of these is a comic reader for the iPhone. You can change ...

9. Are You Going Shopping on Black Friday?  permalink

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Are You Going Shopping on Black Friday? is a post from Chris Pirillo I’ve made my list, and I’ve checked it twice. No, it’s not Christmas yet… but it will be soon. Yes, I will be busy shopping on Black Friday. But I won’t bother getting out of my pajamas. Nor will I get up at 3am – or even leave my house! I ...

10. Visit Your Favorite Twilight Locations on a Bing Map  permalink

Visit Your Favorite Twilight Locations on a Bing Map
Adam DuVander / ProgrammableWeb

Okay, you can admit it. Either you love the Twilight books and movies , or you pretend to hate them for fear that you might actually dig it. In any case, you certainly have a Twilight fan you can send to this virtual Twilight tour of Forks, Washington, and the surrounding locations from the movies (click "explore locations").