Christmas Man. Daddy Christmas. Grandfather Frost. Yule Man. Yule Elder. Yule Gnome. Yule Goat. Father Christmas. Old Man Christmas. Biblical Magi. Christ Child. Christmas Log. All those names are names for Santa Claus in other countries around the world. Calling him just Santa Claus just seems so boring in comparison, doesn’t it?
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It has begun – Santa has officially begun his run around the world in sleigh. Two major trackers have begun the tracking of Santa’s trip, both aiming for real Santa … Continue reading
The battle continues between Apple and the rest of the software giants around the world, focusing today on maps and the keeping of notes. Apple has been tipped to acquire … Continue reading
The island of California. A huge triangle of land called Florida. A great ocean that cut down from the Arctic into the Midwest. As the New World came into focus beginning in the 17th century, explorers and cartographers struggled to measure a massive expanse of land that would take centuries to accurately map.
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Here’s a fun way to look at the world. What if every country’s population actually matched its size? So more populous places like Japan and Vietnam that are cramped in tiny specks of land now get to stretch their feet a bit while uselessly big countries like Canada and Australia get their population booted to smaller spaces.
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For the unapologetic urbanophiles in your life, these city-themed presents will be the perfect way to help them perpetuate their fierce (and sometimes scary) public displays of civic pride. And, because most of these gifts can be customized with a particular geographic location—some of them right down to a specific neighborhood—it’s the perfect way to buy local.
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It’s slowly getting better, but try as it might, Apple just can’t top Google’s Maps service when it comes to digital cartography That’s not to say it isn’t still keeping up the chase though — a newly uncovered patent points towards a raft of new features Apple has planned for the troubled service.
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Emergency rooms are notorious for unpredictable—if not excruciatingly long—wait times. But when you’re in the throes of a medical emergency, you don’t exactly have the time to call up every hospital in the area for a traffic report. Fortunately, ProPublica has just announced a new tool that could make two-hour-long surprise wait times a thing of the past.
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Apple is a company that holds plenty of patents, and this we know for sure. In fact, Cupertino has recently applied for a patent which will make use of various layers of information that have been obtained from the Internet, where users will be presented with what could very well be a “layered” map. Depending on your needs, the different layers could be made up of one for commuting, another one for the weather, while yet another points to tourist hangouts. The map itself can show off the user’s existing location, and to show off just how useful this could be in actual action, Apple did mention a scenario in its filing, citing a person viewing the weather-centric map, while noticing that a storm is brewing. With this “invention”, he will then make the switch over to a different layer, checking out a nearby shopping mall to obtain shelter from the incoming storm.
Not exactly a no-brainer of a move which you obviously do not need to have an app to help you out in the first place, but the usefulness would come in handy if you happen to be in an unfamiliar area, or are going through a Walking Dead class zombie apocalypse. Not only that, Apple also intends to make keyword searches smarter by taking context into consideration. For instance, typing “food” when you are in hiking mode will see results pointing you to camping supply stores. Pretty neat, eh?
Apple’s Patent Filing Could Point To What Maps Will Look Like original content from Ubergizmo. 
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How does academic achievement vary across the US? While stereotypes and prejudices invariably exist, the only way to the answer that question is with some cold, hard data. Here it is.
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