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Factual Kicks Off Universal Translator for Places

in Social on August 8, 2011 at 11:00 pm PT

Big data provider Factual has launched a new free API called Crosswalk that unites the mess of online place pages for various businesses. Fwix, Hunch, CityGrid, Citysearch, Urbanspoon, SimpleGeo, Loopt, GrubHub, Gogobot, OpenMenu, GreatSchools, Retailigence, HotelsCombined, Menuplatform and Allmenus are all contributing their entries (U.S. only for now) to Factual’s canonical database of URLs. This could open up cool opportunities to integrate and analyze data from the oh-so-many local reviews and social sites.

Grading Neighborhood Schools

in The Digital Solution on February 20, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Education-related Web sites that provide free school comparisons can help parents choose one for their children, but some sites are more helpful than others.