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The new Obama dog Bo much discussed on Twitter

noreply@ (Cartes20) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:15:00 +0200

In the US more than everywhere else, politics is also a show: the White house is currently broadcasting the presidential Easter egg hunt. And a non-written rule says that president must have an animal. Once elected, Barack Obama respected the tradition and has welcome monday a potuguese waterdog named «Bo».

The web likes animal: think about lolcats. So no surprise that US Twitter users have their say on the new first dog. It gave us the idea of a twitter map showing US tweets about our friend Bo.

Crisis maps #4: looking for hidden jobs

noreply@ (Cartes20) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:56:00 +0100

Employement figures keep on collapsing. For people seeking for a job, one problem is that new jobs aren't always made public. A french news website, Jobetic, has decided to create a map couting all created jobs that have not been made public: cart@jobs.

Has the atlantis been found via Google maps

noreply@ (Cartes20) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:40:00 +0100

Vue d'artiste de l'Atlantide. Photo Flickr CC/Eusezio

You find so many things on Google maps and Google earth. Sometimes, you can find alleged treasures. But here, it's much greater this time. According to controversial tabloid The Sun, it's about one of the most popular myth: Atlantis.

14:50 update: in fact, this is not Atlantis. We explain you why.

Crisis maps #3: a french map reaching over a million visits

noreply@ (Cartes20) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:00:00 +0100

Un tag prenant le parti d'en rire./Photo Flickr Kikozbien

French news website Mediapart has started a social crisis map in France. Five month later, the map has reached more than a million visits. A performance that defintely worth including it in our crisis maps.

Two people escape from french jail in Moulins [timespace]

noreply@ (Cartes20) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:03:00 +0100

On sunday, two people escaped from Moulins-Yzeure jail, in France. They've not been caught by the police at the time we write. We will be following this whole story with a home-made time space.

Google traffic now available in France

noreply@ (Cartes20) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:25:00 +0100

It had to happen.After its launch in the US and UK, Google traffic function, is now available for France.

Peer-to-peer download: a real time map of Pirate Bay's connexions

noreply@ (Cartes20) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:32:00 +0100

Today in 20minutes.fr, we're talking about recent movies the are available for download on the web. As a complement, here's a map released by a leader in the peer-to-peer universe, The Pirate Bay. It tracks users connected to the site in real time.

Crisis maps #2: foreclosure victims witness

noreply@ (Cartes20) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:55:00 +0100

Second episode of our Crisis maps serial - which is defintely gonna be a long one. Some US associations have launched recently a participative map to let the subprimes victims have their say.
Post updated on Feb 12 with a USA Today map

Investiture d'Obama: c'est l'histoire de la vie [Obamaps #4]

noreply@ (Cartes20) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:46:00 +0100

Le jeune Barack Obama/ Reuters.

Le diaporama de la vie d'Obama est ici.

Né à Hawaï, Barack Obama a vécu en Indonésie, puis a étudié à Los Angeles, New-York, avant d'atterrir à Chicago. Ce qui n'a pas manqué d'inspirer le sérial producteur de cartes Mibazaar, qui a résumé la vie du candidat en une belle carte animée, d'Honolulu à la Maison Blanche.