A Big (unwelcome) Change Back in May, Google announced a major change in pricing for their Maps platform. This would cause common use-cases to cost anywhere between 10x to 100x of the earlier prices. Their developer community and customers were…wait for it…not pleased! Fast forward 3 months to August; the pricing changes are live and […]
We would like to thank our users for the overwhelmingly positive response for our Maps API launch! We’ve received a ton of appreciation and feedback about our service. The appreciation helps us morally, and the feedback helps us set our goals for the future. 🙂 Thanks to that feedback; today, we’re launching an access-token system to […]
Earlier today, the good folks at Google Maps Platform sent out a captivating mail to all users about the “All New & Exciting” changes – and captivate they did! Google combined over 18 API’s into 3 major products. $200 monthly credit for every account and overhaul of pricing plans. The good news is that everything is […]
“At times hate can be more genuine than love” says Brendan Alper, founder of Haterdater. Launched early this year, Haterdater (www.haterdater.com), has quickly scaled up and today has 120,000 active users on the app all over the world. In the highly competitive $2Bn online dating industry, Haterdater stands out by positioning itself as an app […]
Mapzen, sadly, will now be remembered in the past tense. Early this week, Mapzen announced that it will shut down all it’s services because….well, we’re not entirely sure yet. Balancing resources between commercial and the Open Source community can be extremely complex. Mapzen did a wonderful job in the past 4 years, pushing the envelope […]
