Mashup: Poll Position
Poll Position is a software application designed for Google Glass. It is not endorsed, or made by Google, but it consumes Google APIs. With Poll Position, users can implement Google's Civic Information API in order to retrieve polling information available on a per state basis.
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See when the next streetcars are coming (Toronto) and watch them move on a map in real time. Desktop and mobile friendly.
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This mashup visualizes Twitter data collected during the 2011 NCAA basketball tournament using the Twitter Streaming API. For each matchup in the bracket, the map lights up one team's colors...
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Localley is a tool that broadens the functionality of the Facebook Places feature by letting you check in various places using a date and time in the future.
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