A mashup is defined as integration of features from two different applications to create new useful applications. I searched mashup on Google to see what came up and I found a pretty interesting website. On www.programmableweb.com/mashups visitors are given a list of thousands of mashups that can provide them with the information or help they need. Under the most popular mashups, some examples include a Google Map Flight Simulator called Goggles that defines itself as “a very fun and creative flight simulator built on top of Google Maps. Pick from one of five cities and go. Change altitude and direction using the arrow keys.” Another example is Sad Tweets which takes tweets from Twitter and illustrates them via pictures from Flickr. “Sometimes the pictures and the text are not a perfect match. Other times the matches seem profound.”
I found this website to be incredibly interesting because I never knew these sorts of things existed! You can find things you want like a Nintendo Wii at the cheapest possible price or tour the 25 most unsafe cities in the U.S.! Mashups can definitely helpful but also can be entertaining.
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